RESEARCH FELLOW
VINAY MALVIMAT / RESEARCH PROFESSOR
I investigate black holes using quantum information theory, particularly through the “island” formula for entanglement entropy of Hawking radiation. My research addresses the black hole information paradox, reproduces the Page curve, and explores multipartite and mixed-state entanglement. I’m also interested in applying these insights to decoding protocols like the Hayden-Preskill model, and exploring connections between islands and the emergence of quantum spacetime.
BYOUNGJOON AHN / RESEARCH PROFESSOR
My research explores how quantum entanglement and holography address the black hole information paradox and explain the emergence of spacetime geometry. I am particularly interested in the dynamics of entanglement during black hole evaporation, the purification of mixed states, and the development of new approaches to quantifying multipartite entanglement.
TUNG TRAN / RESEARCH PROFESSOR
I mostly work on higher-spin gravities. In particular, I am interested in understanding higher-spin symmetry and constructing higher-spin theories using twistor theory as a mathematical framework. I am also interested in twisted holography in the context of Koszul duality, where one can study possible symmetries that are allowed on the celestial sphere. These celestial symmetries are nice in the sense that they allow making some concrete statements regarding soft theorems.
EDOARDO COLOMBO / RESEARCH PROFESSOR
My research investigates aspects of the AdS/CFT holography, with a particular interest on black hole thermodynamics, and it explores both the quantum field theory and supergravity sides of the correspondence.
My work focuses on exact computations of supersymmetric observables in field theory and gravity, using techniques such as localization (equivariant or supersymmetric) or large-N expansions of matrix models.