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Hassaan Saleem
Phymaths podcast # 67 || Dr. Alok Laddha
1 hour 19 minutes Posted Mar 3, 2026 at 10:51 pm.
DescriptionAlok Laddha is a theoretical physicist at the Chennai Mathematical Institute, who majorly works on soft theorems, S matrices, and the positive geometry program. The list of his works can be found at the link provided below.Some links1) His works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/10369562) Link to the high-energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/Contact InfoMy website: hassaansaleem.comFollow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hassaan.3142/Join the WhatsApp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9DkjmAzNbs7IlGuv1XFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hassaan_PHYEmail Queries: [email protected] Stamps
Coming up
Intro of the guest
His current projects
Soft theorems
Soft theorems and symmetries
Soft theorems for scalars
Soft theorem for higher spin?
Positive Geometry program
Unitarity from positive geometry
Gentle Quivers (for positive geometry)
Positive Geometry and Holography
Positive Geometry and String Field Theory
Reading Literature
Choosing problems
(People's question) Important problems
(People's question) Advice for PhD/Postdocs
(People's question) Research outside academia
(People's question) PhD after a big gap
(People's question) Hep-th job market
(People's question) Gravitational wave memory
(People's question) Leaving LQG
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DescriptionAlok Laddha is a theoretical physicist at the Chennai Mathematical Institute, who majorly works on soft theorems, S matrices, and the positive geometry program. The list of his works can be found at the link provided below.Some links1) His works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/10369562) Link to the high-energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/Contact InfoMy website: hassaansaleem.comFollow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hassaan.3142/Join the WhatsApp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9DkjmAzNbs7IlGuv1XFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hassaan_PHYEmail Queries: [email protected] Stamps(0:00) Coming up(0:22) Intro of the guest(0:44) His current projects(01:59) Soft theorems(12:16) Soft theorems and symmetries(18:43) Soft theorems for scalars(21:50) Soft theorem for higher spin?(25:40) Positive Geometry program(36:50) Unitarity from positive geometry(48:08) Gentle Quivers (for positive geometry)(50:37) Positive Geometry and Holography(53:30) Positive Geometry and String Field Theory(55:44) Reading Literature(1:01:02) Choosing problems(1:02:30) (People's question) Important problems(1:05:13) (People's question) Advice for PhD/Postdocs(1:07:37) (People's question) Research outside academia(1:09:40) (People's question) PhD after a big gap(1:11:07) (People's question) Hep-th job market(1:13:53) (People's question) Gravitational wave memory(1:15:53) (People's question) Leaving LQG(1:19:22) (People's question) His hobbies