Phymaths podcast # 72 || Dr. Lara Anderson

Description Dr. Lara Anderson is a theoretical physicist at Virginia Tech and has worked on string compactifications of M theory and F theory, and model building in type II and heterotic theories. A list of her works can be found at the link below. Some links 1) Her works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/103031... 2) Link to the high-energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-le... Contact Info My website: hassaansaleem.com Follow on Instagram:   / hassaan.3142   Join the WhatsApp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9D... Follow on Twitter:   / hassaan_phy   Email Queries: [email protected] Time stamps 0:00 Intro of the guest 0:15 Her work on compactifications 6:30 Algebraic Geometry 8:08 Swampland Program 11:24 Calabi-Yau manifolds 24:56 CICY manifolds 27:18 Intersecting branes 30:35 Science communication 38:31 Coursework to research transition 40:27 Difficult problems in postdocs 42:37 Getting stuck in research 44:01 Getting a PhD student 47:57 Choosing a problem to work on 51:42 Building collaborations 52:53 (People's question) F theory 54:15 (People's question) Moduli stabilization 55:11 (People's question) Career vs Job 56:40 (People's question) Homeschooling 59:40 (People's question) Interest in Physics 1:01:40 (People's question) Influential papers 1:03:33 (People's question) Virginia Tech