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Phone: (530) 752-5780
Fax: (530) 752-4717 (physics dept. office)
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  Department of Physics
  University of California
  One Shields Ave.
  Davis, CA 95616, USA

Always under construction!

Essentially, my research interests are physics beyond the standard model, specifically the applications of extra dimensions. My specific research so far has focused on codimension-2 branes. I've written three papers on the subject, including the very first examples of exact black holes on three-branes, including the Schwarzschild and rotating cases. Performing a Lorentz boost on these black holes gives exact gravitational shockwaves, which allow one to solve Einstein's equations exactly. Finally, we also looked at the brane-induced, or DGP, braneworld scenarios where the extra dimensions are infinite. We found that these theories really include a landscape of solutions, and behave like a scalar-tensor theory.

Besides codimension-2 branes, my interests also include general black holes, and modified theories of gravity. I also have a deep interest in Cosmology, specifically cosmological inflation, which I plan to develop further soon.