Postdocs

Arpit was born in Rourkela, India. He did his undergraduate and postgraduate studies, majoring in Physics, from IISER Kolkata, India. He obtained his PhD in mathematical sciences from Durham University, UK. He is currently a postdoc at the School of Maths, University of Edinburgh, UK. His primary research interests include understanding applications of generalized symmetries in building effective field theories using techniques from hydrodynamics and holography. He also works on studying entanglement properties of 2D CFTs pertaining to their internal symmetries. Additionally, he has also been involved in the holomorphic modular bootstrap program for rational CFTs.

Petar was born in Montenegro. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from the University of Belgrade (2013-2017) and completed his Master's studies at the University of Oxford (2017-2018), under the supervision of Andrei Starinets. Petar pursued his PhD at Trinity College Dublin (2018-2021), where he worked under the supervision of Manuela Kulaxizi. Before joining Heriot-Watt University, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University (2021-2024). His research interests lie in exploring the space and dynamics of quantum field theories using various methods such as perturbative expansion, (conformal) bootstrap, AdS/CFT duality, and hydrodynamic expansion.

Boyang was born in Jilin, China. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Tsinghua University in 2016 and his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University, in 2021 under the supervision of Professor Wei Song. He then held postdoctoral position at Peking University from 2021 to 2024 before joining the University of Edinburgh as a postdoctoral researcher. His research focuses on semiclassical AdS3 gravity, black hole physics, complexity, and their implications in AdS/CFT correspondence.