Physics visits and retreat

This past week I visited Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada. The coolest looking theoretical physics building has a vibrant scientific live. It is impossible to miss a spot to discuss; almost every wall has a blackboard. You can see my talk (click here): Force-Free Electrodynamics around Extreme Kerr Black Hole. It was a fun visit and hope to return in the future.

Next to my first prize poster at Harvard Physics Scholar Retreat, Sep 18, 2014.

Also, Harvard held its yearly Harvard Physics Research Scholar Retreat. This time we went to Andover-MA and enjoyed a great day learning what the other groups at the Physics Department are currently working on. Among the activities there was a poster session too in which I participated . For the dinner we invited Alan Guth, which shared a lot of his experiences not only as a successful physicist but also about his postdochood. Maybe, the most exciting piece of news for me was that my poster won the first prize! You can see me next to my poster in the picture.

Academic year kickoff @Harvard

Summer is over: Harvard Law's outdoors barbecue closed last Friday. This week the Fall semester officially started @Harvard and with it seminars, colloquiums and meetings too - so lots of cookies and food are also back! To give you an idea of the hecticness here let me briefly describe this week's schedule

Tuesday September 2: lunch at Harvard's new Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications.
Wednesday September 3: lunch at the particle in-house seminar.
Thursday September 4: Research Scholar welcome dinner.
Friday September 5: Family Lunch seminars resumes with Cumrun (Vafa) as speaker
 on his latest paper: Non-unitary Holography.

Finally, the String Journal Club will soon resume. So keep posted for news!