Hi there, this is Nadie. I am a Physics major in the College of Creative Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara. I am mostly interested in high energy physics and gravity.

I am also a pilot.

You can find me at ​yiluo_li[at]ucsb.edu

Recent Highlights

Fall 2021
We are back in person. I am exploring methods and concepts in condensed matter and many body physics that can be useful for gravity theory. I am also working on my grad app along side my research on random tensor network and edge modes with my mentor Sean McBride.
Summer 2021
Again I organize the annual UCSB Undergrad Physics Research Symposium and this time I am also a presenter. I am presenting about my work on holographic duality and random tensor network over the summer. I was also following TASI and Strings 2021 over the summer.
Spring 2021
This quarter was hectic. I spent most of my time on Prof. Marolf's class on Quantum Gravity Path Integral and Baby Universes. And I started working with Prof. Xi Dong.
Winter 2021
I was juror at the USIYPT this year. They had some amazing presentations that explored the chatter ring, lava lamp, impact craters, and Henry's rotor motor.
Winter 2021
I continue to explore black hole info paradox. I am also working on materials related to QFT in curved space, in addition to continuing the effort in learning GR and QFT.
Dr. Suvrat Raju's class on black hole info paradox is something I am following.
Fall 2020
I was exploring topics in high energy astro. I wrote a term paper on accretion disk.
I was  also trying to start understanding the latest breakthrough in black hole information paradox. The pre-conference tutorial from Island Hopping 2020 was quite very helpful.

Useful Links

How to become a good theoretical physicist
The Theoretical Minimum
David Tong: Lecture Notes on Theoretical Physics
Schuller's Amazing Lectures on General Relativity
PSI Online Module
PIRSA - Perimeter Institute Recorded Seminar Archive
Hartman's Course on Quantum Gravity and Black Holes
Prospect in Theoretical Physics 2018 - From Qubits to Spacetime
TASI
Top 10 questions for your potential PhD advisor group
John Baez's Azimuth Blog
Life is Beautiful.