About
2026 - 2030: PhD in Theoretical Physics at DAMTP
2025 - 2026: Part III in Theoretical Physics at DAMTP
2022 - 2025: BSc in Theoretical Physics at Imperial College
Projects
Canonical Gravity Lecture Notes
In Lent term of 2026, I took the Canonical Gravity course taught by my grandsupervisor Prof Malcolm Perry. Since no lecture notes are available, I wrote up the notes I took during the lectures to make them available to anyone interested in this topic. The notes cover the basics of Hamiltonian mechanics, the implementation of general relativity into the Hamiltonian framework and finally the canonical quantisation of gravity.
An emphasis is paid to deriving the classical limit from quantum gravity. This is a work in progress and I add more details and correct things every once in a while. Please feel free to email me any issues or mistakes you have encountered.
Canonical Gravity
Part III Essay
For my Part III essay set by Prof Jorge Santos, I compiled a literature review on recent developments regarding the stability (or lack thereof) of black holes in dimensions greater than four. The main takeaway is that heaps of evidence point towards the conclusion that black holes can phase transition into other types of black holes thereby violating cosmic censorship.
This makes our four dimensions special since we live in the lowest dimension where asymptotically flat black holes can exist but also the highest dimension where cosmic censorship appears to hold. On the one hand this insight may tell us more about the fundamental nature of gravity while on the other hand it gives direct consequences to our universe through the gauge-gravity duality.
Part III Essay Presentation Slides
Long-Short Correlation Functions for Stochastic Gravitational Waves
In the summer after I finished my BSc, I worked with Dr Giorgio Mentasti and Prof Carlo Contaldi on stochastic gravitational waves.
During this project, I derived correlation functions for spin-0, spin-1 and spin-2 observables related to cross-correlating long-distance pulsar timing array (PTA) signals to solar system asteroid astrometry data.
We determined that the signal-to noise ratio is not yet good enough to rival pure PTA surveys but is promising in closing the gap of PTAs and LISA.
Stochastic Gravitational Waves Presentation Slides
BSc Project on Quiver Gauge Theories
In my BSc project at Imperial College, I worked with Riadh Khlif and Sihun Hwang under the supervision of Prof Amihay Hanany.
We explored global symmetries and moduli spaces of supersymmetric gauge theories that can be expressed as quivers. We specifically give examples for a simple unitary quiver representing supersymmetric QED and a more exotic orthosymplectic theory.
Third Year Project Viva Slides
Talks and Presentations
- Instabilities of Higher-Dimensional Black Holes and Weak Cosmic Censorship
Imperial College, Department of Physics Guest Lecture Series, February 2026
Queen Mary University, PsiStar Society Lectures, March 2026
- Quasinormal Modes of Black Strings and Myers-Perry Black Holes
Imperial College, Quantum Fields & Fundamental Forces Seminar, February 2026
University of Cambridge, Part III Lent Seminar, March 2026
- A Novel Approach for Detecting Stochastic Gravitational Waves
University of Cambridge, Part III Michaelmas Seminar, December 2025
- Biermann Battery Magnetic Fields in Inertial Confinement Fusion
Imperial College, Undergraduate Colloquium, February 2025
- Quiver Gauge Theories
University of Warwick, Warwick-Imperial Maths Conference, November 2024
Teaching
- Natural Sciences IB: Oscillations, Waves & Optics
Supervisor at Trinity Hall for Michaelmas 26/27
Example Questions
- Maths IA: Differential Equations
Supervisor at St Edmund's College for Michaelmas 26/27
Example Sheets 1 2 3 4
