Author: Jácome (Jay) Armas
Jácome (Jay) Armas is an assistant professor at the UvA-Institute of Physics and coordinator of the Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena. He completed his Ph.D. at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen and held postdoctoral positions at the University of Bern and Université Libre de Bruxelles. His research interests span foundational issues in string theory, hydrodynamics and black holes, as well as emergent phenomena in quantum and soft matter. In addition to his research activities, Armas established Science & Cocktails, the international science outreach platform and event series. Conversations on Quantum Gravity, compiled over more than 10 years of mainly in-person interviews, is his gift to the physics community.