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I am an associate professor of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), a fellow of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics, and an affiliated faculty member of the UCSD Chinese studies program.
My primary research interests are philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, and metaphysics. I am also interested in foundations of AI, philosophy of mind, decision theory, formal epistemology, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of religion, and Chinese philosophy. I have a side interest in using films to popularize philosophical ideas. Currently, I'm co-writing a screenplay about a time-travel romance (inspired by a fascinating article in the SEP). I won the Popper Prize for my 2021 BJPS paper on quantum mechanics in a time-asymmetric universe. (Click here for a short summary.) My works on laws of nature have been published in Nature, featured as a cover story of New Scientist, discussed in Scientific American, and awarded an APA Public Philosophy Op-Ed Prize. My paper on vagueness of physical laws (The Philosophical Review) was selected by The Philosopher's Annual as "one of the ten best articles in philosophy from 2022." I've done a brief interview with the American Philosophical Association (APA) Blog, a longer interview with Richard Marshall at 3:16AM, and a YouTube podcast on laws of nature with Barry Loewer and Curt Jaimungal. I am Co-PI of a new Templeton grant on quantum foundations, and a collaborator of a previous project on the quantum arrows of time. I earned a Ph.D in philosophy, a M.Sc in mathematics, and a graduate certificate in cognitive science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 2019. On this website, you can find information about my publications, research, teaching, public engagement, and events. |