Group
Members
From
left to right: Tuna Yildirim, Kory Stiffler, Visiting
Professor Joseph Samuel, Leo Rodriguez, Xiaolong Liu and Chris
Doran Not Shown: Prof. Vincent Rodgers
Vincent Rodgers
- Professor and Director of the Diffeomorphism and Geometry Group, Dept
of Physics and Astronomy
Research Interest:
- String theory and field theory as related to particle physics
- Representation
theory of the diffeomorphism group
- Cosmology and General Relativity as related to gravitation
- Coadjoint representations of diffeomorphisms as related to dark energy and dark matter
Hometown: St. Louis,
Missouri, USA
Musical Interests: Keyboards
Leo
Rodriguez - Graduate Student, Dept of Physics and
Astronomy
Research Interest:
- Cosmology
- Differential Geometry
- String Theory
- Black Holes
Musical Interests: Trumpet, Alto Saxophone
Hometown: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Kory Stiffler - Graduate student, Dept of
Physics and Astronomy
Research Interest:
- String Theory
- Cosmology
- Field Theory
Musicsical Interests: Guitar,
Trombone, Piano
Hometown: Anamosa,
IA, USA
- Cosmology
- Differential Geometry
- String Theory
- Black Holes
Hometown: Boone, Iowa, USA
Tuna
Yildirim - Graduate Student, Dept of Physics ad Astronomy
Research Interests:
- Black holes
- Negative mass
- Differential geometry
Musicical Interests:
Drums
Hometown: Ankara,
Turkey
Xiaolong Liu - Graduate Student, Dept of Physics and Astronomy Research Interest:
- Symplectic Geometry
- Courant Brackets
- Landscape of String Theory
- Gauge/Gravity duality
Hometown: Jiangsu, China