Dr. Kassahun Betre (he/him) is assistant professor in the department of physics and astronomy at San Jose State University. He received his PhD in theoretical particle physics from Stanford University and undergraduate degree in physics and math from Macalester College. Prior to joining SJSU he taught at Pepperdine University. Dr. Betre’s research interest is in emergent models of spacetime. He investigates models in which spacetime geometry may arise through phase transitions of a microscopic theory that lacks geometric notions of distance, area, curvature, etc. Such emergent models can shed light on the nature of quantum theory of gravity – a framework that unifies quantum mechanics with Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity and is believed to explain the many mysteries of black holes and other spacetime singularities.
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