Maulik Parikh
Professor,
Department of Physics
Other ASU affiliations
Professor,
The Beyond Center
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Phone: 480-727-8081
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GWC 584 Tempe, AZ 85287-1504
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Mail code: 1504Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
The overarching theme of Maulik Parikh's research is gravity. Gravity is at once our most familiar and least understood force. A century ago, Einstein revealed that gravitation is intimately connected with the curvature of the fabric of space and time. More recently, the study of black holes appears to be pointing to an even more surprising lesson: that our gravitational world might be the hologram cast by a lower-dimensional quantum field theory. Parikh's research interests span numerous areas in gravitation, including the foundations of general relativity, the topology of spacetime, black holes, theoretical cosmology, the physics of event horizons, and the gravitational aspects of quantum theories of gravity, particularly string theory.
Education
- Ph.D. Physics, Princeton University
- M.A. Physics, Princeton University
- B.A. Physics, Mathematics, English, University of California-Berkeley
Publications
- Maulik Parikh, Frank Wilczek, and George Zahariade. The Noise of Gravitons. Int J Modern Physics D (2020).
- Maulik Parikh, Andrew Svesko, and Sudipta Sarkar. A Local First Law of Gravity. Physical Review D (2020).
- Lars Aalsma, Maulik Parikh, and Jan Pieter van der Schaar. Back(reaction) to the Future in the Unruh-de Sitter State. Journal of High-Energy Physics (2019).
- Maulik Parikh and Jan Pieter van der Schaar. Derivation of the Null Energy Condition. Physical Review D (2015).
- Saugata Chatterjee, Damien Easson, and Maulik Parikh. Energy Conditions in Jordan Frame. Classical and Quantum Gravity (2013).
- Maulik Parikh, Prasant Samantray, and Erik Verlinde. Rotating Rindler-AdS Space. Physical Review D (2012).
- Saugata Chatterjee, Maulik Parikh, and Sudipta Sarkar. The Black Hole Membrane Paradigm in f(R) Gravity. Classical and Quantum Gravity (2012).
- Brian Greene, Janna Levin, and Maulik Parikh. Brane-World Motion in Compact Dimensions. Classical and Quantum Gravity (2011).
- Brian Greene, Kurt Hinterbichler, Simon Judes, and Maulik Parikh. Smooth Initial Conditions from Weak Gravity. Physics Letters B (2011).
- Maulik Parikh. Enhanced Instability of de Sitter Space in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity. Physical Review D (2011).
Research Activity
- Vachaspati,Tanmay*; Baumgart, Matthew; Easson, Damien; Keeler, Cynthia; Parikh, Maulik Kirit. Theoretical Research at the High Energy Frontier. DOE-OS(6/14/2022 - 4/30/2026).
- Parikh, Maulik Kirit*; Keeler, Cynthia. Heising-Simons Foundation (6/1/2021-8/31/2025).
- Krauss,Lawrence Maxwell*, Krauss,Lawrence Maxwell*, Easson,Damien, Parikh,Maulik Kirit, Vachaspati,Tanmay. Theoretical Research at the High Energy Frontier. DOE-OS(4/1/2015 - 3/31/2016).
- Parikh,Maulik Kirit*. Visitors for Cosmology Group. FQXi(11/15/2012 - 11/14/2013).
- Krauss,Lawrence Maxwell*, Krauss,Lawrence Maxwell*, Easson,Damien, Parikh,Maulik Kirit, Vachaspati,Tanmay. Theoretical Research at the High Energy Frontier: Cosmology and Beyond. DOE-CHICAGO(8/15/2012 - 3/31/2015).
- Parikh,Maulik Kirit*. The Nature of Gravity. FQXi(7/1/2012 - 8/30/2014).
- Krauss,Lawrence Maxwell*, Krauss,Lawrence Maxwell*, Parikh,Maulik Kirit, Vachaspati,Tanmay. Theoretical Research at the High Energy Frontier: Cosmology, Neutrinos and Beyond. DOE-CHICAGO(8/15/2009 - 8/14/2012).
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 495 | Project Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 495 | Project Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PHY 311 | Classical Part/Field/Matter II |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 495 | Project Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 310 | Classical Parts/Field/Matter I |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 495 | Project Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 310 | Classical Parts/Field/Matter I |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PHY 311 | Classical Part/Field/Matter II |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 495 | Project Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 310 | Classical Parts/Field/Matter I |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| PHY 495 | Project Research |
| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 799 | Dissertation |
| PHY 310 | Classical Parts/Field/Matter I |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| PHY 792 | Research |
| PHY 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| PHY 311 | Classical Part/Field/Matter II |
Service
- International Journal of Modern Physics D, Editor (2013 - Present)
- Graduate program committee., Member (2010 - Present)
- Quality of Instruction committee, Member (2014 - 2016)
- Colloquium committee, Chair (2012 - 2014)
- Web committee, Member (2012 - 2013)
- Beyond Center workshop on "Quantum Gravity: Back to Basics?", Lead organizer (2019)
- Beyond Center workshop on "What Spacetimes are Forbidden?", Lead organizer (2013)
- Beyond Center workshop on "Why Quantum Mechanics?", Lead organizer (2011)