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Martin Bojowald

Martin Bojowald — Professor of Physics — Faculty
Office: 304A Whitmore Laboratory
Address: 0104 Davey Laboratory University Park, PA 16802 US
mob6@psu.edu
+1 814 865 3502
Martin Bojowald
Physics Loop Quantum Gravity Mathematical Structures Quantum Universe CFT
Publications
  1. Martin Bojowald “Abelianized Structures in Spherically Symmetric Hypersurface Deformations.” Universe 8 3 (2022) doi:10.3390/universe8030184
  2. Martin Bojowald, Brenda Jones “Tunneling dynamics in cosmological bounce models.” JCAP 11 (2021) doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2021/11/037
  3. Martin Bojowald “No-go result for covariance in models of loop quantum gravity.” Phys. Rev. D 102 4 (2020) doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.102.046006
  4. Martin Bojowald “Critical evaluation of common claims in loop quantum cosmology.” Universe 6 3 (2020) doi:10.3390/universe6030036
  5. Garrett Wendel, Luis Martinez, Martin Bojowald “Physical implications of a fundamental period of time.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 124 24 (2020) doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.241301

Martin Bojowald's research group

Name Role Affiliations Email Phone Office Centers Research topics
Joseph Balsells Joseph Balsells Graduate Student Physics jzb1007@psu.edu – 322 Whitmore Laboratory CFT
Aurora Colter Aurora Colter Undergraduate Student Math, Physics agc5654@psu.edu – CFT, IGC Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Loop Quantum Gravity, Physical Mathematics, Quantum Universe
Övgü Güleryüz Övgü Güleryüz Undergraduate Student Math, Physics oqg5065@psu.edu – IGC Loop Quantum Gravity
Dennis Hartmann Dennis Hartmann Undergraduate Student Physics dkh5453@psu.edu – N/A CFT Loop Quantum Gravity

Martin Bojowald's former group members

Name Role Affiliations Email Phone Office Centers Research topics
Källan Berglund Källan Berglund Graduate Student Physics kmb670@psu.edu – 322 Whitmore Laboratory CFT, IGC Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Loop Quantum Gravity
Allison Colarelli Allison Colarelli Undergraduate Student Astronomy, Math atc5357@psu.edu 7175982124 N/A CFT, IGC Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, Loop Quantum Gravity, Physical Mathematics
Jackson Henry Jackson Henry Faculty Physics jth58@psu.edu +1 814 863 9605 322 Whitmore Laboratory IGC
About our wordmark
Monica Rincon Ramirez

The IGC wordmark was created by Monica Rincon Ramirez while she was a graduate student at the Institute. Monica enjoys drawing new connections between fundamental theory and observations. Her graduate work included general relativity, loop quantum gravity, and quantum fields in cosmological backgrounds; her thesis focused on effective quantum corrections to gravitational phenomena from spinfoams and applications to cosmology. She received her PhD in 2024.

The wordmark symbolizes the scope of research at the IGC. The base represents quantum gravity, evoking the quantum geometrical picture from spinfoams and loop quantum gravity — approaches studied at the Center for Fundamental Theory. The middle shows galaxies embedded in a smooth surface characteristic of spacetime in general relativity and the larger physical scales studied at the Center for Theoretical and Observational Cosmology. The top curves to an extreme representing a supermassive black hole accompanied by an energetic jet, with a binary black hole pair nearby — the high-energy phenomena studied at the Center for Multimessenger Astrophysics.