About Me

Physics

Ph.D.

student

at

Purdue

University

exploring

the

fundamental

nature

of

the

universe

through

mathematical

physics

and

high

energy

theory.

Ralph Razzouk

My Journey

I

am

currently

a

physics

Ph.D.

student

at

Purdue

University,

having

graduated

with

a

B.Sc.

in

mathematics

from

Notre

Dame

University

-

Louaize.

The

statement

"ex

nihilo

nihil

fit"

(nothing

comes

from

nothing)

has

filled

me

with

awe

since

my

middle

school

days

when

I

was

first

exposed

to

the

beauties

of

physics

and

mathematics.

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My Story

Early Artistic Influence

With an artist father, I was encouraged to learn digital art skills like graphic design, video editing, web design, and animation from a very young age. In my early teenage years, I was obsessed with comic books and sci-fi.

Discovering 3Blue1Brown

My life took a pivotal turn when I discovered the 3Blue1Brown channel in high school. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity, I voraciously consumed advanced physics textbooks and thousands of math and physics videos.

Self-Teaching Programming

Inspired by 3Blue1Brown, I taught myself Python to create intuitive animations that simplify complex problems, starting with integration and moving on to Ramanujan's works and the Gamma function. I later added C++, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and R to my repertoire.

Teaching Physics

In 2021, I taught middle and high school physics for a year, covering mechanics, electricity, thermodynamics, gravitation, and optics, but found it consuming too much time better devoted to my studies and programming.

Ongoing Journey

My social goal is to creatively communicate physics and math concepts, while my career aspiration is to make significant contributions towards unresolved problems in these fields that have vexed many before me.
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What Fascinates Me

My

primary

research

interests

are

in

mathematical

physics

and

theoretical

high

energy

physics.

Particularly,

I

am

fascinated

by

approaches

to

quantum

gravity,

string

theory,

and

black

hole

physics.

I'm

drawn

to

the

mysteries

of

the

universe

-

quantum

computing,

dark

matter,

dark

energy

-

and

love

using

computational

methods

to

explore

these

frontiers.

Through

programming

and

visualization,

I

aim

to

make

these

complex

concepts

more

accessible

to

others.

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