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Kenny Higginbotham

@qgkenny.bsky.social
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Postdoc at Perimeter Institute • Using HEP theory and quantum info to understand quantum gravity • BS: Georgia Tech • PhD: CU Boulder • Views are my own

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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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hannahcole04.bsky.social @hannahcole04.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Do humans and birds share an eye for design? 🐦🎨 For my Master's diss, I’m testing if we share aesthetic tastes with bowerbirds. I need 100 responses to finish! Visual, anonymous & under 5 mins. Link: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 🧪 cc: @scienseed.com #AcademicSky #SciComm
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
And our preprint is live! Pacman here comes from new path integral rules for observers occupying bulk subregions - find Pacman and his friends on page 30! arxiv.org/pdf/2606.28484
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It was an honor to give a colloquium at Rikkyo University today on some upcoming work. I had way too much fun with my title slide!
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
So long CU! Thanks for the wonderful adventures 🦬
My name plate (featuring XKCD comics) outside my office at CUView of campus from the 11th floor of the Gamow tower
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Baby’s first single-author paper! ...or is it? Turns out testing for baby universes in your AdS bulk is trickier than expected. Check it out: arxiv.org/pdf/2507.05337
Figure from linked paper showing two bulk states: one with a baby universe, and one without. The baby universe contains the "success kid" meme.
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
My 7th grade biology teacher once lit germ-x on fire to demonstrate that it was “alive” based on our textbook’s definition. Needless to say, the demo really stuck with me!
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The summer after graduation is the perfect time to finally organize my Overleaf projects. Feels so good!
On Overleaf: "Uncategorized (0)"
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
First day of #TASI2025 was a success!
A picture of the CU Boulder lecture hall with the first day of TASI lectures.
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I learned so much from the international students I studied alongside at Georgia Tech and CU Boulder. They made me a better physicist — and a better citizen of the world. www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
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Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students
International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Discovered a new isometry last week! V = U ( 𝟙 ⊗ |PhD〉)
In my PhD robes sitting on the University of Colorado at Boulder sign!
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sanjana! @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
a massage isn’t enough I need to be spaghettified by a black hole
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Does that mean the walls are CFTs??
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Delayed post, but I passed my defense on Tuesday!! So thankful to all who helped make this dream a reality
A picture of myself with the title slide of my defense presentation showing my thesis title "Honey, I Shrunk the Hilbert Space: From Dualities to Non-Isometric Codes in Holography"
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Thank you @booker.senate.gov. Truly inspiring!
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Sad that I wasn't able to join, but so good to see Coloradans showing up. Thanks @aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov for making a few stops in colorful CO!
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Thesis submitted to committee ✅ Doctoral final examination form submitted ✅ Defense announcement form submitted ✅ T-18 days till defense!
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
And it's live! arxiv.org/pdf/2503.09681 What's our role as observers in the universe? We discuss how observers might be included in holographic codes. A 🧵... (1/9)
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Coming tomorrow to an arXiv listing near you!
The title page of a manuscript with title "On observers in holographic maps" by authors Chris Akers, Gracemarie Bueller, Oliver DeWolfe, Kenneth Higginbotham, Johannes Reinking, and Rudolph Rodriguez.
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Bummer! I used TeX for Gmail all the time. Any suggestions for an alternative?
A Chrome notification saying, "'Tex for Gmail' was turned off."
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
This one hits close to home. My first exposure to research was at the LSU REU program in the summer of 2016. I learned so many skills I still use today - Python, Mathematica, and the basics of how to do research - and published my first paper as a result. Truly a loss for our young scientists
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Me when I code (no matter how many comments I leave myself!)
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
That’s my Representative!
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Applied for graduation ✅ Scheduled defense ✅ Reserved room ✅ April 8th, here we come!
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
When you get assigned hot pink in the new shared Overleaf document...
Text in hot pink saying, ABSTRACT: "I am Kenough." (Barbie, 2023)
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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Preparing my 2025 Day of Light outreach lectures, I bought a glass sphere and made a rainbow. But I saw some odd things, and so here’s a thread with some photos and raytracing pictures. There may well be mistakes so tell me and I'll fix them. First the basic setup showing the primary bow.
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Let the thesis writing begin!
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Very well said. Also loved the shoutout to @staceyabrams.com’s Assembly Required podcast. Another great resource!
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Nothing like a good Lego date night. Y’all take care of yourselves out there 🌹
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Excited to share that I've accepted a postdoc fellowship at @perimeterinstitute.ca starting this fall! Looking forward to joining a fantastic group of researchers studying Holography and Quantum Information. Here's to new adventures!
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Kenny Higginbotham @qgkenny.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hello Bluesky! 👋🏼 Been on the app for a little bit, and figured it was time I introduced myself. Happy to chat about all things holographic and non-isometric!
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