DescriptionDr. Miguel Montero is a theoretical physicist at IFT Madrid, working on string compactifications and the swampland program. The list of his works can be found below.Some links1) Dr. Montero's list of works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1272182?ui-citation-summary=true2) Link to the high energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/Contact InfoYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@phymaths

My website: hassaansaleem.comJoin the Whatsapp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9DkjmAzNbs7IlGuv1XFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hassaan_PHYEmail Queries: greatestmight@gmail.comTime stamps(0:00 ) Coming Up(1:10 ) Intro of the guest(1:22 ) His current projects(4:28 ) What is the Swampland program?(11:24 ) Swampland conjectures vs string constructions(12:45 ) DGKT vs Weak Gravity Conjecture (WGC)(23:20 ) Discovering R7 branes(30:02 ) Relationships between swampland conjectures(33:30 ) Emergent string conjecture(34:35 ) Distance conjecture and EFT breakdown(37:39 ) Metric used for distance conjecture(39:11 ) Swampland prediction for N=4 SU(N) SYM(42:46 ) Tom Banks' paper on string parameters(46:15 ) What is the dark dimension?(51:02 ) Similarity with Nima et al's idea?(55:03 ) Why achieving SUSY scale separation is hard?(59:22 ) Non SUSY scale separation(1:03:52 ) Scale separated CFTs(1:08:15 ) His interest in Physics(1:10:44 ) The book that got him interested(1:11:24 ) Importance of hardwork(1:20:05 ) How to choose problems to work on?(1:29:09 ) Good PhD advisor(1:31:00 ) Which PhD students to take?(1:35:22 ) Setting deadlines(1:38:02 ) (People's question) Surprising swampland conjecture?(1:40:40 ) (People's question) Favorite restaurant in Madrid