DescriptionDr. Manki Kim is a theoretical physicist, working on String Perturbation, String Compactifications, and String Field Theory. The list of his publications can be found below.Some links1) Dr. Kim's works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/14230212) Link to the high energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/Contact InfoMy website: hassaansaleem.comFollow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hassaan.3142/Join the Whatsapp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9DkjmAzNbs7IlGuv1XFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hassaan_PHYEmail Queries: greatestmight@gmail.comTime stamps(0:00 ) Coming Up(1:33 ) Intro of the guest(1:51 ) His current projects(3:33 ) Changing cosmological constant(7:51 ) His interest in physics(15:53 ) His work on small cosmological constants(37:15 ) The second step of KKLT(40:58 ) Scale separation(44:29 ) Why string field theory isn't used a lot?(50:03 ) What is string field theory (SFT)?(55:24 ) Calabi Yau metric and Machine Learning(1:01:07 ) Non-perturbation definition of string theory(1:06:34 ) Collaborations in Ph.D.(1:10:53 ) Choosing a problem to work on(1:13:10 ) CV of failure(1:18:24 ) (People's question) Feeling stuck(1:20:16 ) (People's question) Dark matter candidates(1:22:13 ) (People's question) Advisor or university?(1:25:49 ) (People's question) SFT and String perturbation(1:27:14 ) (People's question) KKLT and Vafa's criticism(1:38:17 ) (People's question) Doing string theory in 2025