Eugenio Bianchi

Eugenio Bianchi is an Associate Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University's Department of Physics, affiliated with the Eberly College of Science. His research focuses on the intersection of quantum gravity, general relativity, and quantum information theory, particularly exploring the quantum nature of spacetime through entanglement. He leads the Interdisciplinary Gravity Center (IGC) at PSU and teaches courses ranging from undergraduate honors physics to graduate-level quantum gravity and quantum field theory.

Education: PhD in Physics from Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (2010). Research interests include loop quantum gravity, entanglement entropy in black holes, and applications of quantum information to cosmology. His work bridges diverse areas such as gravitational wave observations, thermalization in isolated quantum systems, and primordial universe dynamics.

Research Highlights: Bianchi’s studies investigate entanglement’s role in spacetime structure, including black hole evaporation, quantum gravitational corrections to cosmological models, and the emergence of spacetime geometry from entanglement. Recent trends in his publications emphasize causal structures in spin foams, quantum gravity predictions in inflationary cosmology, and entanglement dynamics in Gaussian states.

• Awards: 2019 Buchalter Cosmology Prize, 2019 Schreyer Teaching Award, 2013 Bronstein Prize, and FQXi Membership (2018).
• Teaching: Courses like PHYS 211H (Honors Mechanics), PHYS 565 (Quantum Gravity), and graduate-level relativity and QFT.
• Labs/Teams: Directs the Interdisciplinary Gravity Center (IGC.psu.edu), fostering collaborations in quantum gravity and cosmology.