Jason Pollack

Jason Pollack is an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University, specializing in quantum information and its applications to fundamental physics. His research focuses on understanding how thermalization, gravitational dynamics, and classical observables emerge from quantum theories, particularly in cosmological and quantum gravity contexts. He utilizes tools from quantum information science to explore entanglement structures and observer limitations in quantum systems.

His academic background includes a Troesh Fellowship in Physics at Caltech (2014-2015), leadership as Chair of the Caltech Graduate Student Council (2015-2016), and the Kusaka Memorial Prize in Physics from Princeton (2011). He is a member of the prestigious Simons 'It from Qubit' collaboration, a global effort to bridge quantum information and quantum gravity research.

Research interests span quantum gravity, thermalization in isolated systems, and entanglement in quantum states. He has published extensively in journals like JHEP, Phys. Rev. A, and Phys. Rev. Lett., addressing topics from bulk reconstruction in holography to Bayesian thermodynamics. His work often bridges theoretical physics with cosmological implications, emphasizing foundational questions in quantum mechanics and spacetime structure.