Viqar Husain

Professor Viqar Husain is affiliated with the University of New Brunswick, specializing in theoretical physics and quantum gravity. His work focuses on canonical quantization methods applied to general relativity, including studies of spacetime singularities, gravitational entropy, and loop quantum gravity formalisms.

• Education: Ph.D. 1989, Yale University (Advisor: Lee Smolin)

Research explores foundational questions in quantum gravity using ADM and Ashtekar formulations, with particular attention to Gowdy cosmology models and Weyl curvature's role in entropy. His dissertation developed solutions to Hamiltonian constraints using loop-based methods and analyzed quantum gravitational effects on spacetime structure.

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