## The Cause I'm Afiq! I do high risk-reward, potentially impactful science in areas that are neglected due to current research funding constraints. I am particularly interested in biosecurity, metascience, physics, global health, and improving reasoning tools in education. Most of my projects are supervised or collaborated with by individuals in major research organisations and non-profits. - I am an alum of Cambridge's mathematics tripos, where I studied theoretical physics in Part III and published widely used [notes](https://github.com/casualPhysics/gauge-pie/blob/master/app/build/static/notes/1_QFT/article.pdf). - I've been a quant trader at a major hedge fund as well as at Goldman Sachs. - I wrote for, and edited the [Language of Symmetry](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Language-Symmetry-Denis-Noble/dp/1032303948) with Denis Noble FRS and Benedict Rattigan. Currently, - I maintain the Casual Physics Enjoyer [newsletter](https://chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com/) and [youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL5NXkwElMA&lc=Ugzq1TqvOO6oEVUK7Mh4AaABAg), which was briefly Top 10 in Rising Science. I talk about biosec, metascience and career strategy. - I currently am a collaborator with the University of Nottingham where I work on computing [protein spectroscopy with quantum chemistry tools](https://casualphysicsenjoyer.com/Essays+in+progress/Computational+chemistry/Automatically+Generating+Conformers). - I collaborate with EA aligned organisations on [biosecurity engineering](). In particular I am working on [Far UVC installation physics](https://faruvcinstallation.vercel.app/), and pedagogy of physics of infection. - I founded and help run a 700+ discord server that focuses on meta science, alongside a [toolset that aims to improve the independent science landscape](https://euclia.vercel.app/). - I've started to contribute quantum mechanical theorems to the physLean project. I bike tour as well! Professionally, I'm a hedge fund trader, but I publish no finance content at all. --- ### Collaborators who have been featured here! I work with an awesome group of collaborators who have been featured on this page! In no particular order: David Kim, Charles Victorio, Cristian Sanchez, Anu Bazarragchaa, Jess Carr, and many others.