Ben Knepper

I recently graduated in Fall 2025 with a double major in physics and philosophy and minor in mathematics from UC Berkeley, where I will be continuing for a PhD in theoretical physics. My research interests lie at the intersections of quantum information science, quantum gravity, and non-equilibrium many-body physics, with a background in both theory and experiment.

Currently, I am a research intern with Dr. Philipp Höhn at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Qubits and Spacetime Unit.

After spending a year at Fermilab and UChicago working on a dark matter quantum sensing experiment, I joined the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Quantum Measurements Group under Dr. Daniel Carney. Most recently, I have been engaged in a bachelor’s thesis on quantum measurement theory in holography. This approach can then be extended to characterize observables in theories of quantum gravity relative to measurements that an observer could make.

Within philosophy, some particular topics of iterest include the philosophy of lawhood, relational and process metaphysics, and phenomenology. Broadly speaking, I am also curious about the relationship between philosophy and physics.