I am a theoretical physicist working at the interface of quantum many-body physics and quantum information. My research explores how strong interactions and active feedback (measurements, QEC, etc) can stabilize quantum many-body phenomena far from equilibrium.

My current research focuses on:

• Mechanisms of robust ergodicity breaking, including e.g., Hilbert space fragmentation and kinetic constraints.

• Stability of non-Abelian topological codes and lattice gauge theories under noise, and developing quantum error correction schemes.

• Measurement- and dissipation-driven phases of matter, enabling phenomena beyond equilibrium physics.

If you are curious or would like to discuss some physics, please send me an email at psala [at] berkeley.edu.