Hi! I'm Yong Sheng Yap (葉勇陞), a PhD student at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP). I have a broad interest in all things cosmology, but I spend most of my time attempting to leverage cosmological observables to gain insight into fundamental physics.
Research Interests
- Cosmological probes of fundamental physics
- Inflation and early-universe physics
- Large-scale structure (LSS) theory
Teaching
- Part-II Supervisor for Principles of Quantum Mechanics, 2024 - 2025
- Part-III Examples Class Lead for Field Theory in Cosmology, 2025 - Present
Outreach
- FrogAsia SPACE Series
- Former International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) team leader for Malaysia