Title: Loop quantum gravity: basic results and phenomenological implications

Abstract: Loop quantum gravity is presently the best developed approach to a quantum mechanical understanding of space time geometry. The basic observations and principles on which this approach are based are introduced, and it is explained how these allow the basic principle of general relativity and quantum theory to be consistently combined. The basic results are presented, concerning both the hamiltonian and path integral quantization of general relativity and related theories such as supergravity. Recent work on three areas of physical interest is described. These are 1) the possibility of predictions for near future observations of cosmic rays and gamma ray bursts, 2) an understanding of black hole entropy and radiation and 3) predictions for very early universe cosmology, including possible implications for observations of the cosmic microwave background.