Aswin Parayil Mana

PhD candidate, C.N Yang Institute for theoretical Physics, Stony Brook University,

100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY, 11794

About Me

I am a fifth-year Ph.D. student at the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook University, working under the supervision of Prof. Tzu-Chieh Wei. Prior to this, I completed an M.Sc. in Physics at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bangalore. I hold a B.Sc. (Honours) in Physics and Mathematics from the Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), Chennai. My school education was at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Palakkad, India.

My research interests lie at the intersection of theoretical and mathematical physics. Currently, I am focused on questions related to generalized symmetries and topological phases of matter.

News

[January 2026] gave a poster presentation on Higher-order topological phases protected by non-invertible and subsystem symmetries during a program held at ICTS-TIFR , Bangalore, India.
[November 2025] My work titled "Non-invertible defects in generalized Ising models via strange correlator" with Yaman Sanghavi appeared on arxiv (2511.13833)
[June 2025] I gave a poster presentation on Higher-order topological phases protected by non-invertible and subsystem symmetries during a program held at ICTP-SAIFR , Sao-Paulo, Brazil.
[May 26 2025] My first author paper "Higher-order topological phases protected by non-invertible and subsystem symmetries" with colleagues Yabo Li, Hiroki Sukeno and Prof. Tzu-Chieh Wei appeared on arXiv(2505.18119)
[March 17 2025] I gave a talk on Kramers-Wannier duality and Kennedy-Tasaki transformation in subsystem symmetric lattice models during the APS global physics summit held at Anaheim, California.
[December 2024] I gave a poster presentaion on CSS codes and dualities via cluster state measurements during the workshop held at SCGP, Stony Brook.
[July 18 2024] I gave a poster presentation on Kennedy-Tasaki transformation and noninvertible symmetry in lattice models beyond one dimension during the PiTP summer school held at IAS, Princeton.
[July 16 2024] I gave a gong show talk on Kennedy-Tasaki transformation and noninvertible symmetry in lattice models beyond one dimension during the PiTP summer school held at IAS, Princeton.
[June 21 2024] My first author paper "Kennedy-Tasaki transformation and noninvertible symmetry in lattice models beyond one dimension" with colleagues Yabo Li, Hiroki Sukeno and Prof. Tzu-Chieh Wei is published in Phys. Rev. B.
[May 28 2024] I gave a poster presentaion on CSS codes and dualities via cluster state measurements during the workshop held at Perimeter Instistute for Theoretical Physics.
[May 27 2024] My work titled "Anomaly inflow for CSS and fractonic lattice models and dualities via cluster state measurement" with Takuya Okuda and Hiroki Sukeno appeared on arxiv (2405.15853).
[March 4 2024] I gave a talk titled "fractons, strange correlators and dualities via cluster state measurements" at APS march meeting held at Mineapolis, Minnesota.
[Feb 14 2024] My work titled "Kennedy-Tasaki transformation and noninvertible symmetry in lattice models beyond one dimension" with colleagues Yabo Li, Hiroki Sukeno and Prof. Tzu-Chieh Wei apeared on arxiv(2402.09520).
[Feb 13 2024] My work titled "Anomaly inflow, dualities, and quantum simulation of abelian lattice gauge theories induced by measurements" with Takuya Okuda and Hiroki Sukeno appeared on arxiv (2402.08720).
[Jan 12 2024] I gave a talk on "CSS codes and dualities via cluster state measurements" at Institute for Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, India.
[Jan 11 2024] I gave a talk on "CSS codes and dualities via cluster state measurements" at Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), Chennai, India.
[Sep 22 2023] I gave a talk titled "fractons, strange correlators and dualities via cluster state measurements" at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto, Japan.
[Sep 21 2023] My work titled "Symmetry-enriched topological order from partially gauging symmetry-protected topologically ordered states assisted by measurements" with Yabo Li, Hiroki Sukeno, Hendrik Paulsen Nautrup and Prof. Tzu-Chie Wei is published in Phy. Rev. B.
[May 16 2023] My work titled "Symmetry-enriched topological order from partially gauging symmetry-protected topologically ordered states assisted by measurements" with Yabo Li, Hiroki Sukeno and Prof. Tzu-Chie Wei appered on arxiv (2305.09747).
[April 20 2023] I gave a talk titled "SPT phases and their gauging" at International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bangalore, India.