Assistant Professor (Grade I),
Department of Physics,
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research -Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-Tvm), Kerala, India.
Contact: surajhegde@iisertvm.ac.in
Ph.D. Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2019.
Area of study: Theoretical condensed matter physics.
Thesis title: Topological phases, non-equilibrium dynamics and parallels of black hole phenomena in condensed matter.
Thesis advisor: Prof. Smitha Vishveshwara
Max-Planck-Institute for physics of complex systems, Dresden, Germany (2019-2021) with Dr. Inti Sodemann (Now at Institute for theoretical physics, Universität Leipzig, Germany).
Institute for theoretical physics, Technische Universität-Dresden, Germany (2021-2024) with Dr. Tobias Meng.
Dissipative Topological Phases
Quantum geometry in condensed matter
Masters project students:
1. Aryan Bhatia (BS-MS) : Topological phases on low dimensional Chern-Simons gravity.
2. Harshdeep Chabbra (BS-MS) : Dissipative Haldane model.
3. Anubha Agarwal (MS) : Quasi-periodic systems and localisation transitions.