CV

Employment

  • 08.2013-06.2019 Graduate Research Assistant, University of Virginia
  • 06.2012-12.2012 Research Associate, LUMS - with Prof. Pervez Hoodbhoy
  • 01.2013-06.2013 Research Associate, LUMS - with Prof. Amer Iqbal
  • Summers 2011. Intern, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Education

  • 08.2013-06.2019 PhD Physics, University of Virginia

Thesis: Topological phases in three-dimensions, with Prof. Jeffrey Teo

  • 08.2008-06.2012 BS Physics, Lahore University of Management and Sciences (LUMS)

Thesis: Quantum Hall effect in a spinning disk geometry, with Prof. Pervez Hoodbhoy

  • 08.2006-06.2008 Advanced-Levels, Lahore Grammar School

Publications


  • S. Raza, M. Hua, CK. Chiu, JCY. Teo, Stacking disorder in Topological Insulators and Dirac/Weyl (semi)metals (in preparation)
  • S. Raza, JCY. Teo, Coupled wire models of non-Abelian 3D Topological orders (in preparation)
  • M. Hua, S. Raza, CK. Chiu, JCY. Teo, Classisfication of nodal band theories with combined symmetries (in preparation)
  • S. Raza, JCY. Teo, Non-Abelian knot cycles in (3+1)-dimensions (in preparation)

Talks

  • Stacking disorder in Topological Insulators and Dirac/Weyl semimetals, March meeting, Los Angeles 2018 [ppt]
  • Zoo of topological phases and their classifications, ASSMS Lahore, Jan 2018 [ppt]
  • Symmetry-preserving gapping of Weyl and Dirac Semimetals, University of Virginia, April 2017 [ppt]
  • Non-Abelian knot cycles in 3+1 dimensions, March meeting, New Orleans 2017 [ppt]
  • Symmetry-preserving gapping of Weyl and Dirac semimetals, UIUC, June 2016
  • Coupled wire construction of Weyl and Dirac semimetals, March meeting, Baltimore 2016

Workshops and conferences

  • Applied Machine Learning Conference, Tom Tom Festival, Charlottesville VA, 2018 and 2019
  • APS March Meeting, Boston MA, March 2019
  • New Approaches to Strongly Correlated Quantum Physics, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen CO, Feb 2019
  • APS March Meeting, Los Angeles CA, March 2018
  • Summer School on Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Materials, Cornell University, 2017
  • Strongly Correlated Topological Phases of Matter, Simons Center, Stony Brook NY, June 2017
  • APS March Meeting, New Orleans LA, March 2017
  • Summer School on Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Materials, Cornell University, 2015
  • Introduction to topological phases of matter, ICMT UIUC, 2016
  • Advances in strongly correlated materials, FTPI Minnesota, 2016
  • APS March meeting, Baltimore MD, March 2016
  • Prospects in Theoretical Physics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2015
  • Princeton Summer School on Condensed Matter Physics, Princeton University, 2015
  • APS March Meeting, San Antonio TX, March 2015

Poster presentations

  • Knot cycles in (3+1)d topological phases [pdf]
  • Symmetry preserving gapping of Weyl semimetals [pdf]
  • Quantum Hall effect in a spinning disk [jpg]
  • Mathematical modeling of the influence of heat shock proteins on cancer invasion [jpg]
  • Endocytosis in yeast: physics of vesicle formation [pdf]

email: raza at virginia dot edu