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Employment
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
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
Publications
- S. Raza, A. Sirota, JCY. Teo, From Dirac semimetals to topological phases in three dimensions: a coupled wire construction arXiv:1711.05746 (PRX 2019)
- MJ. Park, S. Raza, M. Gilbert, JCY. Teo, Coupled Wire Models of Interacting Dirac Nodal Superconductors, Phys. Rev. B 98, 184514 (2018) arXiv:1806.09599
- 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
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
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
Poster presentations
email: raza at virginia dot edu