M. Zahid Hasan

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M. Zahid Hasan
জাহিদ হাসান
Born
Dhaka
NationalityBangladeshi
Known forDirac matter
Parent(s)
AwardsMustafa Prize (2021); Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum physics, topology
Institutions
Websitephysics.princeton.edu/zahidhasangroup

M. Zahid Hasan is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics at Princeton University.[1] His primary research area is quantum physics and quantum topology.[2]

Biography[]

Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Hasan completed his higher secondary schooling at Dhaka College, then studied physics and mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin.[3] He obtained his Ph.D. in 2002 from Stanford University, working at SLAC/Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory.[4]

After a term as a Robert H. Dicke Fellow in fundamental physics at Princeton and visiting appointments at Bell Labs (in Murray Hill, New Jersey), SLAC/Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Hasan joined the faculty rank at Princeton University.[4]

Hasan is the Principal Investigator of Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Advanced Spectroscopy at Princeton University[5] and a Visiting Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California[6] Since 2014 he has been an EPiQS-Moore Investigator, awarded by the Betty and Gordon Moore foundation in Palo Alto (California) for his research on emergent quantum phenomena in topological matter.[7] He has been a Vanguard Fellow of the Aspen Institute (Washington DC) since 2014.[8] Hasan is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[9]

Research[]

Hasan's research is focused on fundamental physics - either searching for, or in-depth exploration of novel phases of electronic quantum matter[5]. He co-proposed and co-led the scattering-spectroscopy MERLIN beam-line and end-station facility at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.[10] and developed a laboratory for ultrafast and coherent quantum phenomena at Princeton University.

References[]

  1. ^ "Faculty named to endowed professorships". Princeton University (Press release). 17 May 2017.
  2. ^ Day, C. (2009). "Exotic spin textures show up in diverse materials". Physics Today. 32 (4): 4. Bibcode:2009PhT....62d..12D. doi:10.1063/1.3120883. S2CID 137511150.
  3. ^ "DOE Physicists at Work - Dr. Zahid Hasan". Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b "M. Zahid Hasan". Physics.
  5. ^ a b "Physicists find new control knob for the quantum topological world". Physics World. 13 September 2018.
  6. ^ ""How X-rays Pushed Topological Matter Research Over the Top" by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory". lbl.gov (Press release). Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 14 April 2017.
  7. ^ ""M. Zahid Hasan Experimental Investigator in Quantum Materials Award" by Moore foundation", moore.org, Betty and Gordon Moore foundation, Palo Alto, California, 2014
  8. ^ "The Aspen Institute". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  9. ^ "New Members Elected (2020): American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Press Release by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  10. ^ Kelez, Nicholas; Chuang, Yi-De; Smith-Baumann, Alexis; Franck, Keith; Duarte, R.; Lanzara, A.; Hasan, M.Z.; Dessau, D.S.; Chiang, T.C.; Shen, Z.-X.; Hussain, Zahid (2007). "Design of an elliptically bent refocus mirror for the MERLIN beamline at the advanced light source". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 582 (1): 135–137. Bibcode:2007NIMPA.582..135K. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2007.08.092.
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