Mohammad Zahid Hasan (born 1971) is a Bangladeshi physicist and Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics at Princeton University. Hasan's research topics include quantum physics and quantum topology.[1] He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.[2]
M. Zahid Hasan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971 |
| Known for | Dirac matter |
| Awards | Mustafa Prize (2021); Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Quantum physics, topology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Charge Dynamics in Low Dimensional Prototype Correlated Systems (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Zhi-Xun Shen |
Personal life and career
editBorn in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1971,[3][4] Hasan attended Dhanmondi Government Boys' High School, and later graduated from Dhaka College in 1988.[5] He was admitted to the physics department of Dhaka University, but chose to attend the University of Texas at Austin on a scholarship.[6] Hasan completed his B.S. degree in physics, and then attended Stanford University, from which he obtained an M.S. and a Ph.D.[7]
Hasan's Ph.D. thesis, entitled Charge Dynamics in Low Dimensional Prototype Correlated Systems, was published by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in November 2001 and by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information in March 2002. Advised by Zhi-Xun Shen, the report served as Hasan's thesis in applied physics.[8]
After his graduate work at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and Brookhaven National Laboratory, Hasan became a Robert H. Dicke Fellow in fundamental physics at Princeton University and held appointments at Bell Laboratories and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, before joining the faculty at Princeton University.[9]
Hasan is the Principal Investigator of Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Advanced Spectroscopy at Princeton University[10] and a Visiting Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California[11] 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.[12] He has been a Vanguard Fellow of the Aspen Institute (Washington DC) since 2014.[13] Hasan is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[14] In 2024, Hasan was appointed a visiting professor to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[15]
Research
editHasan's research is focused on fundamental physics - either searching for, or in-depth exploration of novel phases of electronic quantum matter.[10] He co-proposed and co-led the scattering-spectroscopy MERLIN beam-line and end-station facility at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.[16] and developed a laboratory for ultrafast and coherent quantum phenomena at Princeton University.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fellow Details - Bangladesh Academy of Sciences". www.bas.org.bd. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ "Prof. M. Zahid Hasan". Mustafa Prize. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ Ahmed, Fakhruddin (2015-08-19). "BANGLADESH'S ZAHID HASAN". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ "Bangladeshi scientist Zahid Hasan joins MIT as visiting professor". Dhaka Tribune. April 25, 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ Chandan, Md. Shahnawaz Khan (March 17, 2017). "Zahid Hasan". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "M. Zahid Hasan". Princeton Materials Institute. Princeton University. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ Hasan, Md-Zahid (2002) [2001]. Charge Dynamics in Low Dimensional Prototype Correlated Systems: A View with High-Energy X-rays. doi:10.2172/799074. OSTI 799074.
- ^ "M. Zahid Hasan". Physics. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ a b "Physicists find new control knob for the quantum topological world". Physics World. 13 September 2018.
- ^ ""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.
- ^ ""M. Zahid Hasan Experimental Investigator in Quantum Materials Award" by Moore foundation", Betty and Gordon Moore foundation, Palo Alto, California, 2014
- ^ "The Aspen Institute". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ "New Members Elected (2020): American Academy of Arts and Sciences". Press Release by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
- ^ "Bangladeshi scientist Zahid Hasan appointed visiting professor at MIT". The Daily Star. 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ 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.