Dr. Kashif Sabeeh

Department of Physics,
Quaid-i-Azam University,
Islamabad,

Short Bio:  Dr. Kashif Sabeeh is Ph.D. in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics from Stevens Institute of Technology (USA), 2001. He is a regular Associate of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy and also referee for Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Physics Letters A, and Nanotechnology. He is working on electronic transport and collective excitations in low-dimensional condensed matter systems and also studied electron transport in various low-dimensional systems and Dirac Fermion systems like graphene silicene and topological insulators. Current interest is in topological properties of Dirac Fermion systems and topological phase transitions occurring in these systems. He teaches a diverse set of fundamental physics courses as well as research-oriented courses.

Keynote Topic: Topological Materials

Abstract:   Physics has benefited greatly from ideas that were independently developed in mathematics. Topology is a branch of mathematics that studies shapes. Properties that do not change under continuous deformation, including stretching and bending, are topological in nature. Now some of these topological ideas have become important in several areas of physics. In this talk, I will begin with an introduction of topological phases of matter in free fermionic systems. I will focus on topological phase transitions and transport in topological materials and some of our results in this area.