- Asad Naqvi
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Asad Naqvi Born May 12, 1972
Karachi, Sindh ProvinceResidence Lahore, Punjab Province Citizenship Pakistan Nationality Pakistani Fields Mathematical Physics Institutions Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
National Center for Nuclear Physics
Institute of Nuclear Physics
University of Pennsylvania
University of AmsterdamAlma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Known for For his work on Quantum field theory and Superstring theory. Professor Asad Naqvi (Urdu:أسد نقوی) (May 12, 1972), is a Pakistani Mathematical physicist who specialized in theoretical physics, and superstring theory.[1] He is an Associate Professor of Physics at the School of Science and Engineering of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).[2] Before joining LUMS, he was a lecturer of Physics at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is renowned for his work and research to the fields of Quantum field theory, String theory and quantum gravity.
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Education
Born in Karachi, Sindh, Naqvi received his elementary and intermediate education from different private schools of Karachi. In 1990, with a scholarship, Naqvi attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study physics.[3][4] In 1994, he received his double B.Sc. in Physics and Electrical Engineering with a minor in Mathematics from MIT.[3] In 2000, Naqvi was awarded his Ph.D. in Theoretical physics also from MIT. His dissertation covered a vast part of research in string theory and Quantum gravity.[3]
Career in Physics
After completing his formal education, he held post-doctoral positions at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Amsterdam before joining the University of Wales, Swansea in October 2005 as an assistant professor.[1] He served at the University of Wales for around three years. He moved to LUMS SSE when it started in 2008 and left it in 2009. He is now serving at the Institute for Advanced Study as a member.
Research in Mathematical Physics
Dr Naqvi works on problems in mathematical physics, in particular string theory. One of the aims of string theory is to combine quantum mechanics and general relativity into a single coherent formalism.[5]
Research publications
- A Non-Supersymmetric Large-N 3D CFT and its Gravity Dual, jointly written paper of Dr. Adi Armoni and Dr. Asad Naqvi published in Journal of High Energy Physics, 0809:119, 2008
- Statistical Predictions from Anarchic Field Theory Landscapes, another joint paper of Dr. Vijay Balasubramanian, Dr. Jan de Boer and Dr. Asad Naqvi. In Press. arXiv: 0805.4196, 2008.
- N=4 SYM on S^3 with Near Critical Chemical Potentials, yet another joint paper of Dr. Timothy Hollowood, Dr. S. Prem Kumar, Dr. Asad Naqvi and Dr. Phillip Wild. Published in Journal of High Energy Physics, 0808:046, 2008.
- Instabilities of the Small Black Hole: A View from N=4 SYM. Timothy Hollowood, S.Prem Kumar, Asad Naqvi (Swansea U.) . SWAT 06-471, Jul 2006. 39pp. Published in JHEP 0701:001,2007.
- Space-time orbifold: A Toy model for a cosmological singularity. Vijay Balasubramanian (Pennsylvania U.) , S.F. Hassan, Esko Keski-Vakkuri (Helsinki Inst. of Phys.) , Asad Naqvi (Pennsylvania U.) . UPR-981-T, HIP-2002-07-TH, Feb 2002. 21pp. Published in Phys.Rev.D67:026003,2003.
- Statistical Predictions From Anarchic Field Theory Landscapes. Vijay Balasubramanian (Pennsylvania U. & Princeton, Inst. Advanced Study) , Jan de Boer (Amsterdam U.) , Asad Naqvi (Swansea U. & Lahore U. Mgt. Sci.) . ITFA-2008-19, May 2008. 22pp.
References and links
- ^ a b http://pyweb.swan.ac.uk/~pyasad/public.html
- ^ LUMS, Lahore University of Management Sciences; School of Science and Engineering (2009 (updated)), Physics Research: High Energy Particle Theory, http://sse.lums.edu.pk/physicsresearch.htm, retrieved 2009
- ^ a b c Biology, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering and Physics - Asad Naqvi
- ^ (SSE), School of Science and Engineering (2009), The LUMS SSE Virtual Program Development Team (VPDT), http://sse.lums.edu.pk/vpdt.htm#asadnaqvi, retrieved 2010
- ^ http://www.chowk.com/gallery/1365/46963
External links
- School of Science and Engineering
- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/asad-naqvi/5/850/b6
- http://www.chowk.com/gallery/1365/46963
- University of wales, Swansea
Categories:- Pakistan stubs
- Pakistani theoretical physicists
- Pakistani educators
- Pakistani scholars
- Muslim scholars
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- Mathematical physicists
- Pakistani mathematicians
- 1972 births
- Living people
- String theorists
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