Mahmoud M. Asmar
Assistant Professor of Physics
I am a theoretical physicist who uses diverse analytical and numerical tools to build and explore quantum systems that reveal exciting phenomena in condensed matter physics. My research focuses on periodically driven systems, low-dimensional systems, and topological phases of matter. For periodically driven systems, I focus on controlling electronic and magnetic phenomena in materials via periodic drives, such as light irradiation, in what is known as Floquet engineering. In low dimensional systems, I focus on materials that host exotic low-energy quasiparticles, such as massless Dirac fermions, and study their unusual electronic and spintronic transport properties, aiming at innovative applications that harness the unique properties of these materials. I am also interested in states of matter that cannot be characterized according to the typical paradigm that associates phases of matter with underlying symmetries that are spontaneously broken. These paradigm-shifting states are called topological states of matter. These states of matter are expected to yield new functionalities in spintronics, thermoelectrics, and quantum computing. I search for pristine materials and artificially engineered systems that host these exciting topological states in and out of equilibrium.
Education
Ohio University Athens, OH
Ph.D. in Physics 2015
Ph.D. Thesis: Electronic and Spin Transport in Dirac-like Systems
Birzeit University Ramallah, Palestine
B.S. in Physics and Mathematics (Summa Cum Laude) 2007
Professional Experience
The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics and Astronomy 2018 – 2021
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics and Astronomy 2015–2018
Ohio University Athens, OH
Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy 2009–2015
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Visiting Researcher, Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems 2013–2014
Publications
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Research
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