In Conversation With Subir Sachdev

When Subir Sachdev had to choose between a career as a particle physicist or a condensed matter physicist, he selected the latter because he wanted to do something that was connected to quantum physics and had experimental relevance.

Since then, Sachdev worked extensively on quantum phase transitions and their application to superconductors and published a book on the topic. His research has also looked at how string theory can be used to explain some problems in condensed matter.

We sat down to interview Sachdev, and he spoke about his career, his research interests and touched upon how ICTP helps build research careers.

His complete interview is available on ICTP's YouTube channel.