Draft:Eslam Khalaf
Condensed matter theorist
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Eslam Khalaf is an Egyptian condensed matter theorist and an assistant professor of physics at Harvard University.[2][3] His research focuses on theoretical problems in quantum materials, including topology, disorder/localisation, and correlated phases in moiré systems and graphene-based heterostructures.[3]
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Comment: Probably too soon. Academics usually come through on the basis of "presumed notability", the criteria is here: WP:NACADEMIC. I am not seeing anything here which matches the critera, only one of which is needed. Criteria 2 is generally attributed at Nobel Prize levels of notability. With an h-index of 32 (but I can see rising a lot recently), this seems a few years WP:TOOSOON. ChrysGalley (talk) 09:47, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
University of Stuttgart (M.Sc.)
Ph.D. (Stuttgart/Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)
Eslam Khalaf | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Education | German University in Cairo (B.Sc.) University of Stuttgart (M.Sc.) Ph.D. (Stuttgart/Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research) |
| Awards | Otto Hahn Medal (2017 cohort) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Condensed matter physics Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Website | sites |
Early life and education
Khalaf studied engineering at the German University in Cairo, graduating with a B.Sc. in Electronics (2010).[4] He later earned an M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Stuttgart (2012).[4]
He completed doctoral research in Stuttgart in 2017 in the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, with work focused on topology and localisation in quantum materials.[2][4]
Career
After completing his Ph.D., Khalaf held postdoctoral positions associated with Harvard and the Max Planck system, and he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard working in the group of Ashvin Vishwanath from 2018 to 2022.[5]
He became an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin in 2022, and returned to Harvard as an assistant professor in 2023.[2][3]
Research
Khalaf’s research is in condensed matter theory, often motivated by experiments in moiré materials and other quantum materials platforms.[3]
His publications include work on symmetry-protected and higher-order topological phases,[6] the theory of magic-angle conditions in twisted graphene multilayers,[7] and theory connecting topological textures to superconductivity in magic-angle graphene.[8]
His work has also appeared in collaborations on correlated phases in moiré graphene systems, including a Nature paper on tunable spin-polarized correlated states in twisted double bilayer graphene[9] and a Nature paper reporting fractional Chern insulators in magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene.[10]
Awards and honours
- Otto Hahn Medal (for doctoral research on disorder effects and transport in topological quantum wires).
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