#  Press 

 



Biography and interviews:

- [632nm Podcast:](https://www.youtube.com/@632nmPodcast) *Superconductors, Black Holes, and Quantum Matter | Subir Sachdev on the SYK Model* \[[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3mn4tsjo9c)\]
- Public lecture on *Quantum entanglement in nature* \[[Poster](http://140.247.122.253/talks/iitd_poster.jpeg); [PDF](http://140.247.122.253/talks/iitd24.pdf); [Keynote](http://140.247.122.253/talks/iitd24.key.zip); [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LBI9yarl58)\], Institute Lecture, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, January 3, 2024.
- Peterson public lecture *Quantum entanglement at all distances* \[[PDF](talks/kansas22b.pdf); [Keynote](talks/kansas22b.key.zip); [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B95S1wnFwSc)\], Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, April 26, 2022
- Public lecture on *Ultra-spooky action at a distance: from quantum materials in the lab to black holes* \[[PDF](talks/Simons20.pdf); [Keynote](talks/Simons20.key.zip); [Video](https://www.simonsfoundation.org/event/ultra-spooky-action-at-a-distance-from-quantum-materials-in-the-lab-to-black-holes/)\], Simons Foundation, New York, January 21, 2020
- [Interview with Dirac Medal Winners](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EODiPsh0uU), International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, March 28, 2019.
- [Chai with Manju](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtF8v66wT6c), Interview with INE News, Oct 22, 2018.
- [Interview in the Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/theorist-may-also-make-predictions-for-new-experiments-prof-sachdev/articleshow/65765219.cms), Sep 11, 2018.
- Public Lecture on *Quantum entanglement, strange metals, and black holes* , Simons Foundation, New York, February 8, 2017 \[[PDF](talks/simons17.pdf); [Keynote](talks/simons17.key.zip); [Video](https://www.simonsfoundation.org/lecture/quantum-entanglement-strange-metals-and-black-holes/)\]
- [Taming Superconductors With String Theory](https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160121-superconductors-and-string-theory/), Interview in Quanta Magazine January 21, 2016. Also in [Scientific American](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/taming-superconductors-with-string-theory/).
- Public Lecture on *Quantum Entanglement and Superconductivity*, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Canada, October 1, 2014 \[[Video](http://youtu.be/g9hWML3NwN8); [PDF](talks/perimeterpublic14.pdf); [Keynote](talks/perimeterpublic14.key.zip); [Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_COwxyMOMcA); [Interview 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqESHyr4vKg); [Interview 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqB8a_V6O6Q)\].
- [Biography](http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20033107.html) at the National Academy of Sciences
- [Videos of the Salam Distinguished Lectures 2014](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoxv42WBtfCBOQd9u31m9gMg1bsnAaTKH), International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, January 27-30, 2014.
- [Interview](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhNcU5UfBDE&list=PLoxv42WBtfCCCyfPRf-BcIgCkX9FNFPSU) at the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, January 28, 2014.
- [A profile](http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/12.09/10-sachdev.html) and [an interview](http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/10.06/03-sachdev.html) in the Harvard Gazette.

Research reports:

- [Driving matter into new states](https://physicsworld.com/a/driving-matter-into-new-states/), Lorna Brigham, Physics World, June 3, 2026.
- [Quantized limit of conductivity in near-ideal graphene](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-025-02974-x), Aniket Majumdar and Arindam Ghosh, Nature Physics (2025).
- [Strange metals point to a whole new way to understand electricity](https://www.science.org/content/article/strange-metals-point-whole-new-way-understand-electricity), Science **388**, 810 (2025).
- [Luttinger's theorem at the core of topological matter](https://phys.org/news/2023-12-luttinger-theorem-core-topological.html), Phys.org, December 6, 2023.
- [Meet Strange Metals: Where Electricity May Flow Without Electrons](https://www.quantamagazine.org/meet-strange-metals-where-electricity-may-flow-without-electrons-20231127/), by Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, November 27, 2023.
- [Strange metals reveal their secrets](https://physicsworld.com/a/strange-metals-reveal-their-secrets/), Physics World, September 14, 2023.
- [The Mystery of "Strange" Metals Explained](https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/148), Physics Magazine, August 31, 2023.
- [We Finally Know Why Quantum 'Strange Metals' Are So Strange](https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2023/08/17/we-finally-know-why-quantum-strange-metals-are-so-strange/), Simons Foundation News, August 17, 2023.
- [Past scholars elected to Royal Society](https://www.ias.edu/news/2023/karen-uhlenbeck-past-scholars-fellows-royal), Institute for Advanced Study news, May 10, 2023.
- [Subir Sachdev elected fellow of the Royal Society](https://www.icts.res.in/news/subir-sachdev-elected-fellow-royal-society), ICTS News, May 12, 2023.
- [Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society](https://royalsociety.org/news/2023/05/new-fellows-2023/), The Royal Society, May 10, 2023.
- C. Laurens, *Métaux étranges*, Epsiloon, pp. 66-69, February 2023.
- [Physicists Create a Wormhole Using a Quantum Computer](https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-create-a-wormhole-using-a-quantum-computer-20221130/), by Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, November 30, 2022.
- [Physicists Create `the Smallest, Crummiest Wormhole You Can Imagine'](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/30/science/physics-wormhole-quantum-computer.html), by Dennis Overbye, New York Times, November 30, 2022.
- [Strange connections](https://annualreports.simonsfoundation.org/2021/strange-connections/), Simons Foundation Annual Report, 2021 Edition.
- [A glimpse inside a graphene sandwich](https://phys.org/news/2022-04-glimpse-graphene-sandwich.html), by University of Innsbruck, Phys.Org, April 27, 2022.
- [A better large *N* limit of the electron-boson problem?](https://www.condmatjclub.org/?p=4568), by Steven A. Kivelson, Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics, February 28, 2022.
- [New State of Matter Observed through Entangled Particles](https://www.ias.edu/news/2021/quantum-spin-liquid), Institute for Advanced Study, December 2, 2021.
- [Quantum Simulators Create a Totally New Phase of Matter](https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantum-simulators-create-a-totally-new-phase-of-matter-20211202/), Quanta Magazine, December 2, 2021.
- [Harvard-led researchers document the presence of quantum spin liquids, a never-before-seen state of matter](https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/936121), Harvard news release, December 2, 2021. Also [Step in quest for quantum computing](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/12/harvard-led-team-takes-step-in-quest-for-quantum-computing/).
- [A new quantum limit for electrons](https://cifar.ca/cifarnews/2021/07/28/electrons-universal-speed-limit/), CIFAR news, July 28, 2021.
- [When the Disorder is Just Right](https://physics.aps.org/articles/v14/88), by Philip W. Phillips, Physics, **14**, 88, June 14, 2021.
- [A Black Hole in the Palm of Your Hand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC2k87BTbQM), NHK TV program in Japan, April 2021.
- [A New Twist Reveals Superconductivity's Secrets](https://www.quantamagazine.org/graphenes-new-twist-reveals-superconductivitys-secrets-20210316/), Quanta Magazine, March 16, 2021.
- [A theoretical explanation for an enhanced thermal Hall response in high-temperature superconductors](https://phys.org/news/2019-10-theoretical-explanation-thermal-hall-response.html), Phys.Org, October 31, 2019.
- [New theory draws connections between Planckian metals and black holes](https://phys.org/news/2019-08-theory-planckian-metals-black-holes.html), Phys.Org, August 26, 2019.
- [Two Indian American researchers named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences for extraordinary achievements](https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/two-indian-american-researchers-named-to-american-academy-of-arts/article_d211d310-6777-11e9-909f-1bbe0dcbf5c2.html), India West, April 25, 2019.
- [12 faculty honored for their 'compelling achievements'](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/04/12-faculty-honored-as-newest-members-of-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/), The Harvard Gazette, April 17, 2019.
- [The unexpected duality of gravitational and condensed-matter physics](https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/PT.3.4187), by Per Kraus, Physics Today, April 2019.
- [Universal Quantum Phenomena Found in Strange Metals](https://www.quantamagazine.org/universal-quantum-phenomenon-found-in-superconductors-20181119), Quanta Magazine, November 19, 2018.
- [New England Choice Awards](https://indianewengland.com/2018/09/new-england-choice-awards-2018-announced-for-academics-art-entrepreneurship-healthcare-community-service-and-philanthropy/) for Academics, October 26, 2018.
- [Dirac Medal winners share close ties with Perimeter](http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/news/dirac-medal-winners-share-close-ties-perimeter), Perimeter Institute, August 15, 2018.
- [Dirac Medal to Subir Sachdev](http://www.tifr.res.in/TSN/article/sachdev-diracmedal-tifr.pdf), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, August 14, 2018.
- [Subir Sachdev awarded the 2018 Dirac Medal by ICTP](https://www.icts.res.in/news/subir-sachdev-awarded-2018-dirac-medal-ictp), International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru, August 14, 2018.
- [UChicago physicist earns Dirac Medal for pioneering research](https://news.uchicago.edu/story/uchicago-physicist-earns-dirac-medal-pioneering-research), UChicago News, August 10, 2018.
- [Sachdev awarded 2018 Dirac Medal](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/node/872), Department of Physics, Harvard University, August 9, 2019.
- [Indian-born scientist wins prestigious Dirac Medal](TOI_Dirac.pdf), [Times of India, August 9, 2018](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/indian-born-scientist-wins-prestigious-dirac-medal/articleshow/65336612.cms).
- [2018 Dirac Medal Winners Announced](https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2018/8/dirac-medal-2018.aspx), International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, August 2018.
- [Elusive Higgs-Like State Created in Exotic Materials](https://www.quantamagazine.org/elusive-higgs-mode-created-in-exotic-materials-20180228/), Quanta Magazine, February 2018.
- [Black Holes and Revelations](http://sachdev.physics.harvard.edu/discover_sachdev.pdf), Discover magazine, November 2017, page 70.
- [Subir Sachdev wins Lars Onsager Prize](https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/news/subir-sachdev-wins-lars-onsager-prize), Perimeter Institute, October 30, 2017.
- [Subir Sachdev awarded Lars Onsager Prize of the American Physical Society 2018](https://www.icts.res.in/news/subir-sachdev-awarded-lars-onsager-prize-american-physical-society-2018), ICTS Bangalore, October 27, 2017.
- [2018 APS Prizes Awarded](https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2017/10/aps-prizes.aspx), ICTP Trieste, October 24, 2017.
- [Spring 2018 American Physical Society Prizes and Awards Announced](https://www.aps.org/newsroom/pressreleases/spring18-prizes.cfm), APS, October 23, 2017
- [An Experiment in Zurich Brings Us Nearer to a Black Hole's Mysteries](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/science/mixed-axial-gravitational-anomaly-weyl-semimetals-ibm.html), New York Times, July 19, 2017
- [Big Bang gravitational effect observed in lab crystal](http://www.nature.com/news/big-bang-gravitational-effect-observed-in-lab-crystal-1.22338), Nature, July 2017.
- [Black hole power: How string theory idea could lead to new thermal-energy harvesting tech](http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/materials/black-hole-power-how-string-theory-idea-could-lead-to-new-thermal-energy-harvesting-tech), IEEE Spectrum, July 2017.
- [Scientists Just Observed an Effect of Gravity on Tiny Particles For the First Time](https://gizmodo.com/scientists-just-observed-an-effect-of-gravity-on-tiny-p-1797057322), Gizmodo, July 2017.
- [Is there a speed limit for thermalization?](http://www.condmatjclub.org/?p=2928), by Michael Mulligan, Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics, November 2016.
- [Electrons go with the flow in exotic material systems](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6277/1026), by Jan Zaanen, Science **351**, 1026 (2016).
- [Quantum phase transition underpins superconductivity in copper oxides](http://www.cifar.ca/assets/quantum-phase-transition-underpins-superconductivity-in-copper-oxides/), CIFAR News, February 2016.
- [How to make electrons behave like a liquid](http://news.mit.edu/2016/negative-resistance-electrons-behave-liquid-0222), MIT News, February 2016.
- [The Quantum Secret to Superconductivity](https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160222-mega-magnet-reveals-superconductor-secret/), Quanta Magazine, February 2016.
- [Liquid-like graphene could be the key to understanding black holes](http://www.gizmag.com/liquid-graphene-dirac-fluid/41801/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=069b3a2c8e-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-069b3a2c8e-91146709), Gizmag, February 2016.
- [A metal that behaves like water](http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/hjap-amt021116.php), AAAS EurekaAlert!, February 2016.
- [Getting a grip on quantum criticality in metals](http://www.condmatjclub.org/?p=2727), by Joerg Schmalian, Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics, January 2016.
- [Quantum Hydrodynamic Transport in Graphene](http://www.condmatjclub.org/?p=2687), by Francisco Guinea, Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics, October 2015.
- [Unraveling the complex, intertwined electron phases in a superconductor](http://phys.org/news/2015-10-unraveling-complex-intertwined-electron-phases.html#jCp), Phys. Org and [ScienceDaily](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151026125157.htm), October 26, 2015.
- [What do strange metals and black holes have in common?](https://physicsworld.com/a/what-do-strange-metals-and-black-holes-have-in-common/), by Hamish Johnston, Physics World, June 2015.
- [What is the fastest an egg (or anything else) can be scrambled?](http://www.condmatjclub.org/?p=2604), by Joel Moore, Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics, June 2015.
- [Quantum fluctuations can handle heat](http://knowledgecircle.cifar.ca/quantum-fluctuations-can-handle-heat/), CIFAR Knowledge Circle, September 2014.
- [A Critical Test of Quantum Criticality](http://physics.aps.org/articles/v7/74), by Martin Klanjšek, Physics **7**, 74 (2014).
- [Superconducting instabilities of quantum critical metals](http://www.condmatjclub.org/?p=2418), by Leon Balents, Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics, May 2014.
- [Decoding the Secrets of Superconductivity](http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140430-decoding-the-secrets-of-superconductivity/), Quanta magazine, Simons Foundation, April 2014.
- [Quantum mechanics of black holes](http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1221693), by Edward Witten, Science **337**, 538 (2012).
- [Collaborative physics: String theory finds a bench mate](http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/478302a), Nature **478**, 302 (2011).
- [A route to quantum magnetism](http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v472/n7343/full/nature10101.html), by Ian Spielman, Nature **472**, 301 (2011).
- [Recent Progress in non-Fermi Liquid Theory in Two Dimensions](http://www.condmatjclub.org/?p=1195), by Patrick Lee, Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics, December 2010.
- [String theory tackles strange metals](http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.547), Nature News, October 2010.
- [In pursuit of a nameless metal](http://physics.aps.org/articles/v3/83), by John McGreevy, Physics **3**, 83 (2010).
- [Hidden one-dimensional physics in 2D critical metals](http://physics.aps.org/articles/v3/70), by Andrey Chubukov, Physics **3**, 70 (2010).
- [Physicists investigate electron fractionalization into not two, but three components](http://phys.org/news/2010-08-physicists-electron-fractionalization-components.html), Phys.Org, August 2010.
- [Does quantum mechanics play a role in critical phenomena?](http://physics.aps.org/articles/v3/35), by Rajiv Singh, Physics **3**, 35 (2010).
- ['Perfect' fluids in nuclear, atomic and condensed matter physics](http://www.condmatjclub.org/?p=745), by Joerg Schamlian, Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics, September 2009.
- [Electrons in graphene: an interacting fluid par excellence](http://physics.aps.org/articles/v2/57), by Igor Herbut, Physics **2**, 57 (2009).
- [String theory hints at explanation for superconductivity](http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.699), Nature News, July 2009.
- [The Black Hole and the Babel Fish](http://fqxi.org/community/articles/display/115), The Foundational Questions Institute, October 2008.
- [Beyond convention](http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v4/n1/abs/nphys823.html), by Didier Poilblanc, Nature Physics **4**, 16 (2008).
- [Article in Dutch newspaper](http://sachdev.physics.harvard.edu/Dutch_newspaper.pdf), September 2, 2007.
- [A black hole full of answers](http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/4481000a), by Jan Zaanen, Nature **448**, 30 (2007).
- [Quantum criticality beyond the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson paradigm](http://www.condmatjclub.org/?p=229), by Bertrand Halperin, Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics, April 2005.
- [Quantum Phase Transitions out of the Heavy Fermi liquid](http://www.condmatjclub.org/?p=229), by Matthew Fisher, Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics, October 2004.
- [New Experiments Highlight Universal Behavior in Copper Oxide Superconductors](http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/57/9/10.1063/1.1809085), Physics Today, September 2004.
- [The Cup of the Hand](http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1095266), by Robert Laughlin, Science **303**, 1475 (2004).
- [Experiments Vindicate a 50-Year-Old Explanation of How Liquid Metals Resist Solidification](http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/56/7/10.1063/1.1603067), Physics Today, July 2003.
- [Microwaves Induce Vanishing Resistance in Two-Dimensional Electron Systems](http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/56/4/10.1063/1.1580039), Physics Today, April 2003.
- [From Superfluid to Insulator: Bose-Einstein Condensate Undergoes a Quantum Phase Transition](http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/55/3/10.1063/1.1472381), Physics Today, March 2002.
- [Magnetism and Superconductivity Fight for Control in High-*Tc* Superconductors](http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/55/2/10.1063/1.1461319), Physics Today, February 2002.
- [Spin and Isospin: Exotic Order in Quantum Hall Ferromagnets](http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/article/53/6/10.1063/1.1306366), by Steven Girvin, Physics Today, June 2000.