Dirac Conversations: Subir Sachdev

ICTP is a hub for international science, attracting thousands of scientists each year, including some of the most prestigious physicists and mathematicians in the world. Hundreds of Nobel laureates, Fields medallists, and ICTP Dirac medallists have visited ICTP over the years, sharing their insights and perspectives with ICTP's international science community. ICTP is capturing some of these insights in its video series of "ICTP Conversations" and "Dirac Conversations". All were conducted by ICTP Director Atish Dabholkar, sometimes accompanied by members of the Centre's faculty.

2018 Dirac Medalist Subir Sachdev, Herchel Smith Professor of Physics at Harvard University, was interviewed in June 2022 by Atish Dabholkar, ICTP Director, and Rosario Fazio, Head of ICTP’s Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Section. The interview was made on the occasion of the joint ICTP-SISSA Colloquium on "Quantum Entanglement at all Distances".

In this conversation, some of the most interdisciplinary contributions of Subir Sachdev to condensed matter physics are discussed, exploring connections with quantum information, gravity and string theory.

In 2024, Sachdev has been named the first holder of the Miguel Virasoro Visiting International Chair, hosted in ICTP's Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics section.