Nafiz Ishtiaque

BIO

My research primarily focuses on the study of integrability within gauge theory and string theory. Integrable models, both classical and quantum, are distinguished by their exactly solvable dynamics. I aim to develop systematic methods to identify these integrable subsectors within the broader context of quantum field theories, string theories, and quantum gravity. Using tools such as supersymmetric localization and holomorphic-topological twists, I explore string and M-theoretic constructions of integrable models and their duality transformations.

The concept of symmetry, especially in the form of quantum groups, has been fundamental in understanding integrability. Given the recent developments in generalized or categorical symmetry, I am also investigating how this broader concept of symmetry impacts integrability and their potential applications in quantum error corrections.

教育经历

• 2014-2019 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Waterloo, Physics, PhD.
• 2013-2014 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Waterloo, Physics, MSc.
• 2008-2012 University of Dhaka, Physics, BSc.

工作经历

• 2025- Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences, China, Associate Professor.
• 2022-2025 Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, France, Postdoc.
• 2019-2022 Institute for Advanced Study, USA, Postdoc.

荣誉和获奖

Received NSF funding (IAS, US) and Huawei Young Talent Fellowship (IHES, France).

论著

• R-matrices and Miura operators in 5d Chern-Simons theory, with Saebyeok Jeong and Yehao Zhou, e-Print: 2408.15712 [hep-th], SciPost Phys.Core 8 (2025) 003.
• Symmetry topological field theory and non-abelian Kramers-Wannier dualities of generalised Ising models, with Clement Delcamp, e-Print: 2408.06074 [hep-th], Annales Henri Poincare (2025).
• Elliptic Stable Envelopes for Certain Non-Symplectic Varieties and Dynamical R-Matrices for Superspin Chains from The Bethe/Gauge Correspondence, with Seyed Faroogh Moosavian, Yehao Zhou, e-Print: 2308.12333 [hep-th], SIGMA 20 (2024) 099.
• Line operators in 4d Chern-Simons theory and Cherkis bows, with Yehao Zhou, e-Print: 2211.00049 [hep-th], SciPost Phys. 16 (2024) 2, 052.
• Superspin chains from superstring theory, with Seyed Faroogh Moosavian, Surya Raghavendran, Junya Yagi, e-Print: 2110.15112 [hep-th], SciPost Phys. 13 (2022) 4, 083.
• Disk, interval, point: on constructions of quantum field theories with holomorphic action functionals, with Junya Yagi, e-Print: 2002.10488 [hep-th], JHEP 06 (2020), 180.
• Topological holography: The example of the D2-D4 brane system, with Seyed Faroogh Moosavian, Yehao Zhou, e-Print: 1809.00372 [hep-th], SciPost Phys. 9 (2020) 2, 017.
• An Overview of B-branes in Gauged Linear Sigma Models. Springer Proc.Math.Stat. 240 (2018), 229-260
• 2D BPS Rings from Sphere Partition Functions, e-Print: 1712.02551 [hep-th], JHEP 04 (2018), 124.
• Correlation Functions of Coulomb Branch Operators, with Efrat Gerchkovitz, Jaume Gomis, Avner Karasik, Zohar Komargodski, Silviu Pufu, e-Print: 1602.05971 [hep-th], JHEP 01 (2017), 103.
• Kähler potential and ambiguities in 4d N = 2 SCFTs, with Jaume Gomis, e-Print: 1409.5325 [hep-th], JHEP 04 (2015).