Mustafa Saeed

BIOGRAPHY 

Mustafa Saeed joined Centre College in 2023. His teaching repertoire includes courses in physics and math, and his research probes how gravity and matter interact at quantum scales. Separately, Mustafa enjoys martial arts, crossfit, reading and writing fiction (fantasy and sci-fi) and the outdoors. In addition to conversing with Mustafa about any of the above, you can also ask him about his family, his dogs, his time as a student-athlete, his journey thus far as a scientist, and his affinity for sparkling water.

PUBLICATIONS

• "Cosmological perturbation theory with matter time" Physical Review D (2020)
• "Ising-like models on Euclidean black holes" Classical and Quantum Gravity (2024)
• "Quantum cosmology as a lattice in a box" Physical Review D (2024)
• "Phase transitions due to Euclidean gravity" Physical Review D (2025)
• "Particle production in a bouncing universe" Arxiv:2510.13213 (2025) 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Division of Theoretical Physics Best Student Poster Presentation Award, CAP Congress 2023

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• International Society of Quantum Gravity
• American Physical Society
• Canadian Associations of Physicists (former member)
• Research collaborations at the University of New Brunswick, Lahore University of Management Sciences and the Institute of Business Administration 

COURSES TAUGHT

• MAT 120 - Algebra and Trigonometry for Calculus
• MAT 165 - Modern Calculus I
• PHY 110 - Introduction to Physics
• PHY 120 - Introductory Physics for Life Sciences
• PHY 170 - Elementary Astronomy
• PHY 210 - General Physics I
• PHY 310 - Modern Physics I
• PHY 400 - General Relativity (directed study)
• PHY 401 - Quantum Computation (independent study)