Dr. Mohammed Shadman Salam

Having finished my BS in Applied Physics and Electronics, I accepted an offer to pursue a PhD in Physics at the University of Oklahoma, USA. I graduated with a PhD in 2022, and joined BRAC University as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics in 2023. Since September 2025, I am at East West University as an Assistant Professor of Physics in the Department of Mathematics and Data Science. My research focus is theoretical particle physics, Supersymmetry phenomenology and string theory. In a nutshell, my research aims to uncover the unanswered questions of nature - what is the quantum description of gravity?; what is the nature of Dark Matter in the Universe? What the smallness of the cosmological constant implies for our existences and the possibility of a multiverse?.

Faculty

Faculty Faculty of Sciences and Engineering

Research Interest

Particle Physics, String Theory and Phenomenology Machine Learning Applications to Theoretical Physics

Teaching Materials

PHY 109 - Engineering Physics I; Fall 2025 - Present PHY 209 - Engineering Physics II; Spring 2026 - Present

Academic Background

PhD, Physics, University of Oklahoma, USA MS, Physics, University of Oklahoma, USA BS, Applied Physics and Electronics, BRAC University, Dhaka, BD

Awards & Achievements

Nielsen Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in Theoretical Physics, Spring 2023, Presented by: Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, USA Neil-Schaffer Ray Award for Outstanding Performance in Coursework and Research by a graduate student, Spring 2021, Presented by: Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, USA Vice Chancellor's List of Meritorious Students, awarded for scoring a GPA of 3.9 or above in the previous semester, Spring 2012, Presented by VC, BRAC University, BD Dean's List of Meritorious Students, awarded for scoring a GPA of 3.7 to 3.89 in the previous semester, Spring 2013, Presented by Dean, BRAC University, BD

Selected Publications

Journal Publications Invited Lectures and Talks White-paper Contributions and Preprints Baer, H., Barger, V., Bolich, J., Martinez, D., Salam, Shadman , Sengupta, D., Zhang, K. Prospects of supersymmetry at High-Luminosity LHC , Reviews of Modern Physics, October 2025 Baer, H., Barger, V., Martinez, D., Salam, Shadman . Weak scale supersymmetry emergent from the string landscape , Entropy, March 2024 Baer, H., Barger, V., Martinez, D., Salam, Shadman . Practical naturalness and its implications for weak scale supersymmetry , Phys. Rev. D.108.035050. August 2023 Baer, H., Barger, V., Martinez, D., Salam, Shadman . Fine-tuned vs. natural supersymmetry: what does the string landscape predict? , J. High Energy. Phys. 2022, 125 (2022). September 2022 H. Baer, V. Barger, D. Martinez, Salam, Shadman . Radiative natural supersymmetry emergent from the string landscape , J. High Energy. Phys. 2022, 186 (2022), March 2022 H. Baer, V. Barger, Salam, Shadman , H. Serce, Supersymmetric particle and Higgs boson masses from the landscape: Dynamical versus spontaneous supersymmetry breaking , Phys. Rev. D 104, 115025, December 2021 H. Baer, V. Barger, Salam, Shadman , D. Sengupta, Landscape Higgs boson and sparticle mass predictions from a logarithmic soft term distribution , Phys. Rev. D 103, 035031, February 2021 H. Baer, V. Barger, Salam, Shadman , D. Sengupta, Status of weak scale supersymmetry after LHC Run 2 and ton-scale noble liquid WIMP searches , Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 229, 3085–3141 (2020), December 2020 H. Baer, V. Barger, Salam, Shadman , D. Sengupta, The LHC higgsino discovery plane for present and future SUSY searches , Phys. Lett. B 2020.135777, November 2020 H. Baer, V. Barger, Salam, Shadman , D. Sengupta, String landscape guide to soft SUSY breaking terms , Phys. Rev. D 102, 075012, October 2020 H. Baer, V. Barger, Salam, Shadman . Naturalness versus stringy naturalness with implications for collider and dark matter searches , Phys. Rev. Research 1, 023001, September 2019 H. Baer, V. Barger, Salam, Shadman , H. Serce, K. Sinha, LHC SUSY and WIMP dark matter searches confront the string theory landscape , J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 43 (2019), April 2019 Natural SUSY emergent from the string landscape , Plenary Talk, SUSY 2026, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA, May 2026 Lectures on Quantum Field Theory and The Standard Model , Jamal Nazrul Islam Memorial Winter School, ICTP Physics without Frontiers, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 2025; Link to lecture series: Jamal Nazrul Islam Memorial Winter School Lectures Simulation of High Energy Cosmic Ray Showers using CORSIKA , The University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 2016 Fox, P., Kribs, G., Murayama, H., Salam, Shadman , et. al, TF08 Snowmass Report: BSM Model Building , arXiv, October 2022 Bose, T., Boveia, A., Salam, Shadman, et. al, Report of the Topical Group on Physics Beyond the Standard Model at Energy Frontier for Snowmass 2021 , arXiv, September 2022 Baer, H., Barger, V., Salam, Shadman , Sengupta, D., Mini-review: Expectations for supersymmetry from the string landscape , arXiv, February 2022

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Physics, Department of MPS, East West University, Dhaka, BD (Fall 2025 - ) Contractual Assistant Professor, Physics, Department of MNS, BRAC University, Dhaka, BD (Spring 2023 - Spring 2025) Instructor of Record, PHYS 2414, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, USA (Summers 2017-2022) Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, USA (Fall 2016 - Fall 2022)

Affiliation Professional Membership

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