Mohammad Hafezi
Minta Martin Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Joint Quantum Institute
Quantum Technology Center
2307 Atlantic Building
hafezi@umd.edu
301-405-8766
JQI, Hafezi Group
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Joint Quantum Institute
Quantum Technology Center
2307 Atlantic Building
hafezi@umd.edu
301-405-8766
JQI, Hafezi Group
Google Scholar
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Physics, Harvard University, 2009
BACKGROUND
Professor Hafezi studied for two years at Sharif University before completing his undergraduate degree in Physics from École Polytechnique. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University in 2009. He was a senior research associate at the Joint Quantum Institute before joining the ECE faculty.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2024)
- American Physical Society Fellow (2021)
- Simons Investigator Award - Physics (2020)
- Finalist of Prestigious Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists - (2020, 2019)
- George Corcoran Memorial Teaching Award for Faculty (2017)
- Young Investigator Program, Office of Naval Research (2015)
- Sloan Research Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2015)
- Quantum simulation
- Quantum hybrid systems: optomechanics, circuit-QED
- Topological features in photonic systems
- Optical communication and computation
American Physical Society (APS)