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Hafezi, Mohammad

Hafezi, Mohammad

Minta Martin Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Joint Quantum Institute
Quantum Technology Center
2307 Atlantic Building

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) 

Orcid: 0000-0003-1679-4880, Google Scholar

  • Quantum simulation
  • Quantum hybrid systems: optomechanics, circuit-QED
  • Topological features in photonic systems
  • Optical communication and computation

American Physical Society (APS)


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