Biography

Kasra Sardashti joined the University of Maryland in 2024 as an Assistant Professor of Physics and a Principal Investigator at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences. Before UMD, Kasra was an Assistant Professor of Physics & ECE at Clemson University. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from UC San Diego in 2016. Afterward, he was a Research Scientist at the Center for Quantum Phenomena at New York University.

Kasra’s research group, the Laboratory for Band Engineering of Quantum Systems (LaBEQs), works on a wide range of projects that aim to demonstrate high-performance solid-state electronics for quantum information processing, sensing, and communication. Since its establishment in 2021, the group has enjoyed support from multiple federal funding agencies including NSF, DOE, AFOSR, and DARPA. Kasra is also a recipient of the 2021 ORAU Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award.