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.
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Centers & Institutes: Laboratory for Physical Sciences; Quantum Materials Center
Nathan Schine received his B.A. in physics from Williams College in 2013 and his Ph.D. in 2019 from the University of Chicago. There, he worked with Jonathan Simon to create strongly-interacting topological materials made of light. Nathan then joined the lab of Adam Kaufman at JILA as an NRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow where he developed a state-of-the-art strontium tweezer array apparatus for investigations of ultra-coherent optical atomic clocks, quantum information processing, and many-body physics. In the fall of 2022, Nathan joined the faculty at the University of Maryland. His group focuses on the intersection of controlled coherent dynamics and engineered dissipation in quantum systems, implemented by interfacing a neutral atom array with an optical cavity.
Steve Rolston received his B.S. in 1980 from Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. in 1986 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is currently Chair of the Department of Physics and a Fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America.
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Centers & Institutes: Joint Quantum Institute; Quantum Technology Center