Mohammad Hafezi
Director and PI
University of Maryland
RQS Executive CouncilRQS Senior Investigator
Contact Information
- hafezi@umd.edu
- Office:
2307 Atlantic Building
Additional Information
- CV:
- CV-Mohammad-Hafezi_Mar_2026.docx%20%281%29.pdf
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Bio
Mohammad Hafezi is the director of the NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation. He is also a Minta Martin Professor with a joint appointment in physics and electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maryland. Additionally, Hafezi is a fellow in the Joint Quantum Institute. He leads a research group that aims to theoretically and experimentally investigate various quantum properties of light-matter interaction for applications in future optoelectronic devices, quantum information processing, and sensing. Hafezi received his doctorate in physics from Harvard University in 2009.
Recent Publications
Analog Quantum Simulator of a Quantum Field Theory with Fermion-Spin Systems in Silicon
, , Physical Review D, (2026)2407.03419v1.pdfObservation of a finite-energy phase transition in a one-dimensional quantum simulator
, , Nature Physics, 21, (2025)Schuckert et al_2023_Observation of a finite-energy phase transition in a one-dimensional quantum.pdfRandom Pulse Sequences for Qubit Noise Spectroscopy
, , Phys. Rev. Applied, (2025)2303.00909v1.pdf
Research Group
Hafezi Research Group
Affiliated Research Centers
QuICS
JQI
