Fahad Mahmood

Fahad Mahmood is an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois, where he leads a research group focused on ultrafast manipulation of quantum materials. He joined the university in 2019 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University and earning his PhD in Physics from MIT (2016). His research integrates advanced optical and photoemission techniques to study emergent phenomena in quantum materials, such as superconductors, topological systems, and frustrated magnets. Key interests include femtosecond-timescale control of electronic interactions and non-equilibrium dynamics.

• Education:
• B.S. in Physics & Aero/Astro Engineering, Stanford University (2010)
• PhD in Physics, MIT (2016)
• Research Highlights:
• Development of time-resolved ARPES and THz spectroscopy for probing electronic states
• Studies of Floquet-Bloch manipulation in topological antiferromagnets
• Investigation of marginal Fermi glass behavior and charge density wave systems
• Teaching:
• PHYS 211: University Physics - Mechanics
• PHYS 212: University Physics - Electricity & Magnetism
• PHYS 460: Condensed Matter Physics