Shima Fardad

Shima Fardad is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Kansas. She earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in Optics and Photonics from the University of Central Florida (2014, 2010) and a B.S. in Physics from Sharif University of Technology (2005).

• Research Focus: Light-matter interactions in soft-matter systems, Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Metamaterials, and Imaging/Spectroscopy techniques.
• Publications: Her recent work explores parametric resonances, nonlinear plasmonics, optical trapping mechanisms, and plasmonic absorbers, with applications in particle manipulation and advanced optical systems.
• Contact: sfardad@ku.edu