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Principal Investigator
Prof. Christian Heide
Christian joined UCF in January 2026 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Physics and CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics. Before joining UCF, he was a Postdoc at Stanford University and a visiting researc her at MIT.
At UCF, Christian leads the Ultrafast Quantum Control Group, which investigates light–matter interactions on femtosecond and attosecond timescales. His research focuses on lightwave electronics, strong-field and quantum-material dynamics, and the development of field-resolved spectroscopic techniques for controlling and probing electronic motion in solids.
Education/Appointment
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Postdoctoral ResearcherStanford
University, Postdoctoral Humboldt Fellow
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Ph.D. in Physics,
Email: Christian.heide@ucf.edu
Office: PSB 111
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Group members
Paul Herrmann
Paul Herrmann
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Saad Mehmood
Saad Mehmood
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD, University of Central Florida
Ultrafast light-matter interaction in atoms, molecules, and solids
Denis Aglagul
Denis Aglagul
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Floquet Engineered in Solid State Quantum Systems
Jacob Duffy
Jacob Duffy
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Nonlinear Optics, high-harmonic generation in solids, coherent control.
Hannah Burkhart
Hannah Burkhart
Undergraduate Student
Undergraduate Student
Previous Group Members
Postdoctoral Researchers
Sepideh Khanmohammadi (OpenLight Photonics, Senior Integrated Photonics Engineer, Santa Clara)
Graduate Students
Undergruadate Students
Alicia Guisbier (UCF Undergraduate Student)
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