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Mahmoud Jalali Mehrabad

Principal Investigator (Integrated Photonics and AI)

Research Scientist
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Research Areas: 

  • Topological physics with light
  • Hybrid quantum systems

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Recent News

  • a photo of a man wearing a white shirt and dark suit in front of columns

    JQI Research Scientist Named Finalist for Falling Walls Breakthrough of the Year Award

    October 29, 2026
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    JQI Researchers Win UMD's Quantum Technology Invention of the Year

    May 22, 2026

    The team helped develop specially engineered photonic structures to guide light in stable and resilient ways.

  • a graphic showing a chip with an array of rings that guides light and turns one color of light into many

    With Passive Approach, New Chips Reliably Unlock Color Conversion

    November 14, 2025

    Researchers at JQI have designed and tested new chips that reliably convert one color of light into a trio of hues. Remarkably, the chips all work without any active inputs or painstaking optimization—a major improvement over previous methods.