Affiliation: Max-Born Institute
Keywords: Ultrafast diffraction imaging, ultrafast photochemistry, ultrafast photophysics, femtosecond molecular dynamics, ultrafast phase transitions
Full profile: Kasra completed his PhD at University of Oxford in 2017 on laser-induced Coulomb explosion imaging and postdoctoral positions on laser-induced electron diffraction at The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO, Barcelona). In 2021, Kasra was the junior group leader of the newly-established ultrafast electron diffraction group (UED) at Max-Born Institute (MBI, Berlin), focussing on high repetition rate UED imaging of transient gas-phase and condensed matter structures with high temporal resolution. In 2024, Kasra received the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant (€2.5 million) to continue his groups work on UED with exploring its extension to both time- and energy-resolved electron scattering (TERES).