Bio

I joined Stanford University as an Associate Professor of Physics in June 2026. Before this appointment, I served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to Maryland, I was an Associate Research Scientist at the Flatiron Institute, following a Ph.D. in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University (2017) and an Einstein Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Berkeley.

Academic Appointments

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Young Scientist Award, Maryland Academy of Sciences (2025)
  • Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, David and Lucile Packard Foundation (2024)
  • Sloan Research Fellowship in Physics, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2024)
  • Thomas H. Stix Award for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Plasma Physics Research, APS (2024)
  • Einstein postdoctoral Fellowship, NASA (2017)
  • Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton University (2017)
  • Earth and Space Science Fellowship, NASA (2015)

Professional Education

  • MS, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Applied Physics & Mathematics (2012)
  • PhD, Princeton University, Astrophysical Sciences (2017)

Contact

  • Academic
    sashaph@stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: Physics Position: Assoc Professor

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 4060

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

My research centers on high-energy astrophysics and numerical simulations of astrophysical plasmas, with a particular focus on the physical processes through which plasmas around compact objects generate multi-messenger signals.