Sajjad was a QuICS graduate student from 2021 to 2025. He received his PhD in computer science from the University of Maryland. He was advised by Victor Albert and Matthew Coudron. He is broadly interested in nonlocality, quantum complexity, quantum error correction, and a TCS approach to quantum matter. After QuICS, Sajjad moved on to Susquehanna International Group as a Quantitative Researcher.