Institute for Quantum Information and Matter

Graduate Alumni — PhD

New Structural and Electronic Degrees of Freedom in Epitaxial Square-Net Materials

Llanos, Adrian Richard ・ PhD ・ 2025

Advisor: Falson, Joseph

Quantum Error Correction Using Low-Density Parity-Check Codes and Erasure Qubits

Gu, Shouzhen ・ PhD ・ 2024

Advisor: Preskill, John P.

Learning in the Quantum Universe

Huang, Hsin-Yuan (Robert) ・ PhD ・ 2024

Advisor: Preskill, John P.; Vidick, Thomas G.

Many-Body Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics and Spin Dynamics with an Ensemble of Rare-Earth Ions

Lei, Mi ・ PhD ・ 2024

Advisor: Faraon, Andrei

Single Rare-Earth Ions in Solid-State Hosts: A Platform for Quantum Networks

Ruskuc, Andrei ・ PhD ・ 2024

Advisor: Faraon, Andrei

Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics in Superconducting Circuits

Kim, Eun Jong ・ PhD ・ 2022

Advisor: Painter, Oskar J.

Microwave-to-Optical Transduction Using Rare-Earth Ions

Rochman, Jake Herschel Lebi ・ PhD ・ 2022

Advisor: Faraon, Andrei

Quantum Information at High and Low Energies

Tang, Yu Qing (Eugene) ・ PhD ・ 2021

Advisor: Preskill, John P.

Quantum Storage of Light Using Nanophotonic Resonators Coupled to Erbium Ion Ensembles

Craiciu, Ioana ・ PhD ・ 2020

Advisor: Faraon, Andrei

Integrating Quantum Optical and Superconducting Circuits with Quantum Acoustics for Scalable Quantum Network and Computation

Luo, Jie ・ PhD ・ 2020

Advisor: Painter, Oskar J.

Cavity Optomechanics for Hybrid Quantum Systems

Ren, Hengjiang ・ PhD ・ 2020

Advisor: Painter, Oskar J.

Information Scrambling in Quantum Many-Body Systems

Zhang, Yongliang ・ PhD ・ 2020

Advisor: Chen, Xie

Quantum Nanophotonics with Ytterbium in Yttrium Orthovanadate

Kindem, Jonathan Miners ・ PhD ・ 2019

Advisor: Faraon, Andrei

Phonon Dynamics and Damping in Three-Dimensional Acoustic Bandgap Cavity-Optomechanical Resonators

MacCabe, Gregory Scott ・ PhD ・ 2019

Advisor: Painter, Oskar J.

Topological Phases of Matter: Exactly Solvable Models and Classification

Wang, Zitao ・ PhD ・ 2019

Advisor: Chen, Xie

Numerical Methods for Many-Body Quantum Dynamics

White, Christopher David ・ PhD ・ 2019

Advisor: Refael, Gil

Super Pivotal Categories, Fermion Condensation, and Fermionic Topological Phases

Aasen, David ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Alicea, Jason F.

Development of Tensor Network Algorithms for Studying Classical and Quantum Many-Body Systems

Fishman, Matthew Theodore ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Preskill, John P.; White, Steven R.

Chaos and Randomness in Strongly-Interacting Quantum Systems

Hunter-Jones, Nicholas R. ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Preskill, John P.

The ABCs of the Color Code: A Study of Topological Quantum Codes as Toy Models for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation and Quantum Phases Of Matter

Kubica, Aleksander Marek ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Preskill, John P.

Quantum Computation and Information Storage in Quantum Double Models

Kómár, Anna ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Preskill, John P.

The Spectral Theory of Multiboundary Wormholes

Maguire, Shaun Cohn ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Preskill, John P.

Integrated Nonlinear Photonic Devices

Oh, Dong Yoon ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Vahala, Kerry J.

Theoretical Foundations for Quantum Measurement in a General Relativistic Framework

Pang, Belinda Heyun ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Chen, Yanbei

Thermalization in Periodically-Driven Interacting Quantum Systems

Seetharam, Karthik Iyengar ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Refael, Gil

Tensor Network Representation of Many-Body Quantum States and Unitary Operators

Shukla, Sujeet Kumar ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Preskill, John P.

Antiferromagnetic Quantum Phase Transitions: Continuous Tuning and Direct Probes of Competing States

Wang, Yishu ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Rosenbaum, Thomas F.

Integrated Ultra-High-Q Nonlinear Photonic Platform for On-Chip Optoelectronic Systems

Yang, Kiyoul ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Vahala, Kerry J.

Quantum Steampunk: Quantum Information, Thermodynamics, Their Intersection, and Applications Thereof Across Physics

Yunger Halpern, Nicole ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Preskill, John P.

Nonlinear and Ultrafast Optical Investigations of Correlated Materials

Chu, Hao ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Hsieh, David

Atom-Light Interactions in a Photonic Crystal Waveguide

Hood, Jonathan David ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Kimble, H. Jeff

Circuit Cavity Electromechanics in the Quantum Regime

Lei, Chan U ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Schwab, Keith C.

Photonic Crystal Waveguides for Integration into an Atomic Physics Experiment

McClung, Andrew Corby ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Kimble, H. Jeff

Nanophotonic Resonators for Optical Quantum Memories based on Rare-Earth-Doped Materials

Miyazono, Evan Tsugio ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Faraon, Andrei

Slow Drive of Many-Body Localized Systems

Mozgunov, Evgeny ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Kitaev, Alexei

Nanoscopic Atomic Lattices with Light-Mediated Interactions

Muniz Silva, Juan Andres ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Kimble, H. Jeff

Nonlinear Optics in Chip-based Microresonators and their Applications

Suh, Myoung-Gyun ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Vahala, Kerry J.

Nano-Photonic Platform for Atom-Light Interaction

Yu, Su-Peng ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Kimble, H. Jeff

Toward Realizable Quantum Computers

Beverland, Michael Edward ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Preskill, John P.

Optomechanical Inertial Sensors and Feedback Cooling

Blasius, Timothy Dobson ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Painter, Oskar J.

Thermopower in Two-Dimensional Electron Systems

Chickering, William Elbridge ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Eisenstein, James P.

Optomechanics with Superfluid Helium-4

De Lorenzo, Laura Anne ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Schwab, Keith C.

Coulomb Drag and Tunneling Studies in Quantum Hall Bilayers

Nandi, Debaleena ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Eisenstein, James P.

Disorder Driven Transitions in Non-Equilibrium Quantum Systems

Titum, Paraj ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Refael, Gil

Quantum Electromechanics with Two Tone Drive

Weinstein, Aaron Jacob ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Schwab, Keith C.

Cryogenic Silicon Optical Reference Cavities

Yeaton-Massey, David Joseph ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Adhikari, Rana

Fiber-Optic Integration and Efficient Detection Schemes for Optomechanical Resonators

Cohen, Justin Daniel ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Painter, Oskar J.

Numerical Studies of Topological Phases

Geraedts, Scott D. ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Motrunich, Olexei I.

Strong Atom-Light Interactions Along Nanostructures: Transition from Free-space to Nanophotonic Interfaces

Goban, Akihisa ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Kimble, H. Jeff

Acceleration Sensing, Feedback Cooling, and Nonlinear Dynamics with Nanoscale Cavity-Optomechanical Devices

Krause, Alexander Grey ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Painter, Oskar J.

Signatures of Topological Superconductors

Lee, Shu-Ping ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Alicea, Jason

Cavity Optomechanics at Millikelvin Temperatures

Meenehan, Sean Michael ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Painter, Oskar J.

Nanofabrication for On-Chip Optical Levitation, Atom-Trapping, and Superconducting Quantum Circuits

Norte, Richard Alexander ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Painter, Oskar J.

Quantum Squeezing of Motion in a Mechanical Resonator

Wollman, Emma Edwina ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Schwab, Keith C.

The Power of Quantum Fourier Sampling

Fefferman, William Jason ・ PhD ・ 2014

Advisor: Umans, Christopher M.; Kitaev, Alexei

Electronic States in Disordered Topological Insulators

Kim, Kun Woo ・ PhD ・ 2014

Advisor: Refael, Gil

Interacting Single Atoms with Nanophotonics for Chip-Integrated Quantum Network

Alton, Daniel James ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Kimble, H. Jeff

Quantum Error Correction with Biased Noise

Brooks, Peter Bernard ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Preskill, John P.

Ultralow-Loss Silica Resonators and Waveguides on a Silicon Chip

Chen, Tong ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Vahala, Kerry J.

Lattice Quantum Codes and Exotic Topological Phases of Matter

Haah, Jeongwan ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Preskill, John P.

Nonlinear Optics and Wavelength Translation Via Cavity-Optomechanics

Hill, Jeffrey Thomas ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Painter, Oskar J.

The Interplay of Localization and Interactions in Quantum Many-Body Systems

Iyer, Shankar ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Refael, Gil

Conditional Independence in Quantum Many-Body Systems

Kim, Isaac Hyun ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Preskill, John P.

Nonlinear Optics in Planar Silica-on-Silicon Disk Resonators

Li, Jiang ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Vahala, Kerry J.

Quantum Optomechanics with Silicon Nanostructures

Safavi-Naeini, Amir Hossein ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Painter, Oskar J.

Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopic Studies on High-Temperature Superconductors and Dirac Materials

Teague, Marcus Lawrence ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Yeh, Nai-Chang

Topics in Gravitational-Wave Science: Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics and Black Hole Physics

Yang, Huan ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Chen, Yanbei

Laser Cooling of an Optomechanical Crystal Resonator to Its Quantum Ground State of Motion

Chan, Jasper ・ PhD ・ 2012

Advisor: Painter, Oskar J.

Ladder Studies of Gapless Quantum Spin Liquids: Spin Bose-metal and SU(2)-invariant Majorana Spin Liquids

Lai, Hsin-Hua ・ PhD ・ 2012

Advisor: Motrunich, Olexei I.

Cavity Optomechanics with High Stress Silicon Nitride Films

Wilson, Dalziel Joseph ・ PhD ・ 2012

Advisor: Kimble, H. Jeff