Institute for Quantum Information and Matter
Graduate Alumni
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.
Effects of Ca-Doping on the Vortex Properties and Pairing Symmetry of (Y1-xCax)Ba2Cu3O7-δ
Moehle, Austin Michael ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2012
Advisor: Yeh, Nai-Chang
Cavity Optomechanics with High Stress Silicon Nitride Films
Wilson, Dalziel Joseph ・ PhD ・ 2012
Advisor: Kimble, H. Jeff