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Faculty


Nike Dattani

PhD Oxford

Roselyn Lemus-Martin

PhD Oxford

Deyan Mihaylov

PhD Cambridge

Thomas Mathew


(Adjunct)

PhD St.Stephens

Ihosvany Camps

PhD Institute of Physics (FFU)

Greg Juhasz


(Adjunct)

PhD Kyushu University

Students


Edwin Camilo

PhD Student

Hemanth Haridas

PhD Student

Ouettar Chaouki

PhD Student

Rose Johnson

PhD Student (UW)

Andreas Soteriou

MSc Student

Michelle Watson

Postgrad Researcher

Justin Lau

Undergrad Researcher

Henri Abensour

Undergrad Researcher

Yukun Chen

Undergrad Researcher

Gracie Allen

Undergrad Researcher

Peilin Zhang

Undergrad Researcher

Sai Smaran

Undergrad Student

Bhavik Mehta

PhD Student

Erika Bruulsema

Undergrad Student

Rachelle Fontanilla

Undergrad Student

Tina Yu

Undergrad Student

Matthew Charbonneau

Undergrad Student

Ruby Kong

Undergrad Student

Tim Li

Undergrad Student

Maya Wei

Undergrad Student

Nina Tan

Undergrad Student

Kathryn Waterman

Undergrad Student

Yasir Hikari

Undergrad Student

Eric Huang

Undergrad Student

Henry Liang

Undergrad Student

Michael Hahn

Undergrad Student

Anant Gupta

Undergrad Student

Georcki Ropón-Palacios

Research Student

Sam Zhuang

Undergrad Researcher

Sukrit Sumant

Undergrad Researcher

Mia Hippisley

Undergrad Researcher

Laith Shareiyat

Undergrad Researcher

Karrar Shareiyat

Undergrad Researcher

Aimun Jawed

Undergrad Student

Mrinal Sharan

Undergrad Student

Harvey Wilson

Undergrad Student

Dulain Thannippuli Gamage

Undergrad Student

Sichao Xiong

Undergrad Student

Abdul Muhaymin

Masters Student

Mehmet Koca

Undergrad Student

Tejas Krishnan

Undergrad Student

Sahana Sasikumar

Undergrad Student

Maheen Malik

Undergrad Student

Esha Haque

Undergrad Student

Emily Liang

Undergrad Student

Diya Drabu

Undergrad Student

Project Members


Priya Lakshmi

Pre-doctoral Fellow

Corinne Dupperouzel

Quantum Chemistry

Hou Tin Chau

Classical Quadratization

Szilárd Szalay

Graph Theory

Nicholas Chancellor

Quantum Quadratization

Yu Zhai

Quantum Chemistry

Joshua Cantin

Hamiltonian Zoo

Yudong Cao

Quantum Quadratization

Ka Wa Yip

Classical Quadratization

Guest Lecturers


Thomas Dimson

Director of Engineering,
Instagram

Evan Browning

Senior Software Engineer,
Netflix

Brianne Kent

Professor,
Simon Fraser University

Leonard Zgrablic

Software Developer,
Google

Ahmed Omran

Artificial Intelligence Researcher,
Google

Genevieve Laurier

Managing Director,
The Social Innovation Partnership

Former Students and Mentees


Richard Tanburn

Quadratization

Emile Okada

Quadratization

Pankaj Gupta

Computer Vision

Nathan Bryans

Quantum Compilers

Toby Cathcart-Burn

Quadratization

Faith Kimongo

Graph Theory

Hari Jackson

Computational Genomics

Staszek Welsh

Computational Chemistry

Kai Slaughter

Computational Chemistry

Yaqi Zhang

Graph Theory

David Wilkins

Quantum Dynamics

Felix Pollock

Open Quantum Systems

Young-Sang Cho

Computational Chemistry

Oliver Lunt

Adiabatic Quantum Computing

Richard Ngo

Quantum Compilers

Arpit Arun Kumaar

Undergrad Student

Tanishq Koul

Undergrad Researcher

Interim Board of Directors


Azam Husain

Luisa Pegoraro

John Amari

Erin Zuo

Vineeth Patil

Vithu Ramachandran


Faculty




Dr. Nike Dattani


Publications

100+ Citations

  • OpenMolcas: From Source Code to Insight
  • A general approach to quantum dynamics using a variational master equation: Application to phonon-damped Rabi rotations in quantum dots
  • Accurate analytic potentials for \(\ce{ Li2 }\)(\(\ce{X^1}\) \(\ce{Σ^{+}_{g}}\)) and \(\ce{ Li2 }\)(\(\ce{A^1}\) \(\ce{Σ^{+}_{u}}\)) from 2 to 90 Å, and the radiative lifetime of Li(2p)

20+ Citations

  • Why Quantum Coherence Is Not Important in the Fenna–Matthews–Olsen Complex
  • Quantum factorization of 56153 with only 4 qubits
  • A DPF data analysis yields accurate analytic potentials for \(\ce{ Li2 }\)(\(\ce{a^3}\) \(\ce{Σ^{+}_{u}}\)) and \(\ce{ Li2 }\)(\(\ce{1^3}\) \(\ce{Σ^{+}_{g}}\)) that incorporate 3-state mixing near the (\(\ce{1^3}\) \(\ce{Σ^{+}_{g}}\)) state asymptote
  • High-resolution photoassociation spectroscopy of the \(\ce{ ^6Li2 }\)(\(\ce{1^3}\) \(\ce{Σ^{+}_{g}}\)) state
  • Mapping the Space of Genomic Signatures
  • Analytic influence functionals for numerical Feynman integrals in most open quantum systems
  • Pegasus: The second connectivity graph for large-scale quantum annealing hardware
  • Towards a feasible implementation of quantum neural networks using quantum dots
  • The electronic complexity of the ground-state of the FeMo cofactor of nitrogenase as relevant to quantum simulations
  • High-resolution photoassociation spectroscopy of the \(\ce{ ^6Li2 }\) A(\(\ce{1^1}\) \(\ce{Σ^{+}_{u}}\)) state
  • FeynDyn: A MATLAB program for fast numerical Feynman integral calculations for open quantum system dynamics on GPUs

10+ Citations

  • NECI: N-Electron Configuration Interaction with an emphasis on state-of-the-art stochastic methods
  • High-fidelity adiabatic quantum computation using the intrinsic Hamiltonian of a spin system: Application to the experimental factorization of 291311
  • Entanglement in a quantum neural network based on quantum dots
  • Reducing multi-qubit interactions in adiabatic quantum computation without adding auxiliary qubits. Part 1: The "deduc-reduc" method and its application to quantum factorization of numbers
  • Beryllium monohydride (BeH): Where we are now, after 86 years of spectroscopy
  • Embedding quadratization gadgets on Chimera and Pegasus graphs
  • Investigation of the ozone formation reaction pathway: Comparisons of full configuration interaction quantum Monte Carlo and fixed-node diffusion Monte Carlo with contracted and uncontracted MRCI
  • Reducing multi-qubit interactions in adiabatic quantum computation without adding auxiliary qubits. Part 2: The "split-reduc" method and its application to quantum determination of Ramsey numbers

Book

  • Book About Quadratization


Dr. Ihosvany Camps


Publications

100+ Citations

  • The addition of inulin and Lactobacillus casei 01 in sheep milk ice cream

20+ Citations

  • Natural polyprenylated benzophenones inhibiting cysteine and serine proteases
  • GaAs−AlxGa1-xAs double-barrier heterostructure phonon laser: A full quantum treatment
  • Design, synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of N-benzyl-piperidinyl-aryl-acylhydrazone derivatives as donepezil hybrids: Discovery of novel multi-target anti-alzheimer prototype drug candidates
  • Voltage-controlled hole spin injection in nonmagnetic GaAs/AlAs resonant tunneling structures
  • Electric-field inversion asymmetry: Rashba and Stark effects for holes in resonant tunneling devices
  • Inhibition of cysteine proteases by a natural biflavone: behavioral evaluation of fukugetin as papain and cruzain inhibitor
  • Semisynthesis and antimicrobial activity of novel guttiferone-A derivatives

10+ Citations

  • Mangiferin binding to serum albumin is non-saturable and induces conformational changes at high concentrations
  • Repurposing potential of Ayurvedic medicinal plants derived active principles against SARS-CoV-2 associated target proteins revealed by molecular docking, molecular dynamics and MM-PBSA studies
  • Computational Approach to the Discovery of Phytochemical Molecules with Therapeutic Potential Targets to the PKCZ protein
  • Effects of surface functionalization on the electronic and structural properties of carbon nanotubes: A computational approach
  • In silico development of new acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
  • The operation threshold of a double barrier phonon laser
  • PQM130, a Novel Feruloyl–Donepezil Hybrid Compound, Effectively Ameliorates the Cognitive Impairments and Pathology in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
  • First-principles calculations of nickel, cadmium, and lead adsorption on a single-walled (10,0) carbon nanotube
  • Crystal structure of garciniaphenone and evidences on the relationship between keto–enol tautomerism and configuration
  • Morelloflavone and its semisynthetic derivatives as potential novel inhibitors of cysteine and serine proteases
  • Calculation of the thermal resistance and temperature distribution in blue-green semiconductor lasers


Dr. Greg Juhasz


Publications

100+ Citations

  • A tosylimido analogue of a nonheme oxoiron (IV) complex

20+ Citations

  • Modelling the cis-oxo-labile binding site motif of non-heme iron oxygenases. Water exchange and remarkable oxidation reactivity of a novel non-heme iron(IV)-oxo compound bearing a tripodal tetradentate ligand
  • 1-D Cobalt(II) Spin Transition Compound with Strong Interchain Interaction:  [Co(pyterpy)Cl2]·X
  • Photo-induced spin transition for iron (III) compounds with π–π interactions
  • Role of tyrosine residue in methane activation at the dicopper site of particulate methane monooxygenase: a density functional theory study
  • Emergence of new red-shifted carbon nanotube photoluminescence based on proximal doped-site design
  • Theoretical study of the mechanism of valence tautomerism in cobalt complexes
  • Bistability of magnetization without spin-transition in a high-spin cobalt (II) complex due to angular momentum quenching
  • Empirical prediction of electronic potentials of single-walled carbon nanotubes with a specific chirality (n, m)
  • Impact of Ir-Valence Control and Surface Nanostructure on Oxygen Evolution Reaction over a Highly Efficient Ir–TiO2 Nanorod Catalyst
  • Structure and magnetic properties of a non-heme diiron complex singly bridged by a hydroxo group
  • Novel structural and magnetic properties of a 1-D Iron (II)− Manganese (II) LIESST compound bridged by cyanide
  • Theoretical Study of Thermal Spin Transition between the Singlet State and the Quintet State in the [Fe(2-picolylamine)3]2+ Spin Crossover System
  • Mono-and dinuclear iron complexes of bis (1-methylimidazol-2-yl) ketone (bik): structure, magnetic properties, and catalytic oxidation studies
  • Iron (III) spin transition compound with a large thermal hysteresis
  • Determination of precise redox properties of oxygen-doped single-walled carbon nanotubes based on in situ photoluminescence electrochemistry
  • Simultaneous Probing of the Fe and Co Sites in the CO2-Absorber Perovskite Sr0.95Ca0.05Co0.5Fe0.5O3-δ:  a Mössbauer Study
  • Microstructural study of the CO2 absorption in SrxCa1− xFe0. 5Co0. 5O3− δ
  • Study of intermolecular interaction for the spin-crossover iron (II) compounds

10+ Citations

  • Electrochemical hydrogenation of non-aromatic carboxylic acid derivatives as a sustainable synthesis process: from catalyst design to device construction
  • Theoretical Study of Oxidation of Cyclohexane Diol to Adipic Anhydride by [RuIV(O)(tpa)(H2O)]2+ Complex (tpa ═ Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine)
  • Mössbauer Study of (Sr,Ca)(Fe,Co)O3−δ Applied to CO2 Absorption at High Temperatures
  • [CoII(phimpy)2](ClO4)2 and [CoII(ipimpy)2](ClO4)2: New Cobalt(II) Spin Crossover Compounds, and the Role of the Ligand Flexibility in Spin Transition Behavior

Dr. Roselyn Lemus-Martin



Dr. Deyan Mihaylov


Dr. Mihaylov completed his undergraduate degree in Physics at Oxford University (UK), then went on to do his PhD at Cambridge University (UK) where he studied general relativity and gravitational waves. Upon completion of his PhD, he began his post-doctoral career at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Berlin, Germany.


Guest Lecturers


Thomas Dimson


Thomas Dimson was one of the first 40 employees at Instagram, back in 2013 when the app was still new. He is the original author of "the algorithm" at Instagram, and was the brain behind how feeds and stories work. He invented Hyperlapse, which is the app that was used for the filming of the music video for "Centuries" by Fall Out Boy. He also invented Instagram products such as stories polling sticker, and emogineering. In 2015 he was named one of the top 10 most creative people in business worldwide, and in 2018 he was promoted from Principal Engineer to Director of Engineering at Instagram.

Dimson earned his MSc in CS from Stanford University, where he specialized in Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, and Data Mining. Prior to that he earned a triple-degree in Applied Math, Computer Science, and Pure Math at University of Waterloo, and worked at Amazon, Bloomberg L.P. and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.

Dimson has over 30 US patents listed on Google Scholar as of January 2021, and several of his publications and patents have acquired an unusually high number of citations.

Publications:


Evan Browning


Evan Browning joined the virtual reality team at Facebook in July 2020, after 5 years as a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix.

Browning completed his computer science degree at University of Toronto, where he also worked as a researcher, and held a job as a GIS Analyst at Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources.


Dr. Brianne Kent


Dr. Brianne Kent is a professor at Simon Fraser University, where she runs the Translational Neuroscience Lab and studies how disprupted sleep can contribute to memory loss in people with Alzheimer's patients. She currently sits on the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Dr. Kent was previously a research fellow at Harvard Medical School, and held a postdoctoral position at UBC funded by three simultaneous fellowships including the extremely prestigious Banting Fellowship. She completed her PhD in neuroscience from Cambridge University where she was a Gates Scholar, and also holds degrees from Yale University and Simone Fraser University.

Dr. Kent has published many papers in scientific journals, and as of January 2021 has a Google Scholar h-index of 20.



Publications:


Leonard Zgrablic


Leonard Zgrablic is a Software Engineer at Google, working on the Stadia Controller firmware. Previously he held Software Engineering positions at Arista Networks, Clearpath, and Blackberry.

Zgrablic also had a successful career as an actor, director, and writer, having won multiple awards. He was in the cast of Stiffs on the Green (2011), The Cult (2012), and was listed as one of the lead stars in Catalyst (2015)


Dr. Ahmed Omran


Dr. Ahmed Omran is an Artificial Intelligence resident at Google.
Dr. Omran previously worked at Harvard University in the Physics Department, and as a Research Consultant for QuEra Computing in Boston. His PhD is from LMU Munich where he also worked at the Max Planck Institute of Quanum Optics. He also holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from TU Munich.

Dr. Omran has 3 publications in Nature, 3 publications in Science, and 5 publications in Physical Review Letters as of January 2021 and 100% all of his publications prior to 2020 have over 100 citations. His paper with Mikhail Lukin involving an in-house 51-qubit programmable quantum computer reached 1000 citations on Google Scholar after 3 years.



Publications:


Genevieve Laurier


Genevieve Laurier is the Managing Director at The Social Innovation Partnership, having previously been Director of Delivery and Impact, Head of Delivery and Impact, and Acting Head of Impact and Evaluation.

Laurier was also previously the President of Oxford Hub, which had over 5000 individual members and 80 institutional members.

Laurier holds an MSc from Oxford University where she wrote a thesis about sexual minority topics in the sex education at schools, and a bachelor's degree in PPE, also at Oxford University.



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