Overview
Iman Marvian received his Ph.D. in Physics in 2012 at the University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada. Before moving to Duke, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern California and MIT.
Marvian's main research interest is quantum information and computation theory. He has worked on a wide range of topics in this field, including quantum algorithms, quantum circuits, symmetry-protected topological order, quantum error suppression, open quantum systems, quantum resource theories, and quantum thermodynamics.
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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2026 - Present
Pierre R. Lamond Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Pratt School of Engineering
Associate Professor in the Department of Physics
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2026 - Present
Physics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Member of the Duke Quantum Center
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2024 - Present
Duke Quantum Center,
Pratt School of Engineering
Recent Scholarly Works
Global Control with the Tavis-Cummings Interaction
Preprint · June 11, 2026 We study the controllability of a system of qubits under global control, where control pulses act identically on all qubits. Specifically, we consider a collection of qubits identically coupled to a single bosonic mode, or harmonic oscillator, via the Jayn ... Link to item CiteAccidental Symmetry in the Tavis-Cummings Model via the Schwinger Boson Representation
Preprint · June 10, 2026 The Jaynes-Cummings (JC) Hamiltonian is a paradigmatic model of light-matter interaction and, more generally, qubit-boson interactions, widely used across atomic, optical, and superconducting qubit platforms. In the multi-qubit setting, where n qubits are ... Link to item CiteOptimal Qubit Purification and Unitary Schur Sampling via Random SWAP Tests
Preprint · August 7, 2025 Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Quantum Systems Accelerator
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · 2026 - 2030Pathways toward Energy-Efficient Quantum Computing
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2025 - 2027CAREER: Applications of Quantum Information Theory and Symmetry Principles in Quantum Physics
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2027View All Grants
Education
University of Waterloo (Canada) ·
2012
Ph.D.