Overview
Theoretical and Numerical Many-Body Physics:
- Quantum condensed matter systems
- Strongly correlated quantum matter
- Phase transitions, dynamic response, criticality, and universality
- Nonequilibrium phenomena, open driven-dissipative quantum systems, and transport
- Scaling and evolution of entanglement
- Integrable models
- Quantum computation and simulation for the investigation of quantum matter
- Ultracold atoms in optical lattices
- Stochastic dynamics in networks, rare events, and epidemic outbreaks
- Tensor network state methods
- Fundamental properties and information-theoretic aspects of many-particle systems
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Charles H. Townes Assistant Professor of Physics
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2015 - Present
Physics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor of Physics
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2015 - 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 Publications
Scaling of contraction costs for entanglement renormalization algorithms including tensor Trotterization and variational Monte Carlo
Journal Article Physical Review B · January 15, 2025 The multiscale entanglement renormalization ansatz (MERA) is a hierarchical class of tensor network states motivated by the real-space renormalization group. It is used to simulate strongly correlated quantum many-body systems. For prominent MERA structure ... Full text CiteConvergence and quantum advantage of Trotterized MERA for strongly-correlated systems
Journal Article Quantum · January 1, 2025 Strongly-correlated quantum many-body systems are difficult to study and simulate classically. We recently proposed a variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) based on the multiscale entanglement renormalization ansatz (MERA) with tensors constrained to certa ... Full text CiteProbing entanglement scaling across a quantum phase transition on a quantum computer
Journal Article arXiv:2412.18602 · December 24, 2024 The investigation of strongly-correlated quantum matter is challenging due to the curse of dimensionality and complex entanglement structures. This complexity is especially pronounced in the vicinity of continuous quantum phase transitions, where quantum f ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochshule Aachen (Germany) ·
2009
Ph.D.