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Crystal Noel

Crystal Noel

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pierre R. Lamond Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
crystal.noel@duke.edu
701 W Main St, Chesterfield Building, Durham, NC 27701

Research Interests

Quantum computing and simulation with trapped ions, integrated photonics for scalable trapped ion systems, and electric-field noise from surfaces

Selected Grants

CAREER: Quantum Control of Trapped Ion Qubits with Electro-Optic Integrated Photonic Circuits

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2026 - 2031

Quantum Systems Accelerator

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · 2026 - 2030

PIF: Software-Tailored Architecture for Quantum Co-Design (STAQ II)

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2028

The Geometry and Flow of Quantum information: From Quantum Gravity to Quantum Technology

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Berkeley · 2020 - 2027

Heterogeneous Quantum Networking

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Rochester Institute of Technology · 2024 - 2027

NQVL:QTSD:Design: Quantum Advantage-Class Trapped Ion system (QACTI)

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2025 - 2027

MRI: Track 2 Development of 96-Qubit Scientific Quantum Computer with Trapped Ions

EquipmentPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2025 - 2027

QLCI - CI: Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by University of Maryland, College Park · 2021 - 2026

Novel Quantum Measurement Circuits for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2024 - 2026

NQVL:QTSD:Pilot: Quantum Advantage-Class Trapped Ion system (QACTI)

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2025