Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor of Physics
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2025 - 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
Proposals for experimentally realizing quantum-autonomous gates
Journal article Quantum Science and Technology · December 1, 2026 Autonomous quantum machines (AQMs) execute tasks without requiring time-dependent external control. Motivations for AQMs include the restrictions imposed by classical control on quantum machines’ coherence times and geometries. Most AQM work is theoretical ... Full text CiteQuantum field theory dynamics on a spin–phonon quantum computer
Journal article Nature Physics · September 25, 2026 Full text CiteBenchmarking a Tunable Quantum Neural Network on Trapped-Ion and Superconducting Hardware.
Journal article Physical review letters · July 2026 We implement a quantum neural network on trapped-ion and IBM superconducting quantum computers for Modified National Institute of Standards image classification. Feedforward is realized through qubit rotations conditioned on measurement outcomes from previ ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
PIF: Software-Tailored Architecture for Quantum Co-Design (STAQ II)
ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2028Analog-Digital Hybrid Simulation of Quantum Field Theories with Advanced Ion Traps
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2023 - 2028Holographic Analog Simulations and Multi-qubit Gates with Trapped-Ion Quantum Processors
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Rice University · 2023 - 2026View All Grants
Education
University of Oxford (United Kingdom) ·
2012
Ph.D.
University of Ulm (Germany) ·
2008
A.B.
University of Ulm (Germany) ·
2008
M.S.