Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Professor of Physics
·
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
Benchmarking 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 CiteKilometer-scale ion-photon entanglement with a metastable qubit
Journal article Physical Review A · January 20, 2026 Full text CiteCoexistence Field Trial of 1092 nm Quantum Link, Coherent 400 GbE, and 5G Services
Conference 2026 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition Ofc 2026 Proceedings · January 1, 2026 Coexistence of 1092 nm quantum, coherent 400 GbE, and 5G radio signals is experimentally demonstrated in a field trial, identifying overlapping operational ranges and demonstrating the feasibility of simultaneous quantum-classical signal transmission. ... 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.