News

• Business North Carolina: quantum computing in the state's tech scene

  07/31/26

  Business North Carolina’s NC Trend feature discusses how a growing cluster of quantum R&D in the Triangle could become a core part of the state’s tech scene, quoting Prof. Kais on North Carolina’s opportunity to help lead the quantum revolution and highlighting NC State’s IBM Quantum access, faculty strength, and the Goodnight Distinguished Chair. Read the article.

• College of Engineering: What to Know from NC State's Quantum Workshop

  06/24/26

  NC State College of Engineering covers the first Summer Workshop on Quantum Machine Learning for Complex Science and Engineering Problems (June 1–5), which brought 150 researchers and industry professionals to campus. Prof. Kais, chair of the organizing committee, shares takeaways on moving quantum machine learning from theory to real-world applications. Read the article.

• Dr. Hrushikesh Patil joins the group

  06/16/26

  Dr. Hrushikesh Patil joins the group as a Postdoctoral Researcher. Dr Patil finished his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at NC State University in quantum error correction and mitigation and will be working on quantum computing in the group. Welcome to the group, Dr. Patil!

• Dr. Ammar Ali joins the group

  06/15/26

  Dr. Ammar Ali joins the group as a Postdoctoral Researcher. Dr Ali finished his Ph.D. in Physics at Purdue University and will be working on quantum computing in the group. Welcome to the group, Dr. Ali!

• Summer Workshop on Quantum Machine Learning for Complex Science and Engineering Problems

  06/01/26

  Dr. Kais hosted a summer workshop on Quantum Machine Learning for Complex Science and Engineering Problems at NCSU.

• Dr Manas Sajjan joins ORNL as research scientist.

  05/01/26

  Dr Manas Sajjan joins Oak Ridge National Laboratory as Research Scientist. Congratulations, Dr. Sajjan!

• Saurabh Shivpuje defense

  04/14/26

  Saurabh Shivpuje successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, “From Electronic Structure to Dynamics: Traversing the Fabric of Nature Using Quantum Computers.” Congratulations, Dr. Shivpuje!

• Vinit Singh defense

  04/07/26

  Vinit Singh successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, “Learning Dynamics and Applications of Neural-Network Quantum States.” Congratulations, Dr. Singh!

• Rishabh Gupta Ph.D. defense

  08/09/24

  Rishabh Gupta successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, “Maximal entropy formalism for quantum state tomography and applications.” Congratulations, Dr. Gupta!

• Sumit Kale Ph.D. defense

  02/22/24

  Fantastic Ph.D. defense by Sumit Kale on “Coherent Quantum Control and Quantum Simulation in Chemical Reactions.” He will join IBM India; best of luck!

• Visiting Miller Professorship Award

  01/26/24

  Sabre Kais has been awarded a visiting Miller professorship at the Miller Institute, UC Berkeley. Read the article.

• SPARK incentive funding

  01/09/24

  Congratulations to Prof. Kais for earning SPARK incentive funding. Read the article.

• JPCA cover — Resonating Valence Bond States

  11/15/23

  Front cover art for “Physics-Inspired Quantum Simulation of Resonating Valence Bond States—A Prototypical Template for a Spin-Liquid Ground State,” J. Phys. Chem. A 2023, 127, 41, 8751–8764.

• JCIM cover — QML for ADME-Tox

  11/15/23

  Front cover art for “Quantum Machine Learning Predicting ADME-Tox Properties,” Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.

• Seed for Success Acorn Award — CQT

  11/03/23

  2023 Seed for Success Acorn Awards to Sabre Kais and David John Stewart, NSF IUCRC Phase I, Center for Quantum Technologies (CQT), $1,125,000.

• IBM collaboration — perturbation theory on quantum computers

  10/11/23

  Purdue researchers and IBM perform a perturbation theory method on a quantum computer. Read the article.

• Faculty appointment in ECE

  08/18/23

  Prof. Kais has joined as faculty at the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Read the article.

• NSF Center for Quantum Technologies

  08/30/22

  Prof. Kais will lead the NSF-funded Center for Quantum Technologies, involving collaboration of three Indiana research universities with industry and government. Read the article.

• CMOA Senior Medal

  06/26/22

  Prof. Sabre Kais has been awarded the CMOA Senior Medal by the International Scientific and Honorary Committees of the Twenty-fifth International Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry, Physics and Biology.

• Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

  12/03/21

  Prof. Sabre Kais has been appointed Distinguished Professor of Chemistry by the Purdue Board of Trustees for contributions in Quantum Information and Computing.