Team
Principal investigator, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students in the Kais Group.
Principal Investigator & Postdocs
Dr. Sabre Kais
Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Quantum Computing
Dr. Songbo Xie
Postdoctoral Researcher, ECE
Dr. Hrushikesh Pramod Patil
Postdoctoral Researcher, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Ammar Ali
Postdoctoral Researcher, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Graduate Students
Ethan Dickey
Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Myeongsu Kim
Ph.D. Student, Computer Science
Ishmam Mohtashim
Ph.D. Student, Chemistry
Murat Isik
Ph.D. Student
Christian Thrasher
Ph.D. Student
Turbasu Chatterjee
Ph.D. Student, Computer Engineering
Nickolas Terehoff
Ph.D. Student, Physics
Adnan Abulfattah Adnan Jaljuli
Ph.D. Student
Muahmmad Arsalan
Ph.D. Student
Ahmed Taimoor
Ph.D. Student
Former Group Members
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Dr. Manas Sajjan (2020-2026) - Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Dr. Amandeep Singh Bhatia (2021-2026) - Quantum AI Research Scientist, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Dr. Mandeep Kaur Saggi (2022-2026)
- Dr. Yuchen Wang (2023–2024), Physics — Quantum entanglement
- Dr. Rishabh Gupta (2024–2025), Chemistry — Quantum computing
- Dr. Zixuan Hu (2016–2023) Chemistry — Quantum coherence & computing
- Dr. Sangchul Oh (2020–2023) Chemistry — Quantum computing algorithms
- Dr. Yijue Ding (2018–2020) Physics — Quantum entanglement
- Dr. Vivek Dixit (2019–2021) Chemistry — Quantum machine learning
- Dr. Kumar Ghosh (2018–2020) Chemistry — Quantum machine learning
- Dr. Merid Legesse Belayneh (2015–2017) Chemistry — Quantum materials
- Dr. Nan Jiang (2015–2016) Computer Science — Quantum entanglement
- Dr. Jiang Wang (2015–2016) Computer Science — Quantum computing
- Dr. Sachin D. Yeole (2014–2015) Chemistry — Finite size scaling
- Dr. Dong Wang (2014–2015) Chemistry — Anhui University
- Dr. Felipe Herrera (2012–Present) Chemistry — Universidad de Santiago de Chile
- Dr. Omar Osenda (2002–2004) Physics — University of Córdoba
- Dr. Jiaxiang Wang (2001–2004) physics — East China Normal University
- Dr. Qicun Shi (1998–2005) Chemistry — Research Scientist, MIT
- Dr. Ricardo Sauerwein (1999–2001) Physics — Federal University of Santa Maria
- Dr. Alexei V. Seregeev (1998–1999) Physics — Ben Gurion University
- Dr. Juan Pablo Neirotti (1997–1998) Physics — São Paulo
- Dr. Pablo Serra (1995–1997) Physics — University of Córdoba
- Dr. Richard Bleil (1994–1995) Chemistry — Dakota State University
Ph.D. Alumni
- Dr. Saurabh Shivpuje (2021–2026), Chemistry — Quantum computing algorithms
- Dr. Vinit Kumar Singh (2021–2026), Chemistry — Quantum computing algorithms. Research Scientist, Meta, San Francisco
- Dr. Bilal Khalid (2020–2024), Physics — Quantum topological phase transitions
- Dr. Sumit Kale (2019–2023), Chemistry — Quantum computing. Quantum Software Engineer at IBM, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Dr. Rishabh Gupta (2019–2024), Chemistry — Quantum computing
- Dr. Junxu Li (2018–2023, Physics — Quantum machine learning. Faculty, Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
- Dr. Blake Wilson (Ph.D. 2023): Research Scientist, Quantinuum, UK
- Dr. Juexiao Wang (2022–2024), Computer Science — Quantum machine learning
- Dr. Keerthi Kumaran (2023–2024), Physics — Quantum computing algorithms. PhD student at Purdue University
- Dr. Yuchen Wang (2017–2023), Physics — Quantum entanglement. Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, Purdue University
- Dr. Vineet Mohanty (2017–2020), Mechanical Engineering — Quantum phases
- Dr. Shree Hari Sureshbabu (2020–2023), ECE — Quantum machine learning. Sr. Applied Research Associate, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Dr. Raja Selvarajan (2017–2023), Physics — Quantum algorithms. Research Scientist, PASQAL, Netherlands
- Dr. Rongxin Xia (2016–2020), Physics — Quantum computing. Research Scientist, Facebook, San Francisco
- Dr. Teng Bian (2016–2020), Physics — Quantum information. Research Scientist, Facebook, San Francisco
- Dr. Zhanfu Yang (2018–2019), M.Sc., Computer Science — Quantum machine learning
- Dr. Shuxian Jiang (2012–2017), Computer Science — Quantum annealing.
- Dr. Yudong Cao (2012–2016), Computer Science — Quantum algorithms. CTO at Zapata Quantum
- Dr. Rishabh Chandra (2012–2014), Mechanical Engineering — Quantum algorithms. AD Specialty Analytics at Regeneron
- Dr. Cyrus Vandrevala (2011–2014), Physics — Entanglement in materials.
- Dr. Yiteng Zhang (2011–2016), Physics — Entanglement in biological systems.
- Dr. Shu-Hao Yeh (2010–2015), Chemistry — Quantum coherence in photosynthesis. Senior Data Scientist at Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
- Dr. Edwin Antillon (2009–2012), Physics — Finite size scaling, conformal invariance. Research Physicist US Naval Research Laboratory
- Dr. Anmer Deskin (2009–2013), Computer Science — Quantum compiler. Principal Investigator and Research Scientist at Pison Technology, Inc.
- Dr. Ross Hoehn (2009–2014), Chemistry — Dimensional scaling.
- Dr. Jing Zhu (2006–2012), Chemistry — Quantum algorithms for global optimization.
- Dr. Qi Wei (2004–2010), Chemistry — Stability of matter, dimensional scaling. Associate Professor at East China Normal University
- Dr. Hefeng Wang (2004–2008), Chemistry — Quantum algorithms.
- Dr. Winton Moy (2004–2010), Chemistry — Finite elements and scaling. Staff Data Scientist at Kraft Heinz
- Dr. Xu Qing (2005–2010), Physics — Spin systems.
- Dr. Zheng Huang (2002–2007), Chemistry — Entanglement theory.
- Dr. Aaron Stanton (1995–1999), Chemistry — Global optimization. Owner at Cathartic Bliss, LLC
- Dr. Pablo Nigra (1996–2001), Chemistry — Water clusters and phase changes. Research Associate at University Castilla-LaMancha
- Dr. Stephen Belair (1998–2004), Chemistry — Electronic structure methods.
- Dr. Imad Ladadwa (1999), Visiting student — Finite size scaling in scattering theory. Assistant Professor: Fahad Bin Sultan University
