Faculty
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Tami Pereg-Barnea
Prof. Pereg-Barnea's theory group is interested in questions of topology in quantum systems, both in quantum materials and in analogue bosonic systems. They study equilibrium and driven systems of non-interacting and interacting particles. Her group is often inspired by experiments or propose experimental tests for our theories.
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Kai Wang
Prof. Wang's lab develops information-driven quantum photonics, asking how optical systems can be engineered to maximize what can be learned from physical measurements. Its research spans quantum sensing, emulation of topological and non-Hermitian matter, and programmable architectures built from structured quantum light, metasurfaces, and integrated photonics. Across these efforts, the lab harnesses the versatility and controllability of light to recreate complex dynamics and enable new approaches to metrology and information processing.
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Kirk Bevan
Prof. Bevan's research investigates electron transfer and quantum properties in nanoscale materials and energy systems, with a focus on quantum defect centres and atomically engineered electronic materials. His group develops computational methods to understand and design next-generation technologies for energy storage, quantum computing, and sensing.
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Lilian Childress
Prof. Childress' research applies concepts of quantum optics and atomic physics to solid-state systems. Using electronic and nuclear spins in diamond as well as optical micro-cavities, her group develops explores applications in quantum networking and quantum sensing.
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Bill Coish
Prof. Coish's group studies quantum condensed matter theory, with a focus on materials and nanoscale devices, quantum dynamics, and quantum control. Specific areas of interest include nanoscale semiconductor devices (quantum dots, wires, and wells), quantum and classical photonics, nanoscale magnetism, hyperfine interactions, quantum measurements and readout, practical quantum error correction, and open quantum systems.
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David Cooke
Prof. Cooke's lab uses ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy to investigate the dynamics of quantum matter. Topics include photoinduced phase transitions triggered by optical excitation, electron-phonon or phonon-phonon coupling in strongly correlated materials seen by nonlinear 2D THz spectroscopy. The group is also developing a new form of ultrafast electron microscopy driven by extreme THz fields in metal nanotips in the joint Quantum Dynamics Laboratory.
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Claude Crépeau
Prof. Crépeau's research involves developing secure cryptographic protocols using quantum information, with a focus on quantum cryptography, quantum communication, and secure multiparty quantum computation.
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Matt Dobbs
Prof. Dobbs' group develops quantum detectors and associated readout systems for astrophysics and particle physics. His group is particularly interested in Kinetic Inductance Detectors (KIDs) and transition edge sensors (TES).
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Guillaume Gervais
Prof. Gevais' group searches for new quantum phases of matter on-a-chip and explores novel low-temperature quantum systems, with a focus on topological states and their potential applications in quantum computing.
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Peter Grutter
Prof. Grutter's group is interested in understanding the properties of engineered structures suitable for quantum sciences such as atomically defined qubits in Si, single photon emission from atomic defects in 2D materials and quantized electron charge transfer properties of enzymes. To achieve this, the group invents, designs, builds, and modifies atomic force microscopes and related instruments that allow them to detect signals from single charges with nanometer spatial and 10fs time resolution, allowing them to determine how defects and traps affect quantum properties.
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Hong Guo
Prof. Guo’s group focuses on first-principles modeling of quantum transport, technology computer-aided design (TCAD) of quantum hardware, and AI-assisted materials science.
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Michael Hilke
Prof. Hilke's research is dedicated to discovering and understanding low-dimensional materials and emergent quantum phenomena for the next generation of quantum technologies. His group investigates how electrons, phonons, disorder, and topology interact in reduced dimensions, from ultrahigh-mobility two-dimensional electron gases to moiré graphene. A central goal is to harness unconventional quantum and thermal transport at the nanoscale through materials engineering, spectroscopy, and advanced electronic transport measurements.
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Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur
Prof. Liboiron-Ladouceur'sresearch focuses on integrated photonic systems for classical and quantum information processing, with particular emphasis on silicon photonics, programmable optical processors, and transverse-mode encoding. The group develops scalable photonic circuits and AI-driven design methodologies for quantum computing, communications, and photonic information processing.
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Jack Sankey (Childress)
Prof. Sankey's group uses light to sense and control the motion of ultralow-noise mechanical systems, pursuing the ultimate sensitivity limits imposed by quantum mechanics. Using membrane resonators, they aim to generate quantum states of light useful to gravitational wave interferometers and study new ways to optically control motion. Using acoustic modes of superfluid helium, the group can search for dark matter. Prof. Sankey also applies sensitive quantum optics tools to solve outstanding problems in cancer radiation therapy, notably developing a new kind of dosimeter that behaves radiologically like human tissue.
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Bradley Siwick
Prof. Siwick's group investigates the emergent properties and nonequilibrium dynamics of quantum materials, with a focus on understanding how their atomic and electronic structures evolve. They develop and apply ultrafast electron scattering, imaging, and spectroscopy techniques to probe these dynamics on femtosecond timescales.
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