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About us

aQa is a team of faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and students across the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) the Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), the Leiden Institute for Chemistry (LIC), and the Leiden Mathematical Institute (MI). Please see below a list of members, along with personal research topics and contact emails.

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Vedran Dunjko - aQa Lead & Founder

Associate Professor - LIACS

  • Quantum machine learning

  • Quantum heuristics

  • Near-term implementation

v.dunjko@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

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Evert van Nieuwenburg - aQa PI

Assistant Professor - LION

  • Machine Learning for Quantum Systems

  • Quantum Games

  • Simulation of Quantum Many-Body systems

e.p.l.van.nieuwenburg@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

Website

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Jordi Tura - aQa PI

Assistant Professor - LION

  • Quantum algorithms

  • Near-term implementations

  • Device-independent quantum information protocols

tura@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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Alfons Laarman  - aQa PI

Assistant Professor - LIACS

  • Simulation of quantum computing

  • Parallel computing

  • Formal methods

a.w.laarman@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

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Hao Wang- aQa PI

Assistant Professor - LIACS

  • Evolution strategies under uncertainty

  • Bayesian optimization

  • Natural computing for NISQ devices

h.wang@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

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Onur Danaci

Postdoctoral researcher - LION

  • Quantum optimal control

  • Near-term implementations

  • Quantum machine learning

danaci@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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Adrián Pérez-Salinas
 

Postdoctoral researcher - LION

  • Quantum machine learning

  • Near-term implementations

  • Quantum simulations

perezsalinas@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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Patrick Emonts
 

Postdoctoral researcher - LION

  • Tensor Networks

  • Lattice Gauge Theories

  • Hamiltonian Quantum Field Theories

emonts@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

Website

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Xavier Bonet-Monroig

PhD Student - LION

  • Hybrid algorithm design

  • Quantum error mitigation

  • Near-term implementation

bonet@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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Alicja Dutkiewicz

PhD Student - LION

  • Quantum simulation

  • Quantum phase estimation

dutkiewicz@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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Stefano Polla

PhD Student - LION

  • Quantum simulation

  • Hybrid algorithm design

  • Near-term implementation

polla@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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David Dechant

PhD Student - LION

  • Quantum algorithms

  • Near-term implementations

  • Quantum finance

dechant@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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Mengyao Hu

PhD Student - LION

  • Quantum information processing

  • Tensor networks

  • Entanglement theory

Yaroslav Herasymenko

PhD Student - LION

  • Quantum simulation

  • Hybrid algorithm design

  • Quantum transport

herasymenko@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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Casper Gyurik

PhD Student - LIACS

  • Quantum data analysis

  • Quantum reinforcement learning

  • Quantum-enhanced Markov chain Monte Carlo

c.f.s.gyurik@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

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Emiel Koridon

PhD Student - LION

  • Quantum (photo)chemistry and simulation

  • Near-term applications

  • Hybrid quantum algorithms

emielkoridon@hotmail.com

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Yash Patel

PhD Student - LIACS

  • Quantum optimization

  • Quantum-enhanced combinatorial optimization

  • Industrial applications

y.j.patel@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

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Charles Moussa

PhD Student - LIACS

  • Near-term implementations

  • Hybrid algorithm design

  • Industrial applications

c.moussa@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

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Thomas O'Brien

Assistant Professor - LION and Research Scientist - Google Quantum AI

  • Quantum chemistry and simulation

  • Quantum error correction and mitigation

  • Near-term implementation

obrien@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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Thomas Bäck

Professor - LIACS

  • Natural computing

  • Optimization for quantum computing

  • Quantum-enhanced optimization

t.h.w.baeck@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

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Francesco Buda

Assistant Professor - LIC

  • Quantum chemistry

  • Hybrid algorithm development

  • Excited state chemistry

​f.buda@lic.leidenuniv.nl

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Florian Neukart

Assistant Professor - LIACS and Principal Scientist - Volkswagen Group

  • Quantum optimization

  • Quantum annealing

  • Industrial applications

f.neukart@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

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Richard Gill

Emeritus Professor - MI

  • Closing loopholes in Bell’s theorem and in Bell experiments

  • Quantum state estimation, quantum tomography

  • Statistical issues in quantum information and quantum computing

gill@math.leidenuniv.nl

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Sheir Yarkoni

PhD Student - LIACS

  • Near-term implementations

  • Hybrid algorithm design

  • Industrial applications

sheir.yarkoni@volkswagen.de

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Radoica Draškić

PhD Student - LIACS

  • Quantum machine learning

  • Near-term implementations

  • Quantum optimal control

Michał Pacholski

PhD Student - LION

  • Hybrid algorithm design

  • Near-term implementations

  • Quantum transport

pacholski@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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Mathys Rennela

Postdoctoral Researcher - LIACS

  • Quantum-enhanced combinatorial optimization

  • Quantum reinforcement learning

  • Near-term implementation

m.p.a.rennela@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

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Cameron Price

PhD Student - LION

  • Hybrid algorithm design

  • Reduced density matrix theory

  • Convex optimization

price@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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Eleanor Scerri

Postdoctoral Researcher - LION

  • Quantum chemistry and simulation

  • Quantum machine learning

  • Near-term implementation

scerri@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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Bruno Senjean

Postdoctoral Researcher - LION

  • Quantum chemistry

  • Molecular embedding

  • Hybrid algorithm design

senjean@lorentz.leidenuniv.nl

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Sebastiaan Brand

PhD Student - LIACS

  • Formal methods

  • Probabilistic and quantum systems

s.o.brand@liacs.leidenuniv.nl

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