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.
Vedran Dunjko
Assistant Professor - LIACS
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Quantum machine learning
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Quantum heuristics
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Near-term implementation
Jordi Tura
Assistant Professor - LION
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Quantum algorithms
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Near-term implementations
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Device-independent quantum information protocols
Thomas O'Brien
Assistant Professor - LION and Research Scientist - Google Quantum AI
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Quantum chemistry and simulation
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Quantum error correction and mitigation
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Near-term implementation
Florian Neukart
Assistant Professor - LIACS and Principal Scientist - Volkswagen Group
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Quantum optimization
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Quantum annealing
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Industrial applications
Francesco Buda
Assistant Professor - LIC
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Quantum chemistry
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Hybrid algorithm development
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Excited state chemistry
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Stéphanie van der Pas
Alfons Laarman
Assistant Professor - LIACS
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Simulation of quantum computing
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Parallel computing
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Formal methods
Bruno Senjean
Postdoctoral Researcher - LION
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Quantum chemistry
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Molecular embedding
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Hybrid algorithm design
Mathys Rennela
Postdoctoral Researcher - LIACS
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Quantum-enhanced combinatorial optimization
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Quantum reinforcement learning
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Near-term implementation
Alicja Dutkiewicz
Eleanor Scerri
Postdoctoral Researcher - LION
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Quantum chemistry and simulation
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Quantum machine learning
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Near-term implementation
Yaroslav Herasymenko
Xavier Bonet-Monroig
PhD Student - LION
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Hybrid algorithm design
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Quantum error mitigation
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Near-term implementation
Casper Gyurik
PhD Student - LIACS
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Quantum data analysis
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Quantum reinforcement learning
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Quantum-enhanced Markov chain Monte Carlo
Michał Pacholski
Cameron Price
PhD Student - LION
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Hybrid algorithm design
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Reduced density matrix theory
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Convex optimization
Charles Moussa
PhD Student - LIACS
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Near-term implementations
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Hybrid algorithm design
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Industrial applications
Sheir Yarkoni
PhD Student - LIACS
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Near-term implementations
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Hybrid algorithm design
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Industrial applications
Stefano Polla
Emiel Koridon
PhD Student - LION
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Quantum (photo)chemistry and simulation
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Near-term applications
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Hybrid quantum algorithms