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 Bäck
Professor - LIACS
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Natural computing
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Optimization for quantum computing
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Quantum-enhanced optimization
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
Richard Gill
Emeritus Professor - MI
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Closing loopholes in Bell’s theorem and in Bell experiments
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Quantum state estimation, quantum tomography
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Statistical issues in quantum information and quantum computing
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
Hao Wang
Assistant Professor - LIACS
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Evolution strategies under uncertainty
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Bayesian optimization
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Natural computing for NISQ devices
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
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
Onur Danaci
Postdoctoral researcher - LION
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Quantum optimal control
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Near-term implementations
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Quantum machine learning
Mengyao Hu
PhD Student - LION
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Quantum information processing
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Tensor networks
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Entanglement theory
Alicja Dutkiewicz
Stefano Polla
PhD Student - LION
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Quantum simulation
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Hybrid algorithm design
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Near-term implementation
David Dechant
PhD Student - LION
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Quantum algorithms
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Near-term implementations
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Quantum finance
Radoica Draškić
PhD Student - LIACS
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Quantum machine learning
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Near-term implementations
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Quantum optimal control
Yaroslav Herasymenko
PhD Student - LION
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Quantum simulation
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Hybrid algorithm design
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Quantum transport
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
PhD Student - LION
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Hybrid algorithm design
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Near-term implementations
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Quantum transport
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
Yash Patel
PhD Student - LIACS
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Quantum optimization
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Quantum-enhanced combinatorial optimization
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Industrial applications
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
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
Sebastiaan Brand
PhD Student - LIACS
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Formal methods
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Probabilistic and quantum systems