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 - aQa Lead & Founder
Associate Professor - LIACS
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Quantum machine learning
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Quantum heuristics
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Near-term implementation
Evert van Nieuwenburg - aQa PI
Assistant Professor - LION
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Machine Learning for Quantum Systems
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Quantum Games
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Simulation of Quantum Many-Body systems
Jordi Tura - aQa PI
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
Alfons Laarman - aQa PI
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- aQa PI
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
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
Adrián Pérez-Salinas
Postdoctoral researcher - LION
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Quantum machine learning
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Near-term implementations
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Quantum simulations
Patrick Emonts
Postdoctoral researcher - LION
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Tensor Networks
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Lattice Gauge Theories
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Hamiltonian Quantum Field Theories
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
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
Mengyao Hu
PhD Student - LION
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Quantum information processing
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Tensor networks
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Entanglement theory
Yaroslav Herasymenko
PhD Student - LION
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Quantum simulation
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Hybrid algorithm design
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Quantum transport
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sebastiaan Brand
PhD Student - LIACS
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Formal methods
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Probabilistic and quantum systems