People


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   Office: 2064 EB-II
   Tel: 919-515-7360

Professor Yuan Liu

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science
(affiliated faculty with Physics)

Prof. Liu received his B.S. in Physics from Tsinghua University in Beijing. He also holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Prior to joining NC State faculty, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Research Laboratory of Electronics and Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. Email. CV.


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   Office: 2105D EB-II

Dr. Joel Bierman

Postdoctoral Scholar at NC State

Joel received his B.S. in physics and mathematics with a minor in chemistry from Indiana University Bloomington in 2019. He received his Ph.D. in physics from Duke University where he worked on developing quantum algorithms for solving the electronic structure problem in quantum chemistry. His research interests include quantum information processing and quantum computational chemistry. Email


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   Office: 3038 EB-II

Aishwarya Majumdar

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State

I completed my M.S. in Electrical Engineering from NC State. I’m interested in exploring the topics at the intersection of quantum computing algorithms and signal processing. Beyond research, I enjoy hiking and photography. Email. LinkedIn.


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   Office: 3036 EB-II

Shariful Islam

Ph.D. Student, Physics, NC State

Shariful Islam received his Master’s degree in physics from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. His research interests include exploring quantum simulation, quantum material design, quantum sensing, and quantum algorithm design. Email.


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   Office: 3036 EB-II

Elin Ranjan Das

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State

Elin received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh in May 2023. He worked as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of CSE, BRAC University (June ‘23 - July ‘24) and also as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of EEE, BUET (November ‘23 - June ‘24). His research interests include quantum algorithms for material simulation, material design for quantum sensor, and quantum chemistry. His hobbies are reading books, astronomy, and trekking. Email


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Daniel Dong

Master Student, Computer Science, NC State

Interests: Exploring Quantum Computing and applications including Quantum Simulation, Quantum Optimization and Compilers, and Quantum Information Theory. Email


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Anthony Donelli

Undergraduate Student, Computer Engineering (2025), NC State

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Rosalie Rutten

Undergraduate Student, Computer Science (2026), NC State

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Loren Holl

Undergraduate Student, Computer Science (2025), NC State

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Xi Lu

Visiting Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics, Zhejiang University

Xi Lu earned his B.S. in Mathematics with a minor in Physics from Zhejiang University in 2021. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the same institution. His recent research interests include the generalizations and applications of quantum signal processing. Email.


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Langxu Bai

Visiting Undergraduate Student, Physics, Nankai University. Email.


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Brayden Goldstein-Gelb

Undergraduate Student, Computer Science (2025), Brown University

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Agou

QUEST Lab’s Mascot, Agou. He is a three-year-old boy, trying to wrap his head around quantum computing (though he is definitely not Schrodinger’s cat)!


Former Group Members

Manideepika Reddy Myaka (Master Student, Computer Science, NC State, 2024)

Lingjun Xiong (Visiting undergrad, Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2024)

Leonard Li (Visiting undergrad, Information and Computer Science, Nanjing University, 2024)

Mihir Nikam (Master student in Computer Science, NC State, 2024)

Nitin Joseph (Master student in ECE, NC State, 2024)