People
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
Langxu Bai
Visiting Undergraduate Student, Physics, Nankai University. Email.
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)