Former Students and Postdocs of Andrew Childs

Graduate students

• Daochen Wang
  • Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Scientific Computation, 2023 (co-supervised with Carl Miller)
  • Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of British Columbia
• Jin-Peng Liu
  • Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Scientific Computation, 2022
  • James C. Alexander Prize for Graduate Research in Mathematics, 2023
  • Simons Quantum Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley → Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Center for Theoretical Physics → Assistant Professor, Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University
• Eddie Schoute
  • IBM Ph.D. Fellowship, 2020
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2021
  • Postdoc, Los Alamos National Lab → Staff Research Scientist, IBM
• Shih-Han Hung
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2021
  • Postdoc, University of Texas at Austin → Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University
• Yuan Su
  • Google Ph.D. Fellowship, 2019
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2020
  • Larry S. Davis Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2020
  • Postdoc, Caltech → Research Scientist, Google → Senior Researcher, Microsoft
• Tongyang Li
  • IBM Ph.D. Fellowship, 2018
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2020
  • Postdoc, MIT Center for Theoretical Physics → Assistant Professor, Center on Frontiers of Computing Studies, Peking University
• Aaron Ostrander
  • Ph.D. in Physics, 2019
  • Teacher, The Sycamore School
• Zak Webb
  • Ph.D. in Physics, 2016
  • Postdoc, University of Texas at Austin
• Honghao Fu
  • M.Math. in Computer Science, 2016 (co-supervised with Debbie Leung)
  • Ph.D. student, University of Maryland
• Robin Kothari
  • M.Math. in Computer Science, 2010
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2014 (co-supervised with John Watrous)
  • Postdoc, MIT Center for Theoretical Physics → Principal Researcher, Microsoft → Staff Research Scientist, Google
• Yimin Ge
  • M.Sc. in Physics, 2014 (PSI)
  • Ph.D. student, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
• Laura Mančinska
  • M.Math. in Combinatorics & Optimization, 2009 (co-supervised with Debbie Leung)
  • Ph.D. in Combinatorics & Optimization, 2013 (co-supervised with Debbie Leung)
  • Postdoc, Centre for Quantum Technologies → Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol → Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
• Māris Ozols
  • M.Math. in Combinatorics & Optimization, 2009 (co-supervised with Debbie Leung)
  • Ph.D. in Combinatorics & Optimization, 2012 (co-supervised with Debbie Leung)
  • Postdoc, IBM Watson → Postdoc, University of Cambridge → Assistant Professor, CWI and University of Amsterdam

Postdoctoral scholars

• Alexandru Cojocaru
  • Postdoc, 2022–24 (co-supervised with Gorjan Alagic and Alexey Gorshkov)
  • Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Edinburgh
• Guoming Wang
  • Postdoc, 2015–17
  • Quantum Scientist, Zapata Computing
• Yunseong Nam
  • Postdoc, 2016–17
  • Researcher, IonQ
• Fang Song
  • Postdoc, 2013–14 (co-supervised with Debbie Leung and Michele Mosca)
  • Assistant Professor, Portland State University
• David Gosset
  • Postdoc, 2011–14 (co-supervised with Michele Mosca)
  • Postdoc, Caltech IQIM → Research Scientist, IBM Watson → Associate Professor, University of Waterloo
• Nathan Wiebe
  • Postdoc, 2011–13 (co-supervised with Joseph Emerson)
  • Research Scientist, Microsoft Research
• Gorjan Alagic
  • Postdoc, 2008–11 (co-supervised with Ashwin Nayak and John Watrous)
  • Postdoc, Caltech IQIM

Undergraduate research students

• David Kong and Andrew Zheng, Maryland, 2024 (co-supervised with James Watson)
  Computing error bounds for quantum simulation algorithms
• Wentai Ding and Ruozhen Gong, Maryland, 2022 (co-supervised with Dhruv Devulapalli and Alexey Gorshkov)
  Verification of quantum simulation
• Sam DeCoster, Nicole Dong, and Mason Whitman, Maryland, 2021 (co-supervised with Aniruddha Bapat, Alexey Gorshkov, and Eddie Schoute)
  Routing on a defective grid
• Sam King and Hrishee Shastri, Maryland, 2020 (co-supervised with Aniruddha Bapat, Alexey Gorshkov, and Eddie Schoute)
  Quantum routing with fast reversals
• Bhaskar Roberts, Brennan Schaffner, and Finnegan Voichick, Maryland, 2019
  Quantum signal processing decomposition
• Hardik Bansal, Maryland, 2015 (co-supervised with Shelby Kimmel)
  Entanglement cost of nonlocal measurements
• Vedang Vyas, Waterloo, 2014
  Quantum query complexity with a faulty oracle
• Mouktik Raha, Waterloo, 2013
  Momentum switches
• Melanie Jensenworth, Waterloo, 2012 (co-supervised with Michele Mosca)
  Query complexity in the one clean qubit model
• DJ Strouse, Waterloo, 2010
  Levinson’s theorem for graphs
• Rachael Taylor, Waterloo, 2009
  The quantum query complexity of linear functions
• Ning Bao, Caltech, 2007
  Quantum walks on distance-regular graphs
• Michael Kolodrubetz, Caltech, 2005
  Asymptotic behavior of translation-invariant quantum algorithms for ordered searching
• Fen Zhao, MIT, 2004 (co-supervised with Edward Farhi)
  Spatial search by quantum walk with a randomized local start state