Past Postdoctoral Fellows and Students

Past Postdoctoral fellows

  • Austin Lindquist. 2023-2024
  • Sara Zafar Jafarzadeh, 2021-2023
  • Nafiseh Ghoroghchian, 2023
  • Michael Jaroszewicz, 2023
  • Armin Jamshidpey, 2022 – 2022, joint with Mark Giesbrecht
  • Luca Dellantonio, 2022-2022, joint with Christine Muschik
  • Sarah McCarthy, 2020 – 2023
  • Priyanka Mukhopadhyay, 2018 – 2022, joint with David Jao
  • Nina Bindel, 2019 – 2022, joint with David Jao
  • Xavier Bonnetain2020 – 2021
  • Armin Jamshidpey, 2019 – 2021, joint with Mark Giesbrecht and Eric Schost
  • Aaron Hutchinson, 2019 – 2021, joint with David Jao
  • Vlad Gheorghiu, 2013 – 2021
  • Ryan Deschamps, 2019 -2021, joint with Bessma Momani
  • Sarah Shoker, 2019 – 2020, joint with Bessma Momani
  • Travis Morrison, 2018 – 2020, joint with David Jao
  • Javad Doliskani, 2016 – 2018, joint with David Jao
  • Peter Tysowski, 2016 – 2018
  • Hao Qin, 2017, joint with Vadim Makarov
  • Zhe Liu, 2016 – 2017, joint with David Jao
  • Fang Song, 2013 – 2016, joint with Andrew Childs and Debbie Leung
  • Zhengfeng Ji, 2011 – 2016, joint with Richard Cleve, Debbie Leung, Andrew Childs and Ashwin Nayak
  • Gus Gutoski, 2013 – 2016, joint with Daniel Gottesman
  • Kassem Kalach, 2014 – 2015, joint with David Jao
  • Jean-Francois Biasse, 2014 – 2015, joint with David Jao
  • David Gosset, 2011 – 2014, joint with Andrew Childs
  • Silvano Garnerone, 2011 – 2014
  • Keith Lee, 2012 – 2014, joint with Daniel Gottesman
  • Lin Chen, 2011 – 2013, joint with Dragomir Djokovic
  • Aidan Roy, 2010 – 2012, joint with Ashwin Nayak, Debbie Leung
  • Dominic Berry, 2009 – 2011, joint with Richard Cleve, John Watrous
  • Lawrence Ioannou, 2009 – 2010, joint with Ashwin Nayak
  • Simone Severini, 2007 – 2009
  • Tzu-Chieh Wei, 2007 – 2009
  • Dmitri Maslov, 2006 – 2008
  • Scott Aaronson, 2005 (Supervised jointly)
  • Martin Roetteler, 2003 – 2005
  • Pranab Sen, 2003 – 2005 (Supervised jointly)
  • H.A. Carteret, 2001 – 2003
  • Christof Zalka, 2001-2003 (Supervised jointly)
  • Fernando J. O. de Souza,  2000 – 2002
  • Alan Tapp, 1999 – 2001

Past Students

  • Andrew Jena, (PhD, C&O) 2019 – 2024
  • Sarah Meng Li, M. C&O) 2021 – 2023
  • Pravek Sharma, Graduate Research Assistant, Fall 2022
  • Mihran Mashhud, (co-op student), Fall 2022
  • Jack Bishop, (co-op student), Fall 2022
  • Nafiseh Ghoroghchian, Graduate Research Assistant,  2022 – 2023
  • Ray Zhang, (Undergraduate Research Assistant), Spring 2022
  • Shannon Jeffries, (Undergraduate Research Assistant), Spring 2022
  • Pranshu Srivastava, (co-op student), Spring 2022
  • Mohamed Helwa, (co-op student), Spring 2022
  • Mary Katherine MacPherson, (M. C&O) 2018 – 2022
  • Dave Jepson, (Part-time, M. CS) 2016 – 2022
  • Sebastian Verschoor, (PhD, CS)  2016 – 2022
  • David Fang, (co-op student), Winter 2022
  • Jack Bishop, (co-op student), Winter 2022
  • Michael Jaroszewicz, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Winter 2022
  • Zhengmao Ouyang, (co-op student) Fall 2021
  • Patrick Davies, (co-op student) Fall 2021
  • Ho June Kim, (co-op student) Fall 2021
  • Marcel Tiepelt, (self-funded researcher) Fall 2021
  • Hong Tao Zhang, (Summer Intern, undergrad) 2021
  • John Schanck, (PhD. C&O) 2016 – 2020
  • Sarah Meng Li, (Summer Intern, undergrad) 2019/2020
  • Han Gao, (Undergrad co-op)  Summer 2020
  • Joao Marcos Vensi Basso, (Summer Intern, undergrad) 2019/2020
  • Bojia Duan, (Visiting Student, PhD) 2018 – 2019
  • Jason LeGrow, (PhD, C&O) 2017 – 2020, joint with David Jao
  • Matthew Amy, (PhD, CS) 2015 – 2018
  • Mária Kieferová, (PhD, PHY) 2014 – 2018
  • Andrew Jena, (Master’s, C&O) 2017-2019
  • Sam Jaques, (Master’s, C&O) 2018-2019, joint with Alfred Menezes
  • Olivia Di Matteo, (PhD, PHY) 2015 – 2018
  • Milap Sheth, (Summer Intern, undergrad), 2018
  • Beatrice Nash, (Summer Intern, undergrad), 2018
  • Vincent Russo, (PhD. CS) 2012 – 2017, joint with John Watrous
  • Alex Parent, (Master’s, PHY) 2014 – 2016
  • Twesh Upadhyaya,(Summer Intern, undergrad) 2016
  • Jacob Marks, (Summer Intern, undergrad) 2016
  • John Schanck, (Master’s, C&O) 2013 – 2015
  • Jennifer Fernick, Research Assistant, 2014 – 2015, joint with Thomas Jennewein
  • Alex Parent, Research Assistant, 2011 – 2014
  • Olivia Di Matteo, (Master’s, PHY) 2014 – 2015
  • Sadegh Rseisi, (PhD, PHY) 2011-2015
  • Annamaria Dosseva, Research Assistant (B. Math, C&O) 2013 – 2014
  • Marc Burns, Research Assistant (B. Math, CS) 2013 – 2014
  • Srinivasan Arunachalam, (Master’s, CS)  2012 – 2014
  • Vadym Kliuchnikov, (PhD, CS) 2011 – 2014
  • Matthew Amy, (Master’s, CS) 2011 – 2013
  • Stacey Jeffery, (PhD, CS) 2011 – 2014
  • Mária Kieferová, Summer Intern (Master’s) 2013, joint with Nathan Wiebe
  • Mária Kieferová, Summer Intern (Undergraduate)  2012
  • Jacob Parker, Undergraduate Research Assistant,  2011
  • Youning Li, Undergraduate, visiting from Tsinghua, 2010 –  2011
  • Stacey Jeffery, (Master’s, CS) 2009 – 2011
  • Jamie Smith, (PhD, CS) 2007 – 2012,  joint with Chris Godsil
  • Iman Marvian Mashhad, (PhD) 2008 – 2012, joint with R. Spekkens
  • Matthew McKague, (PhD) 2005 – 2010
  • T. Bienaime, (Summer Intern) 2006, joint with Robert Raussendorf
  • Douglas. Stebila, (PhD) 2004-2009
  • Lana Sheridan, (PhD) 2004 – 2010, joint with Raymond Laflamme
  • Niel de Beaudrap, (PhD) 2004 – 2008, joint with Ashwin Nayak
  • Donny Cheung, (PhD) 2003 – 2007
  • Carlos Perez, (PhD) 2003 – 2007
  • J. Batuwantudawe, (Master’s) 2003 – 2005
  • Donny Cheung, (PhD) 2003 – 2007
  • Carols Pérez, (PhD) 2003 – 2007
  • Mike S. Brown, (Master’s) 2001 – 2003
  • Donny Cheung, (Master’s) 2001 – 2003
  • Phillip Kaye, (PhD) 2001 – 2007
  • Phillip Kaye, (Master’s) 2000 – 2001
  • Lawrence Ioannou, (Master’s) 2000 – 2002
  • Wahid Bhimji, (Master’s) 1998