Team

Our group provides enriched training experiences to undergraduate interns, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers. We have trained more than 40 undergraduate students, 6 graduate students, and 4 postdoctoral researchers over the last 5 years.These experiences have endowed research trainees with the skills, knowledge, and expertise needed to become valuable professionals in the emergent quantum technologies.

Alexandre Cooper-Roy, PhD

Adjunct Faculty in Department of Physics and Astronomy
Senior Technical Lead, Quantum Simulation, TQT

alexandre.cooper[at]uwaterloo.ca

Alexandre is a seasoned leader known for directing teams, managing complex scientific projects, and meeting stringent deadlines. He has more than fifteen years of hands-on experience in advancing experimental quantum technologies at top research institutions like MIT, Caltech, and the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC). His academic journey spans top universities in Canada, France, Japan, and the USA, enriching his deep scientific knowledge. As Senior Technical Lead in IQC’s Transformative Quantum Technologies program, Alexandre led a team of ten scientists in developing a commercial-grade programmable quantum simulator, highlighting his leadership and innovative capabilities.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Anton Borissov, PhD

Christopher Wyenberg, PhD

Graduate Students

Kent Ueno

PhD Student, Physics Quantum Information

Anastasiia Mashko

PhD Student, Physics Quantum Information

Artem Zhutov

PhD Student, Physics Quantum Information

Soroush Khoubyarian

Masters Student, Physics Quantum Information

Undergraduate Students

Amir Dadpour

BMath 

University of Waterloo

Peter Peng

BSci 

University of British Columbia

Michael

Michael Alexander

BMath 

University of Waterloo

Krishna Balaji

BTech 

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Kenji Maeda

BSci 

University of Massachusetts, Boston

Subu

Subrahmanyam Mantha

BE/Msc Physics

BITS Pilani

Alumni

  • Dr. Meenu Keemari, (2023), now Research Officer at NRC
  • Dr. Jeremy Flannery (2019-2020), now Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich
  • Parth Padia (2021-2023), now at PASQAL (MSc. Physics, Quantum Information, Thesis)
  • Caroline Mbakob (2019-2020), (MSc. Physics, Quantum Information, Thesis)
Winter 2024
  • Fred Sun
  • Ethan Smith
  • Amir Hossein Dadpour

Fall 2023

  • Aaryaman Bhageria
  • Kayra Erisoglu-Akylidiz
  • Ethan Smith
  • Xiang Wen (Evan) Yu
Spring 2023
  • Amber King
  • Omar Ali
  • Shreya JVS
  • Timur Khayrullin
Winter 2023
  •  Zewen (Wendy) Lu
  • Laurent Zheng
  • Timur Khayrullin

Fall 2022

  • Zhiqian (Jessie) Ding
  • Andrew Watford
  • Huck Kim
  • Shaheer Rana
Spring 2022
  • Jessica Bohm
  • Marcin Kepa
  • Christoforos Iakovou, now at Cambridge University
  • Zhiqian (Jessie) Ding
Winter 2022
  • Jessica Bohm
  • Khush Bhavsar
  • Zefei Ou
  • Pavan Jyasinha
Fall 2021
  • Barry Cimring, now at MIT
  • Jonathon Kambulow
  • Khush Bhavsar
Spring 2021
  • Xinwen Ding, now at University of Toronto
  • Raymond Wang
Winter 2021
  • Xinwen Ding, now at University of Toronto
  • Barry Cimring, now at MIT
  • Brooke Mackenzie Dolny
  • Marc Bacvanski, now at MIT
Fall 2020
  • Ho June Kim, now at Paul Scherrer Institute
  • Jian Tian (Benny) Huang
  • Sailesh Bechar
  • William Gregory Dallaway
Spring 2020
  • Drimik Roy Chowdhury
  • Hongru Xiang
  • Jin Tian (Benny) Huang
  • Ho June Kim, now at Paul Scherrer Institute
Winter 2020
  • Ho June Kim, now at Paul Scherrer Institute
  • Hongru Xiang
  • Catherine Cai
  • Shawn Harvey-Deklerk
Fall 2019
  • Shawn Harvey-Deklerk