JQI Administration

Co-Directors

Gretchen Campbell

JQI Co-Director

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(301) 405-0934
Frederick Wellstood

JQI Co-Director

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(301) 405-7649

Assistant Director

Kendra Turner

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Kelly Phillips

Faculty Research Assistant

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(301) 405-1300
Chika Ezeonyebuchi

Faculty Research Assistant

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(301) 314-1907
Melissa Britton

Business Manager

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(301) 405-2215

Public Affairs

Anna Brinley

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Eileen Stauffer

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Jillian Kunze

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Alex Melvin

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Sarah Elbeshbishi

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Eileen Chang

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Shivani Mattikalli

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Emily Edwards

Director of Communications and Outreach

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(301) 405-2291
Chris Cesare

Senior Science Communicator

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(301) 405-0824
Apoorv Mittal

Undergraduate Assistant

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People Profiles

Dong-Ling Deng

Dong-Ling Deng is a JQI Postdoctoral Fellow working in the Condensed Matter Theory Center at UMD. He received his PhD in physics from the University of Michigan, and his research interests include quantum information theory and topological phases of matter. He has proposed a new kind of random number generator based on Majorana fermions, which would be able to generate random numbers with unconditional security. Outside of working hours Deng loves to read classic Chinese novels and play badminton.
Ryan Barnett

Ryan Barnett, a former JQI postdoctoral fellow at the Condensed Matter Theory Center (CMTC), is now a ‘Lecturer in Condensed Matter Theory’ (UK equivalent of assistant professor) at Imperial College in London. Ryan is a theoretical physicist interested in collective effects in ultracold atomic gases. While at the JQI his research focused on spinor condensates, non-equilibrium dynamics, and synthetic gauge fields. Much of his recent work at CMTC was motivated by ongoing experimental activities at the JQI.
Aaron Lee

Aaron Lee, a JQI graduate student, received his undergraduate degree in physics at UMD. He worked with Chris Monroe’s trapped ion group, using ytterbium ions to simulate other quantum systems. As a graduate student, he has continued to study quantum information with the Monroe group and hopes his work can contribute to eventually building a quantum computer.
Alexander Craddock

Alexander Craddock is a PhD student at JQI who earned a Bachelor and Master degree in physics at University College London. As an undergraduate student, he studied whether a commercial device from D-Wave behaved like a quantum computer. After doing master’s work in high-energy physics, his focus shifted back to quantum information. Now he works in Steve Rolston and Trey Porto’s interacting photons group which hopes to one day develop a quantum repeater, a device to allow long distance quantum communication, using Rydberg atoms.
Efim Rozenbaum

Efim Rozenbaum is a graduate fellow at JQI who studied physics as an undergraduate and graduate student at St. Petersburg State University. His undergraduate thesis focused on new numerical methods for solving the equations that govern quantum systems with axial symmetry, and his Master’s thesis continued this work for highly charged heavy ions. Now, he works with JQI and the Condensed Matter Theory Center to study the effect of interactions on dynamical localization, the signatures of chaotic transitions in quantum dynamics and non-Markovian soliton dynamics with non-Ohmic friction.
Aftaab Dewan

Aftaab Dewan, a graduate fellow at JQI, received undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics at Amherst College. There, he was a recipient of the Bassett Prize and the Stifler Prize, and conducted research on studying dynamics of Bose-Einstein Condensates. His senior thesis examined how neutrinos scatter off of materials such as lead or glass. He now works with Steve Rolston to understand the transport, coherence, and delocalization properties of BECs. Analyzing the interactions within and between regions of a BEC adds to the ultimate goal of building a quantum simulator.

JQI Administration

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Assistant Director

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Dong-Ling Deng

Ryan Barnett

Aaron Lee

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Efim Rozenbaum

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JQI Administration

Co-Directors

Assistant Director

Public Affairs

Dong-Ling Deng

Ryan Barnett

Aaron Lee

Alexander Craddock

Efim Rozenbaum

Aftaab Dewan

About JQI

Contact

Questions?