People @ QSCC

Our research consortium involves principal investigators from 3 leading Canadian research institutions and their research groups.

We are actively hiring for post-doctoral fellows and graduate students. Please visit our Open Positions page for more details.

We also offer research opportunities for undergraduate students.

Leadership

Hans-Arno Jacobsen

QSC Scientific Directory & Professor, Jeffrey Skoll Chair in Computer Networks and Innovation

University of Toronto, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science

Research Interests:

  • Distributed quantum computing (DQC)
  • Distributed quantum computing algorithms
  • Quantum machine learning
  • Applications of DQC
  • Benchmarking QC & DQC

Principal Investigators

Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Professor, Director of Acceleration Consortium

University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, Department of Computer Science, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Medical Science

Research Interests:

  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Near-term quantum algorithms

Artur Izmaylov

Professor

University of Toronto Scarborough, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences

University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry

Research Interests:

  • Quantum computing algorithms for many-body chemical physics
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Quantum Molecular Dynamics

Dvira Segal

Professor

University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, Department of Physics

Research Interests:

  • Energy considerations in quantum computing devices
  • algorithms for quantum simulations of quantum materials
  • algorithms for quantum simulations of open quantum systems

Hausi Mueller

Professor

University of Victoria, Department of Computer Science

Research Interests:

Matt Amy

Assistant Professor

Simon Fraser University

Research Interests:

Nathan Wiebe

Assistant Professor

University of Toronto, Department of Computer Science

Research Interests:

Ulrich Fekl

Professor

University of Toronto Mississauga, Department of Chemistry

University of Toronto, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences

Research Interests:

Scientific Staff

Mohsen Bagherimehrab

Post-Doc, Staff Research Associate

University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry, Department of Computer Science

Research Interests:

  • Quantum algorithms
  • Algorithmic quantum simulation

Support Staff

Anna Dyring

Non-Scientific Staff, Quantum Strategic Initiative Lead at U of T

University of Toronto, Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control (CQIQC)

University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry

Responsibilities:

  • Coordination with CQIQC events and activities
  • Industry liaison

Vladimiro Cerillo

Non-Scientific Staff, QSC Consortium Manager

University of Toronto, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Responsibilities:

  • Administrative support
  • Program management
  • Industry liaison

Collaborators

  • Aharon Brodutch (IonQ)

  • Steven Rayan (University of Saskatchawan)

  • Julien Ross (Dalhousie)

  • Barry Sanders (University of Calgary)

  • John Sipe (University of Toronto)

QSC Partners

  • Agnostiq

  • AWS

  • CMC

  • IBM

  • Multiverse Computing

  • OTI Lumionics Inc.

  • Photonic

  • Xanadu

QSC Students and Trainees

We are actively hiring. Please check our recruiting page for more details!