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Quantum Information Science and Condensed Matter Theory
Part of the Virginia Tech Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (VTQ)


        spin qubits          

quantum control   

    quantum communication





many-body localization               
& time crystals                

quantum simulation            

  topological materials  


Our research spans a number of topics in quantum theory, including spin- and superconducting circuit-based quantum computation, quantum control, quantum communication, quantum simulation, many-body localization, time crystals and driven non-equilibrium spin dynamics, non-equilibrium physics in 2D materials, and novel topological materials such as topological insulators and Weyl semimetals. There is a particular emphasis on bridging formal, mathematical constructs with research closely connected to experiment.