Quantum Science & Technologies Group

Postdocs Past and Present:

Petr Anisimov

Hugo Cable
(Postdoc with Simon Benjamin, Nat. U. Singapore)

M. Ali Can
(Institute of Electronics and Cryptology)

Gabriel Durkin
(Staff Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center)

Lucia Florescu
(Research Associate, Colombia University)

Marian Florescu
(Postdoc, Princeton University)

Kurt Jacobs
(Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts)

Kishore Kapale
(Assistant Professor, Western Illinois University)

Pavel Lougovski
(Postdoc with Lei Xing, Stanford University)

Changjun Min

Sulakshana Thanvanthri

Dmitry Uskov
(Adjunct Professor, Tulane University)

Christoph Wildfeuer

Graduate Students:
Past & Present

Bhaskar Roy Bardhan

Aravind Chiruvelli, PhD 2009
(Postdoc with Raj Chakrabarti, Pudue University)

Argenis DaSilva, PhD 2009

Guohui Deng, MS 2007
(Server Software Developer, Harris Corporation)

Yang Gao, PhD 2010
(Assistant Professor, Zhengzhou University)

Ryan Glasser, PhD 2009
(Research Scientist, Harris Corporation)

Christopher Granier

Muxin Han, MS 2008
(Postdoc with Carlo Rovelli, Centre de Physique Théorique)

Sean Huver, PhD 2009
(Analyst, Berberian & Company LLC)

Kebei Jiang

Blane McCracken

S. Jay Olson, PhD 2008
(Postdoc with Tim Ralph, University of Queensland)

William Plick, PhD 2010
(Postdoc with Anton Zeilinger, University of Vienna)

Chris Richardson

Ganesh Selvaraj, MS 2007

Kaushik Seshadreesan

Robi Singh

Sai Vinjanampathy
(Postdoc with Kurt Jacobs, University of Massachusetts)

Zhanghan Wu, MS 2007
(PhD Student, Virginia Tech)

Undergraduates Past & Present:
Robert Cross
Bryan Gard
Christopher Granier (PhD Student, LSU)
Daniel Lum
Keith Motes
Gretchen Raterman (MS Student, Duke University)
Carl Sabottke
Sumit Sarbadhicary
Nickolas VanMeter (PhD Student, Harvard)

Quantum Science & Technologies Group Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics Louisiana State University Department of Physics & Astronomy 202 Nicholson Hall, Tower Drive Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4001 Tel: (225) 578-2163 Fax: (225) 578-0824 quantum@phys.lsu.edu	"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." — Arthur C. Clark (1917-2008) Jonathan P. Dowling Hearne Professor & Co-Director Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics Hwang Lee Assistant Professor & Deputy Co-Director Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics
Associated Faculty: Lai-Him Chan Theda Daniels-Race Mette Gaarde Tae-Woo Lee Gerard Milburn (Adjunct) Robert O'Connell A. Ravi P. Rau Kenneth Schafer Marlan Scully (Adjunct) Stephen Shipman Georgios Veronis	Research: Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics Foundations of Quantum Mechanics Photonic Band Gap Materials Quantum Field Theory Quantum Information Theory Quantum Optics Quantum Computer Science Program Quantum Computing Concept Maturation Program: Optical Quantum Computing Quantum Sensors Program Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative: Quantum Imaging Relativistic Quantum Information Theory
Postdocs Past and Present: Petr Anisimov Hugo Cable (Postdoc with Simon Benjamin, Nat. U. Singapore) M. Ali Can (Institute of Electronics and Cryptology) Gabriel Durkin (Staff Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center) Lucia Florescu (Research Associate, Colombia University) Marian Florescu (Postdoc, Princeton University) Kurt Jacobs (Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts) Kishore Kapale (Assistant Professor, Western Illinois University) Pavel Lougovski (Postdoc with Lei Xing, Stanford University) Changjun Min Sulakshana Thanvanthri Dmitry Uskov (Adjunct Professor, Tulane University) Christoph Wildfeuer Graduate Students: Past & Present Bhaskar Roy Bardhan Aravind Chiruvelli, PhD 2009 (Postdoc with Raj Chakrabarti, Pudue University) Argenis DaSilva, PhD 2009 Guohui Deng, MS 2007 (Server Software Developer, Harris Corporation) Yang Gao, PhD 2010 (Assistant Professor, Zhengzhou University) Ryan Glasser, PhD 2009 (Research Scientist, Harris Corporation) Christopher Granier Muxin Han, MS 2008 (Postdoc with Carlo Rovelli, Centre de Physique Théorique) Sean Huver, PhD 2009 (Analyst, Berberian & Company LLC) Kebei Jiang Blane McCracken S. Jay Olson, PhD 2008 (Postdoc with Tim Ralph, University of Queensland) William Plick, PhD 2010 (Postdoc with Anton Zeilinger, University of Vienna) Chris Richardson Ganesh Selvaraj, MS 2007 Kaushik Seshadreesan Robi Singh Sai Vinjanampathy (Postdoc with Kurt Jacobs, University of Massachusetts) Zhanghan Wu, MS 2007 (PhD Student, Virginia Tech) Undergraduates Past & Present: Robert Cross Bryan Gard Christopher Granier (PhD Student, LSU) Daniel Lum Keith Motes Gretchen Raterman (MS Student, Duke University) Carl Sabottke Sumit Sarbadhicary Nickolas VanMeter (PhD Student, Harvard)	Activities: Quantum Conference Server Publications QST in the News! Workshop on Linear Optical Quantum Information Processing (LoQUIP) NSF QMHP Workshop Seminars: Physics & Astronomy Department Seminars QST & Quantum Krispy Kreme Seminars ®
Visitors: Girish Agarwal (University of Oklahoma) Hans Bachor (Australian National University) Dominic Berry (Perimeter Institute) Robert Boyd (University of Rochester) Katherine Brown (University of Leeds) Hugo Cable (National University of Singapore) M. Ali Can (NASA, JPL) Howard Carmichael (University of Auckland) Carlton Caves (University of New Mexico) Sanka Das Sarma (University of Maryland) Francesco DeMartini (University of Rome) Gabriel Durkin (NASA, Ames) Julio Gea-Banacloche (University of Arkansas) Joseph Eberly (University of Rochester) Charles Elachi (Director, NASA JPL) Matt Elliott (University of New Mexico) Claude Fabre (Ecole Normal) Marian Florescu (NASA, JPL) James Franson (UMBC) Dentcho Genov (Louisana Tech University) Chris Gerry (CUNY, Lehman College) Larry Gould (University of Hartford) Barbara Höling (CalPoly Pomona) John Howell (University of Rochester) Kurt Jacobs (University of Massachusetts) Daniel James (University of Toronto) N. Cody Jones (Stanford University) Kishore Kapale (Western Illinois University) Konrad Kieling (Imperial College) Yoon-Ho Kim (POSTECH) Pieter Kok (University of Sheffield) Igor Kulikov (NASA, JPL) Jason Lee (George Mason University) Patrick Leung (University of Queensland) Daniel Lidar (University of Southern California) Antia Lamas-Linares (National University of Singapore) Austin Lund (University of Queensland) Hal Metcalf (SUNY, Stony Brook) Casey Myers (University of Waterloo) Irina Novikova (College of William & Mary) Kevin Parkin (NASA Ames) Luca Pezze (LANL) Olivier Pfister (University of Virginia) Tim Ralph (University of Queensland) Linda Reichl (University of Texas) Yuri Rostovtsov (University of North Texas) Barry Sanders (University of Calgary) Lu Sham (UCSD) Surendra Singh (University of Arkansas) John Sipe (University of Toronto) Augusto Smerzi (LANL) Malvin Teich (Boston University) S. Pete Worden (Director, NASA Ames) Reeta Yyas (University of Arkansas) Ted Wyder (CalTech) Ulvi Yurtsever (MathSense Analytics)	Links: LSU Home LSU Physics LSU Relativity (Pullin Group) Photonic Band-Gap Bibliography Photonic Band-Gap Materials Links Quantum Information Links Quantum Optics Links
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