Team
Director: Prof. Dr. ir. Rami Barends
Rami Barends has a PhD in physics (cum laude) from Delft University of Technology in 2009, working on the physical limitations of superconducting resonators for use as far-infrared detectors in astronomical telescopes. After his PhD he joined the University of California in Santa Barbara as a postdoctoral researcher, focusing on developing superconducting quantum bits for scalable quantum computing and achieving the surface-code fidelity thresholds for quantum gates. In 2014 he became a research scientist when the team merged with Google, performing the first scalable error correction experiments, the first digital quantum simulations, beyond-classical computing, and focusing on the fundamental limitations from correlated errors in quantum error correction. In 2021 he moved to the Jülich Research Center and leads the Institute for Functional Quantum Systems (PGI-13).
Email: r.barends@fz-juelich.de
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Harsh Bhardwaj
Harsh Bhardwaj did his B.Sc. in Physics at the University of Delhi, India. Later he moved to Germany to pursue the newly founded M.Sc. Physics track in quantum technologies at RWTH Aachen University, with an emphasis on experimental quantum computation. As a part of the master’s degree, he worked on a scalable architecture for quantum computing based on shuttling of semiconductor spin qubits in the group of Prof. H. Bluhm. Motivated to dive deeper into the quantum realm, he joined PGI-13 as a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ir. Rami Barends and Dr. Pavel Bushev.
Email: h.bhardwaj@fz-juelich.de
Pavel Bushev
Head of the experimental quantum computing group
Pavel Bushev obtained a Master’s degree cum laude in quantum radio-physics in Moscow Physical Technical Institute (Moskau, Russische Föderation) in 1997. During his doctoral research in Innsbruck University he worked on experiments with single trapped barium ion and a single photon. Pavel performed first experiments on quantum-limited motion detection and feedback for which he obtained a PhD degree cum laude. After a two-years postdoc in ETH Zürich and 2 years in Ulm, he worked as senior research assistant in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology for 4 years during 2009-2013 on investigations of superconducting qubits and hybrid quantum systems. In 2013 he joined the department of experimental physics in Universität des Saarlandes as assistant professor. The research topic of his group was mainly focused on quantum microwave photonics and metrology.
Email: p.bushev@fz-juelich.de
Google Scholar: here.
Sven Fredewess
Sven Fredewess obtained his bachelor’s degree in physics at the University of Osnabrück with his bachelor’s thesis on quantum sensing using the nitrogen vacancy center in diamond in different quantum bases. He then further specialized in the field of quantum technologies in the physics master’s program at RWTH Aachen University. For his master’s thesis, Sven chose to join the Experimental Quantum Computing group at the newly founded Institute for Functional Quantum Systems (PGI-13), led by Professor Rami Barends and Dr. Pavel Bushev at Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Email: s.fredewess@fz-juelich.de
Yuan Gao
Yuan Gao finished his bachelor studies in electronics information science and technology in Harbin Institute of Technology, China. While he was completing his bachelor, he participated in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest and got the silver medal in the regional contest. Starting in 2017, Yuan studied nanoelectronic systems in Technische Universität Dresden. By joining the group of Dr. Georgy Astakhov in Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Yuan obtained his master degree for the work on irradiation induced color center in silicon carbide, and rewarded Enno Heidebroek Certificate as one of the best graduates of the year. Attracted by the fascination of the quantum world, Yuan decided to pursue a PhD under the supervision of Dr. Pavel Bushev in the Institute for Functional Quantum Systems (PGI-13) inside Forschungszentrum Jülich, and is currently focusing on the fluxonium qubit.
Email: y.gao@fz-juelich.de
Asier Galicia
Asier Galicia is a physicist and electronic engineer graduated from the University of the Basque Country, Spain. After successfully defending his final project on Digital-Analog Quantum Computation under the supervision of Dr. Mikel Sanz, he decided to pursue a Master’s degree in Applied Physics at TU Delft. As part of his Master’s thesis he joined Taminiau’s Lab, supervised by Dr. C. E. Bradley and Dr. T. H. Taminiau. He worked with a Nitrogen-Vacancy centre, extending previously developed techniques to address 21 nuclear 13C spins surrounding it. He then used this new control to study dynamical nuclear polarisation, dephasing and spin diffusion in this complex coupled spin system. After completing his Master’s thesis, he contributed to the QuTiP python package and he is currently part of the admin team. Aiming to make meaningful contributions to the quantum computing field, he now decided to join the Institute for Functional Quantum Systems (PGI-13) as a PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ir. Rami Barends and Dr. Pavel Bushev.
Email: a.galicia@fz-juelich.de
Jeferson Guimaraes
Jeferson Guimaraes obtained his bachelor’s degree in physics from the Federal Institute for Education, Science and Technology of Sertão Pernambucano, Brazil. Convinced that the lab has become his favorite place, decided to work for some months as a temporary technician in the Federal University of São Francisco Valley. After an enjoyable experience in his previous position, moved to São Paulo and started a master degree at the Federal University of ABC under the supervision of Dr. Roberto Serra, working with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, obtained his degree for the work on implementation and improvement of the performance of quantum fridges, using non-classical correlations as a thermodynamic resource. Guided by the passion for classical computing, quantum mechanics, and experimental work, joined as a Ph.D. student the Experimental Quantum Computing Group led by Dr. Pavel Bushev in the Institute for Functional Quantum Systems (PGI-13) inside Forschungszentrum Jülich and is currently focusing on the transmon qubits.
Email: j.guimaraes@fz-juelich.de
Yorgo Haddad
Yorgo Haddad completed his BS in Physics at the Lebanese University, then pursued his Research Master’s in Nanosciences and Functional Materials, during the first year of which he created a numerical code that computes the various properties of entangled pairs of photons. Under the joint supervision of Professor Christophe Couteau from the UTT, France, and Dr. Joe Ghalbouni, LU Lebanon, Yorgo obtained his Master’s after successfully defending his thesis on Photonic Graph States for Quantum Computing, highlighting the silicon color centers in diamonds and their application for error correction schemes. Wanting to have an impact on the quantum computing world, Yorgo decided to pursue his PhD in Experimental Quantum Computing at the Institute for Functional Quantum Systems Group (PGI-13), led by Professor Rami Barends and Dr. Pavel Bushev at the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany.
Email: y.haddad@fz-juelich.de
Markus Jerger
Manager of the Qubit Lab
After a two-semester peek at computer science while still in high school, Markus decided that physics was the more exciting subject to study. A few years later, he received his Diplom in physics from the University of Karlsruhe for theoretical work on geometric phases in charge and spin pumping. Seeking a more hands-on experience, he went to pursue a PhD in experimental quantum physics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, working on multiplexed readout of superconducting artificial atoms. After finishing his PhD, he joined Arkady Fedorov’s group at the University of Queensland, where he was responsible for everything analog and digital. In 2019, he became the first member of the superconducting quantum computing lab at FZ Jülich.
Email: m.jerger@fz-juelich.de
Marc Neis
Marc Neis finished his bachelor’s degree in physics at the University of Cologne with an internship at the bioelectronics institute at the Forschungszentrum Jülich. After that, he followed up with his physics master focusing on condensed matter physics and biophysics. He graduated under the supervision of Dr. Dirk Mayer and Prof. Dr. Roger Wördenweber, by developing a (K, Na)NbO3-based thin film surface acoustic wave biosensor at the Forschungszentrum Jülich. Following his drive to design and create solutions for complex problems, he decided to join the newly founded PGI-13, led by Prof. Rami Barends and under the supervision of Dr. Pavel Bushev, as a Ph.D. student.
Email: m.neis@fz-juelich.de
Ketsia Omokoko
After obtaining her commercial degree, she began a commercial apprenticeship as an office management assistant at RWTH Aachen University. After her successful graduation she got the opportunity to work as a secretary at one of the institutes of the RWTH Aachen. This gave her the opportunity to gain more knowledge and work experience. Looking for a secretary for our institute we could see a good working relationship with her and we are happy to have Ketsia Omokoko as our secretary.
If you have any questions or request, please do not hesitate to contact her.
Email: k.omokoko@fz-juelich.de
Yebin Liu
Yebin Liu holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from China University of Mining and Technology in 2014. After that, he studied on implementing quantum stabilizers with superconducting hardware in Prof. Britton Plourde’s group in Syracuse University and obtained a Ph.D. degree in 2022. After studying single qubits, he is interested on scaling up the quantum system and making a useful quantum processor, so he joined Functional Quantum Systems (PGI-13) led by Prof. Rami Barends and Dr. Pavel Bushev in Jülich research center in 2022.
Email: ye.liu@fz-juelich.de