Bio
I am a PhD candidate in Physics at the University of British Columbia and the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute. I work on quantum information and quantum computation under the supervision of Dr. Robert Raussendorf and Dr. William G. Unruh. In particular, I study quantum contextuality, negativity in quasiprobability representations, and other indicators of nonclassicality in hidden variable models, and their relation to the computational speedup of quantum computation over classical computation.
Resume: pdf.
Academic CV: pdf.
Research statement: here.
Affiliations
- University of British Columbia (UBC) Department of Physics & Astronomy
- Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (SBQMI)
Background
- Born in St. John’s, Newfoundland in June, 1996
- Graduated from Gonzaga High School in June, 2014
- Graduated with a BSc from University of British Columbia in May, 2019
- Bachelor of Science - Combined Honours in Physics and Mathematics with Distinction
- Honours thesis: Contextuality and Simulating Quantum Computation with Magic States supervised by Dr. Robert Raussendorf
- Graduated with a MSc in Physics from University of British Columbia in November, 2020
- Master of Science in Physics
- Masters thesis: Hidden Variable Models and Classical Simulation Algorithms for Quantum Computation with Magic States on Qubits [pdf] supervised by Dr. Robert Raussendorf
- Currently a PhD candidate in Physics at University of British Columbia and Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute supervised by Dr. Robert Raussendorf and Dr. William G. Unruh
Collaborators
Some of my recent collaborators include