Bio
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Quantum Computing and the Applied Mathematics Department at University of Waterloo. I work on the foundations and mathematics of quantum information and quantum computation. In particular, I study classical simulation algorithms for quantum computation, the relation between classical and quantum coding theory, and the role of indicators of non-classical physics like quantum contextuality and negativity in quasiprobability representations in providing the computational speedup of quantum computation over classical computation.
Resume: pdf.
Academic CV: pdf.
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 October, 2020
- Supervised by Dr. Robert Raussendorf
- Masters thesis: Hidden Variable Models and Classical Simulation Algorithms for Quantum Computation with Magic States on Qubits [pdf]
- Graduated with a PhD in Physics from University of British Columbia in August, 2024
- Supervised by Dr. Robert Raussendorf and Dr. William G. Unruh
- PhD Thesis: Classical descriptions of quantum computations : foundations of quantum computation via hidden variable models, quasiprobability representations, and classical simulation algorithms [pdf]
- NSERC postdoc in the Department of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University from 2024 to 2026, working with Dr. Nadish de Silva, Canada Research Chair in the Mathematics of Quantum Computation
- Currently a postdoc at the Institute for Quantum Computing at University of Waterloo
Collaborators
Some of my recent collaborators include