Partnering with Creative Scholars to Combine Quantum and the Arts
RQS researchers are active in several interdisciplinary projects that explore novel ways to engage people in thinking about the counterintuitive aspects of quantum physics.
Career Nexus - Developing an Elevator Pitch
An elevator pitch is a very short conversation starter. You use it to introduce people to you and your work in a range of settings, both formal and informal. In this interactive workshop, you'll learn more about elevator pitches and how to compose and refine one based on your work and your audience. The session will include time to draft, practice, and revise an elevator pitch. Come ready to think, write, and talk!
Career Nexus - Telling Stories: A Tool To Build Your Future Career
Presented by Yi Hao, PhD (Program Director for Career and Professional Development) and Daniel Serrano, PhD (Research Educator, Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics).
In interviews or networking conversations, you are often asked these questions: “So, tell me about yourself” or “Tell me about a time when you…” Most of us feel a sense of dread toward these prompts but know how important they are to our careers. After all, people can only get to know us through the stories we are willing to share.
New RQS Program Connects Students to Industry Experts
Career Connections is a new RQS program that invites experts from industry, government, and academia to share their career pathways and insights with graduate students and postdocs. Developed by the Student-Postdoc Council, the program gives junior researchers the chance to network, get advice, and learn from the pathways of experienced professionals in quantum science.
Poster Session
Details about the 2025 Quantum Leap Career Nexus coming soon.
Student-Postdoc Council
The RQS Student Postdoc Council consists of graduate students and postdocs from all five RQS universities. The council gives graduate students and postdocs at large the opportunity to direct the institute’s graduate programing, developing new events and providing continuous guidance to RQS leadership about the needs of the student/postdoc community.
Postdocs
Abhinav Anand (Duke)
Rhine Samajdar (Princeton)
Graduate Students
Greeshma Shivali Oruganti (UMD)
Hrushikesh Patil (NCSU)
Particle Physics and Quantum Simulation Collide in New Proposal
In a recent paper, RQS researchers Zohreh Davoudi and Alexey Gorshkov collaborated with others to present a novel simulation method, discussing what insights the simulations might provide about the creation of particles during energetic collisions.
Puri Paves New Path in Quantum Exploration
Her research bridges quantum optics and quantum information theory, enabling her to develop tailored quantum error correction codes by understanding specific noise in hardware, which leads to more efficient quantum systems and revives interest in customized error correction approaches in the field.
Simulating Meson Scattering on Spin Quantum Simulators
Studying high-energy collisions of composite particles, such as hadrons and nuclei, is an outstanding goal for quantum simulators. However, the preparation of hadronic wave packets has posed a significant challenge, due to the complexity of hadrons and the precise structure of wave packets. This has limited demonstrations of hadron scattering on quantum simulators to date. Observations of confinement and composite excitations in quantum spin systems have opened up the possibility to explore scattering dynamics in spin models.
Career Connections: Quantum Circuits, Inc. at Yale University
In this Career Connections talk, hosted at Yale University and online, James Teoh will speak about his experience as a Quantum Engineer at Quantum Circuits Inc., and what it is like to be a physicist in quantum industry in the field of superconducting circuits.