People

aQa is a team of faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and students across the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) the Leiden Institute for Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), the Leiden Institute for Chemistry (LIC), and the Leiden Mathematical Institute (MI). Please see below a list of members, along with personal research topics and contact emails.

Principal Investigators


Vedran Dunjko

Vedran Dunjko

aQa Lead & Founder

Professor – LIACS

Evert van Nieuwenburg

Evert van Nieuwenburg

aQa PI

Assistant Professor – LION

Jordi Tura

Jordi Tura

aQa PI

Associate Professor – LION

Alfons Laarman

Alfons Laarman

aQa PI

Associate Professor – LIACS

Hao Wang

Hao Wang

aQa PI

Assistant Professor – LIACS

Anna Dawid

aQa PI

Assistant Professor – LIACS

Postdocs


Stefano Polla

Postdoctoral researcher – LION

Onur Danaci

Onur Danaci

Postdoctoral researcher – LION

Adrián Pérez-Salinas

Adrián Pérez-Salinas

Postdoctoral researcher – LION

Patrick Emonts

Patrick Emonts

Postdoctoral researcher – LION

Jan Krzywda

Jan Krzywda

Postdoctoral researcher – LIACS

Edison Salazar Quezada

Edison Salazar Quezada

Postdoctoral researcher – LION

Liubov Markovich

Liubov Markovich

Postdoctoral researcher – LION

Cem Unsal

Cem Unsal

Postdoctoral researcher – LIACS

Vincent Croft

Vincent Croft

Postdoctoral researcher – LIACS

Jinfu Chen

Postdoctoral researcher – LION

Majid Hassani

Postdoctoral researcher – LION

Souloke Sen

Postdoctoral researcher – LION – Vrije Universiteit A

Yash Patel

Postdoctoral researcher – LIACS

Joon Hyung Lee

Postdoctoral researcher – LIACS

Nathan McMahon

Postdoctoral researcher – LIACS

Anastasiia Skurativska

Postdoctoral researcher – LIACS

Jan Martens

Postdoctoral researcher – LIACS

Owidiusz Makuta

Postdoctoral researcher – LION

Phd Students


Alicja Dutkiewicz

Alicja Dutkiewicz

PhD Student – LION

David Dechant

David Dechant

PhD Student – LION

Sebastiaan Brand

Sebastiaan Brand

PhD Student – LIACS

Waheeda Saib

Waheeda Saib

PhD Student – LIACS

Mengyao Hu

Mengyao Hu

PhD Student – LION

Eloïc Vallée

Eloïc Vallée

PhD Student – LION

Emiel Koridon

Emiel Koridon

PhD Student – LION

Yash Patel

Yash Patel

PhD Student – LIACS

Alice Barthe

Alice Barthe

External PhD Student – LION – CERN

Kshiti Sneh Rai

Kshiti Sneh Rai

PhD Student – LION

Simon Marshall

Simon Marshall

PhD Student – LIACS

Felix Frohnert

Felix Frohnert

PhD Student – LIACS

Arend-Jan Quist

PhD Student – LIACS

Marie Kempkes

Marie Kempkes

External PhD Student – LIACS – VOLKSWAGEN

Riccardo Molteni

PhD Student – LIACS

Jan Li

Jan Li

PhD Student – LION

Ilse Kuijf

Ilse Kuijf

PhD Student – LION

Mahtab Yaghubi Rad

Mahtab Yaghubi Rad

PhD Student – LIACS

Xiaoyu Liu

PhD Student – LION

Vasily Bokov

Vasily Bokov

PhD Student – LIACS

Andrii Kurkin

Andrii Kurkin

PhD Student – LIACS

Kevin Shen

Kevin Shen

External PhD Student – LIACS – BMW

Marc Farreras I Bartra

PhD Student – LIACS

Zherui Wang

PhD Student – LION

Marien Raat

PhD Student – LION – IBL SCS

Chenyu Shi

PhD Student – LIACS

Rahul Bandyopadhyay

PhD Student – LIACS

Yingjian Liu

PhD Student – LION

Support Staff


Fran Ouwerkerk

Management/office-assistent

– LION

Nina Hefele

Management assistant

– LIACS

MSc Students


Lindsay Spoor

Lindsay Spoor

MSc Student – LION

Hans Norg

Hans Norg

MSc Student – LION

Fellows


Thomas O'Brien

Thomas O’Brien

Assistant Professor – LION and Research Scientist – Google Quantum AI

Thomas Bäck

Thomas Bäck

Professor – LIACS

Francesco Buda

Francesco Buda

Assistant Professor – LIC

Florian Neukart

Florian Neukart

Assistant Professor – LIACS and Principal Scientist – Volkswagen Group

Richard Gill

Richard Gill

Emeritus Professor – MI

Former Members


Charles Moussa

Charles Moussa

PhD Student – LIACS

Sheir Yarkoni

Sheir Yarkoni

PhD Student – LIACS

Radoica Draškić

Radoica Draškić

PhD Student – LIACS

Michał Pacholski

Michał Pacholski

PhD Student – LION

Xavier Bonet-Monroig

Postdoctoral researcher – LION

Tim Coopmans

Postdoctoral researcher – LIACS

Casper Gyurik

Postdoctoral researcher – LIACS

Yaroslav Merasymenko

PHD Student – LION

Mathys Rennela

Mathys Rennela

Postdoctoral Researcher – LIACS

Cameron Price

Cameron Price

PhD Student – LION

Nurbolat Kenbayev

PhD Student – LION

Eleanor Scerri

Eleanor Scerri

Postdoctoral Researcher – LION

Bruno Senjean

Bruno Senjean

Postdoctoral Researcher – LION