Former IQI/IQIM postdocs currently in faculty or senior research staff positions
U = United States, E = Europe, C= Canadian, A = Asia, Au=Australia, M=Middle East

The Institute for Quantum Information (IQI) was founded in 2000 as an NSF-supported center focusing on theoretical research in quantum information science. In 2011, the IQI was folded into a larger center conducting both theoretical and experimental research, the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM).

At this stage, 85 former IQI/IQIM postdoctoral scholars have moved on to faculty positions or staff scientist positions at national or industrial laboratories: 47 in the US, 6 in Canada, 21 in Europe, 7 in Asia, 1 in Australia, and 3 in the Middle East.

Of the 47 in the US, 22 are at universities, 6 are at national labs (LBNL, NIST, Sandia), and 19 work in industry (Amazon, Anthropic, BlueQubit, Google, IBM, IonQ, Microsoft, Nvidea, Phasecraft, PsiQuantum).

(U) Gorjan Alagic 2011-14 (NIST)
(U) Victor Albert 2017-20 (NIST)
(A) Eric Anschuetz 2023-2026 (NU Singapore)

(E) Eddy Ardonne 2005-07(Nordita)

(U) Dave Bacon 2001-04 (Google)
(U) Ning Bao 2014-17 (Northeastern)

(M) Salman Beigi 2009-11 (IPM)

(E) Mario Berta 2014-17 (Aachen)

(U) Robin Blume-Kohout 2005-07 (Sandia)

(E) Sougato Bose 2002-03 (UC London)

(U) Sergio Boixo 2008-10 (Google)

(U) Sergey Bravyi 2003-05 (IBM)

(U) Charles Cao 2022-23 (Virginia Tech)
(E) Matthias Caro 2022-23 (Warwick)

(E) Darrick Chang 2008-11 (ICFO)

(U) Andrew Childs 2004-07 (Maryland)
(U) Elizabeth Crosson 2015-18 (Phasecraft)
(U) Nicolas Delfosse 2015-17 (IonQ)
(U) Abhinav Deshpande 2021-23 (IBM)

(Au) Andrew Doherty 2000-03 (Sydney)
(U) Arpit Dua 2020-23 (Virginia Tech)

(A) Luming Duan 2001-03 (Tsinghua)
(E) Andreas Elben 2021-24 (ETHZ Paul Scherrer Institute)

(U) Glen Evenbly 2011-14 (AWS)

(E) Omar Fawzi 2015 (ENS Lyon)

(U) Lukasz Fidkowski 2007-11 (U. Washington)

(U) Steve Flammia 2010-11 (Virginia Tech)
(M) Tuvia Gefen 2000-23 (Hebrew University)
(U) Hrant Gharibyan 2019-22 (BlueQubit)
(E) Alexandru Gheorghiu 2018-20 (Chalmers)
(E) András Gilyén 2019-21 (Rényi Institute)

(U) Alexey Gorshkov 2010-13 (NIST)

(A) Zhengcheng Gu 2012-13 (CU Hong Kong)

(U) Sean Hallgren 2001-03 (Penn State)

(U) Patrick Hayden 2001-04 (Stanford)
(E) Alexander Jahn 2020-23 (Freie U. Berlin)
(E) Stacey Jeffery 2014-16 (CWI)

(U) Liang Jiang 2009-12 (U Chicago)
(U) Tomas Jochym-O’Connor 2016-19 (Google)

(U) Stephen Jordan 2008-11 (Google)
(A) Kohtaro Kato 2017-20 (Osaka University)
(U) Natalie Klco 2020-22 (Duke)

(E) Robert Koenig 2007-11 (TU Munich)
(A) Liang Kong 2008-09 (Tsinghua)
(E) Richard Kueng 2017-20 (JKU Linz)

(M) Netanel Lindner 2009-13 (Technion)

(U) Yi-Kai Liu 2007-10 (NIST)
(E) Angelo Lucia 2018-21 (Madrid)
(U) Saeed Mehraban 2019-22 (Tufts)
(U) Spyridon Michalakis 2010-13 (Caltech)
(U) Alexey Milekhin 2023-26 (U Kentucky)
(U) Ash Milsted 2019-20 (AWS)
(U) Anand Natarajan 2018-20 (MIT)

(E) Stefano Pironio 2004-05 (Brussels)

(E) Robert Raussendorf 2003-06 (Hannover)

(U) Ben Reichardt 2006-08 (Microsoft)
(U) Burak Şahinoğlu 2016-19 (PsiQuantum)
(U) Grant Salton 2018-2020 (IonQ)

(E) Norbert Schuch 2009-12 (Vienna)
(U) Thomas Schuster 2023-2026 (Berkeley)

(U) Kirill Shtengel 2004-05 (UC Riverside)
(U) Mehdi Soleimanifar 2022-26 (Anthropic)
(U) Yuan Su 2020-21 (AWS)
(E) Federica Surace 2021-25 (Innsbruck)
(U) Nat Tantivasadakarn 2022-24 (Stony Brook)

(U) Kristan Temme 2014-15 (IBM)

(E) Barbara Terhal 2001-02 (Delft)
(U) Yu Tong 2022-24 (Duke)
(E) Frank Verstraete 2004-07 (Cambridge)

(U) Guifre Vidal 2002-05 (Google)

(A) Ling Wang 2012-15 (Beijing CSRC)
(U) Samson Wang 2023-2026 (LBNL)

(E) Stephanie Wehner 2008-10 (Delft)

(U) Pawel Wocjan 2004-06 (Central Florida)
(U) John Wright 2019-20 (Berkeley)
(U) Qian Xu 2024-26 (Berkeley)

(A) Shengyu Zhang 2006-08 (CU Hong Kong / Tencent)
(U) Leo Zhou 2021-24 (UCLA)
(C) Sisi Zhou 2021-23 (Perimeter Institute)

Updated August 2026