Michael Gullans

Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Research Group(s): 
QuICS - Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science
RQS - NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation
Education: 
Ph.D., Harvard University (Quantum Optics and Condensed Matter Theory)
Biography: 

Michael Gullans is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Physics and UMIACS. He is also a physicist in the Nanoscale Device Characterization Division at NIST.

Gullans’s research interests center on the theoretical study of quantum information systems and quantum simulators in nonperturbative and strongly-interacting limits. His current efforts are focused on the physics of error correction and fault-tolerance in near-term devices and scalable tomography of quantum simulators.

A common theme in this research is understanding the role of randomness, noise and disorder in many-body quantum dynamics using the theoretical methods of statistical physics. The long-term goal of the research is to develop quantum simulators into reliable, computational tools for the study of many-body quantum physics and complex systems.

Gullans received his doctorate in quantum optics and condensed matter theory from Harvard University in 2013.

He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS) from 2014-2017 and has rejoined QuICS after a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University.

Go here to view Gullans’s academic publications on Google Scholar.