Graduate studies supervisors

Work directly with internationally known faculty in a range of disciplines as you work towards your Master’s or PhD in Quantum Information.

Learn more about our supervisors and the research you could be involved within one or more these departments:

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research flowing from this department consistently leads to the creation of new patents and prototypes for future market use. ECE faculty members are internationally recognized for their expertise and are holders of many prestigious awards and research chairs. 

Supervisor

Quantum Information research areas
Michal Bajcsy
  • Nanophotonics and quantum optics
  • Atom cooling and trapping on chips
  • Cavity quantum electrodynamics
  • Quantum memory and dark-state polaritons

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
Jonathan Baugh
  • Spin qubits in quantum dots
  • Quantum transport and solid-state quantum devices
  • Magnetic resonance

Also supervises in: Chemistry, and Physics and Astronomy
David Cory
  • Experimental application quantum information processing (QIP)
  • Magnetic resonance and its applications
  • Quantum sensors and actuators
  • Neutron interferometry

Also supervises in: Applied Mathematics, Chemistry, and Physics and Astronomy
Thomas Jennewein
  • Experimental quantum communication and cryptography
  • Global satellite-based quantum communication
  • Entangled photon sources

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
Na Young Kim
  • Large-scale solid-state quantum simulators and computers for quantum information processing (QIP) and communications
  • Multi-functional solid-state molecular devices and systems for the post-Si era
  • Development of multi-disciplinary enabling technologies and materials for integrated quantum and molecular circuits and systems
  • Quantum artificial intelligence and quantum security

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
Adrian Lupascu
  • Superconducting devices for quantum information
  • Implementation of quantum information using multi-dimensional systems
  • Open quantum systems
  • Relativistic quantum information
  • Quantum levitation

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
Guo-Xing Miao
  • Quantum transport over topologically protected surface states
  • Superconductivity manipulation with spin proximity
  • Spin-based nanoelectronic logic/memory units

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
Michael Reimer
  • Semiconductor nanowire quantum light sources
  • Hybrid nanowire quantum state converter
  • Quantum repeaters
  • Integrated quantum photonic circuits
  • Highly efficient quantum detectors

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
Chris Wilson
  • Microwave quantum optics
  • Superconducting qubits
  • Nonlinear dynamics
  • Quantum simulation

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
Bradley Hauer
  • Experimental and theoretical physics
  • Cavity optomechanics
  • Superconducting circuits
  • Quantum information
  • Nanomechanics

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Applied Mathematics

Deepen your knowledge of calculus and differential equations: the foundation for most mathematical models. There is a wide range of interdisciplinary research being undertaken which provides a stimulating environment for our graduate programs.

Supervisors Quantum Information research areas
David Cory
  • Experimental application quantum information processing (QIP)
  • Magnetic resonance and its applications
  • Quantum sensors and actuators
  • Neutron interferometry

Also supervises in: Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy
Joseph Emerson
  • Theory of open quantum systems
  • Randomized benchmarking algorithms
  • Theory of quantum measurement
  • Quantum state and process tomography

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy

Achim Kempf

IQC Associate member
  • Quantum information applied to quantum gravity/
    cosmology/computing
  • Data compression

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
Norbert Lütkenhaus
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum communication
  • Quantum repeater architectures

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy

Robert Mann

IQC Associate member
  • Gravitation and Particle Physics
  • Tests of Gravitational Theory, Black Holes
  • Quantum Gravity and String Theory

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
Eduardo Martin-Martinez
  • General relativistic quantum physics
  • Relativistic quantum information
  • Quantum discord
  • Cosmology and the early universe

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
William Slofstra
  • Mathematics of quantum information
  • Quantum entanglement
  • Device independent testing and verification
  • Quantum complexity theory

Also supervises in: Pure Mathematics

Graeme Smith
  • Computation and communication in noisy settings 
  • Quantum Networks
  • Quantum Shannon Theory
  • Quantum Metrology
  • Estimation, detection, sensing
  • Physics of Information (HEP, CM, AMO)

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Combinatorics and Optimization

Join the world’s first C&O department. An intensely research-oriented department, C&O has a strong international reputation in six major areas and the largest concentration of faculty and researchers in the field.

Supervisor Quantum Information research areas
Richard Cleve
  • Quantum algorithms
  • Quantum complexity theory
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum communication
  • Theory of quantum information

Also supervises in: Computer Science
David Gosset
  • Quantum algorithms
  • Classical simulation of quantum computation
  • Computational complexity of quantum many-body systems

David Jao

IQC Affiliated member
  • Post-quantum cryptography
  • Quantum security models
  • Quantum computation

Also supervises in: Computer Science
Debbie Leung
  • Theory of quantum information
  • Quantum communication
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Theory of quantum error correction
  • Fault-tolerant quantum computing

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
Michele Mosca
  • Quantum algorithms
  • Quantum complexity theory
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum information security
  • Quantum testing

Also supervises in: Computer Science, and Physics and Astronomy
Ashwin Nayak
  • Quantum complexity theory
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum algorithms
  • Theory of quantum information
  • Quantum communication

Also supervises in: Computer Science

Jon Yard
  • Quantum information theory
  • Quantum computing
  • Algebraic number theory
  • Quantum field theory
  • Computational complexity theory

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Computer Science

The David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science has an international reputation in teaching, academics, research, and employment. It attracts exceptional students from all over the world to study and conduct research with its award-winning faculty.

Supervisor Quantum Information research areas
Shalev Ben-David
  • Classical complexity theory
  • Quantum complexity theory
Richard Cleve
  • Quantum algorithms
  • Quantum complexity theory
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum communication
  • Theory of quantum information

Also supervises in: Combinatorics and Optimization

David Jao

IQC Affiliated member
  • Post-quantum cryptography
  • Quantum security models
  • Quantum computation

Also supervises in: Combinatorics and Optimization
Michele Mosca
  • Quantum algorithms
  • Quantum complexity theory
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum information security
  • Quantum testing

Also supervises in: Combinatorics and Optimization, and Physics and Astronomy
Ashwin Nayak
  • Quantum complexity theory
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum algorithms
  • Theory of quantum information
  • Quantum communication

Also supervises in: Combinatorics and Optimization
John Watrous
  • Theory of quantum information
  • Quantum algorithms
  • Quantum complexity theory
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum interactive proof systems
  • Quantum zero-knowledge
  • Theory of entanglement
Luke Schaeffer
  • Quantum algorithms
  • Quantum complexity theory
  • Quantum learning theory

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Pure Mathematics

This department offers exciting and challenging programs leading to MMath and PhD degrees. It has an active research community that is intensely devoted to both ground-breaking research and teaching excellence.

Supervisor

Quantum Information research areas

Michael Brannan

IQC Associate Member
  • Operator algebras
  • Representation theory
  • Quantum information theory
  • Representation theory
  • Quantum symmetries (quantum groups)
  • Quantum algebra
William Slofstra
  • Mathematics of quantum information
  • Quantum entanglement
  • Device independent testing and verification
  • Quantum complexity theory

Also supervises in: Applied Mathematics

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Chemistry

This department offers one of the most interdisciplinary and cutting-edge graduate chemistry programs in Canada. Its award-winning faculty’s research improves the fundamental understanding of the world around us.

Supervisor

Quantum Information research areas
Jonathan Baugh
  • Spin qubits in quantum dots
  • Quantum transport and solid-state quantum devices
  • Magnetic resonance

Also supervises in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy
David Cory
  • Experimental application quantum information processing (QIP)
  • Magnetic resonance and its applications
  • Quantum sensors and actuators
  • Neutron interferometry

Also supervises in: Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy

Bill Power

IQC Associate member
  • Experimental nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) implementations of quantum information processing (QIP)

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy

Pierre-Nicholas Roy

IQC Affiliated member
  • Quantum molecular dynamics simulations
  • Quantum Monte Carlo
  • Feynman path integrals
  • Coherent molecular rotation in nano-superfluid clusters
  • Semiclassical dynamics
  • Biophysics

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
Adam Wei Tsen
  • Quantum materials
  • Quantum transport
  • Quantum optoelectronics

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy

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Physics and Astronomy

Join one of the largest and most comprehensive physics programs in Canada. This research-intensive department focuses on five key areas of research, with faculty members specializing in theoretical, experimental, and computational tools.

Supervisor

Quantum Information research areas
Michal Bajcsy
  • Nanophotonics and quantum optics
  • Atom cooling and trapping on chips
  • Cavity quantum electrodynamics
  • Quantum memory and dark-state polaritons

Also supervises in: Physics and Astronomy
Jonathan Baugh
  • Spin qubits in quantum dots
  • Quantum transport and solid-state quantum devices
  • Magnetic resonance

Also supervises in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Chemistry
Agata Branczyk
  • Quantum-optical technologies
  • Analogue physics using quantum optics
Raffi Budakian
  • Coupling spins and nanomechanical oscillators
  • Nanometer scale magnetic resonance imaging
  • Exploring nanometer scale quantum phenomena in condensed matter systems

Alexandre Cooper-Roy

TQT Research Associate, Physics Adjunct Faculty Member
  • Experimental Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) physics
  • Quantum computation, simulation, and metrology using large, programmable configurations of neutral atoms excited to a Rydberg state (Rydberg atom arrays)
  • Protocols and algorithms for simulating condensed matter physics: phase diagrams, quantum phase transitions, and non-equilibrium dynamics
  • Coherent control methods for quantum many-body systems, effective Hamiltonian engineering, and optimal control theory
David Cory
  • Experimental application quantum information processing (QIP)
  • Magnetic resonance and its applications
  • Quantum sensors and actuators
  • Neutron interferometry

Also supervises in: Applied Mathematics, Chemistry, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Joseph Emerson
  • Theory of open quantum systems
  • Randomized benchmarking algorithms
  • Theory of quantum measurement
  • Quantum state and process tomography

Also supervises in: Applied Mathematics

Shohini Ghose

IQC Affiliated member at Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Theory of entanglement and nonlocality
  • Quantum chaos
  • Theory of open quantum systems
  • Theory of quantum measurement
  • Continuous variable quantum computing
Rajibul Islam
  • Experimental quantum many-body physics, especially quantum simulation of frustrated spin models with trapped ions
  • Quantum computation with trapped ions
  • Use of holography and high-resolution microscopy to manipulate many-body systems
Alan Jamison
  • Experimental many-body physics in ultracold mixtures
  • Quantum chemistry and quantum information with ultracold molecules
  • Precision measurements
Thomas Jennewein
  • Experimental quantum communication and cryptography
  • Global satellite-based quantum communication
  • Entangled photon sources

Also supervises in: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Achim Kempf

IQC Associate member
  • Quantum information applied to quantum gravity/
    cosmology/computing
  • Data compression

Also supervises in: Applied Mathematics
Na Young Kim
  • Large-scale solid-state quantum simulators and computers for quantum information processing (QIP) and communications
  • Multi-functional solid-state molecular devices and systems for the post-Si era
  • Development of multi-disciplinary enabling technologies and materials for integrated quantum and molecular circuits and systems
  • Quantum artificial intelligence and quantum security

Also supervises in: Electrical and Computer Engineering

David Kribs

IQC Associate member at the University of Guelph
  • Theory of quantum error correction
  • Quantum channels

Jan Kycia

IQC Associate member
  • Experimental superconducting qubits
  • Noise in Josephson junctions
Raymond Laflamme
  • Theory of quantum error correction
  • Quantum control
  • Experimental implementations of quantum information processing (QIP) with nuclear and electron spins
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum communication
Debbie Leung
  • Theory of quantum information
  • Quantum communication
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Theory of quantum error correction
  • Fault-tolerant quantum computing

Also supervises in: Combinatorics and Optimization
Adrian Lupascu
  • Superconducting devices for quantum information, with a focus on quantum control and decoherence
  • Implementation of quantum information using multi-dimensional systems
  • Relativistic quantum information
  • Quantum annealing
  • Quantum machine learning with superconducting devices

Also supervises in: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Norbert Lütkenhaus
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum communication
  • Quantum repeater architectures

Also supervises in: Applied Mathematics

Robert Mann

IQC Associate member
  • Gravitation and Particle Physics
  • Tests of Gravitational Theory, Black Holes
  • Quantum Gravity and String Theory

Also supervises in: Applied Mathematics
Matteo Mariantoni
  • Experimental superconducting quantum circuits
  • Experimental quantum emulations of many-body systems
  • Fault-tolerant quantum error correction
  • Qubits based on Josephson tunnel junctions
  • Circuit quantum electrodynamics
  • Quantum microwaves
  • Microwave devices and measurement

James Martin

IQC Associate member
  • Experimental atomic implementations of quantum information processing (QIP)
Eduardo Martin-Martinez
  • General relativistic quantum physics
  • Relativistic quantum information
  • Quantum discord
  • Cosmology and the early universe

Also supervises in: Applied Mathematics

Alex May

IQC Associate member, Faculty member at Perimeter Institute, Adjunct at University of Waterloo in Physics and Computer Science
  • Quantum Fields Strings
  • Quantum Information

Roger Melko

IQC Affiliated member
  • Theory of strongly-correlated many-body systems
Guo-Xing Miao
  • Quantum transport over topologically protected surface states
  • Superconductivity manipulation with spin proximity
  • Spin-based nanoelectronic logic/memory units

Also supervises in: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michele Mosca
  • Quantum algorithms
  • Quantum complexity theory
  • Quantum cryptography
  • Quantum information security
  • Quantum testing

Also supervises in: Combinatorics and Optimization, and Computer Science
Christine Muschik
  • Quantum information science
  • Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms
  • Quantum simulations
  • High-energy physics simulation with quantum computers
  • Quantum networks 
  • Quantum sensing

Bill Power

IQC Associate member
  • Experimental nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) implementations of quantum information processing (QIP)

Also supervises in: Chemistry
Dmitry Pushin
  • Quantum information
  • Neutron physics
  • Condensed matter physics
Michael Reimer
  • Semiconductor nanowire quantum light sources
  • Hybrid nanowire quantum state converter
  • Quantum repeaters
  • Integrated quantum photonic circuits
  • Highly efficient quantum detectors

Also supervises in: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kevin Resch
  • Experimental optical implementation of quantum information processing (QIP)
  • Photon entanglement
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Interferometry

Pooya Ronagh

IQC Research Assistant Professor

  

Pierre-Nicholas Roy

IQC Affiliated member
  • Quantum molecular dynamics simulations
  • Quantum Monte Carlo
  • Feynman path integrals
  • Coherent molecular rotation in nano-superfluid clusters
  • Semiclassical dynamics
  • Biophysics

Also supervises in: Chemistry
Crystal Senko
  • Manipulation of quantum systems with trapped ions
  • Quantum computation with trapped ions
  • Phases and dynamics of interacting spin systems

Rob Spekkens

IQC Affiliated member
  • Quantum information pertaining to the foundations of quantum theory
Adam Wei Tsen
  • Quantum materials
  • Quantum transport
  • Quantum optoelectronics

Also supervises in: Chemistry
Christopher Wilson
  • Microwave quantum optics
  • Superconducting qubits
  • Nonlinear dynamics
  • Quantum simulation

Also supervises in: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Bei Zeng

IQC Associate member at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Physics Adjunct Faculty member
  • Quantum information theory
  • Coding theory
  • Quantum computation
  • Theory of quantum entanglement
  • Mathematical physics

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