People

Matthew Bland

Matthew is a second year graduate student working to improve the coherence times of superconducting qubits through materials-based advancements and device architecture. He grew up in Northern Virginia and received his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University. In his free time, he likes to play soccer, travel,…

Jake Bryon
A.B Physics, University of California, Berkeley (2018)

Jake is a sixth year graduate student from Wilmington NC and completed his bachelors at the University of California, Berkeley majoring in physics. He researches the fluxonium qubit investigating the effects of time-dependent flux as well as methods to improve and understand the coherence life time.  

Outside of the lab Jake…

Jeremiah Coleman
B.S. Engineering Physics & B.A. Economics, Stanford University (2021)

Jeremiah is a third year graduate student working on fabricating novel junctions, such as quantum phase slip wires, with spinodal materials for new protected qubits. He is from Los Angeles, CA and enjoys playing all types of games from spikeball and volleyball to board games and videogames. Beach days are also my favorite days.

Kevin D Crowley
B.S. Physics, University of California, San Diego (2016)

Kevin is a sixth year graduate student from San Rafael, CA. He received his B.S. in Physics from the University of California, San Diego, and is currently working to improve the coherence times of superconducting qubits generally. In his free time he likes to take shade under the rolling hills of the Pacific Ocean.

Charlie Guinn

Charlie is a fifth year grad student from Fort Wayne, Indiana and got his bachelors in applied physics at Purdue University. He works on engineering novel couplers for transmon qubits and benchmarking two qubit gates.Outside the lab he likes to rock climb, read sci-fi, and cook.

Parth Jatakia
B.Tech in Engineering Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2020)
M.Tech in Engineering Physics with specialization in Nanoscience, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2020)

Parth is a fourth year graduate student originating from Mumbai, India. He is currently working on developing architectures that protect qubit from environmental noise. He is looking into the optimization of the fluxonium qubit that also provides disjoint support. In his free time, he enjoys photography, late-night walks and yoga.

Shashwat Kumar
BS & MS, Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (2021)

Shashwat is a third-year graduate student in ECE from Bijnor, India. He completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in Physics from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, India, in 2021. He's currently working in the protected qubits team. Besides the lab, he likes to travel, hike, and work out.

Jocelyn Liu
B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Southern California (2023)

Jocelyn is a first year graduate student from McLean, VA. She received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and is currently working on fluxonium qubits and broadly interested in engineering novel error-protected devices. In her free time, she enjoys painting, weightlifting, and traveling (and is also a…

Jeronimo Martinez
B.A. Physics, University of Chicago (2019)

Jeronimo is a fourth year graduate student on the quantum simulation side of the group working on realizing Bose-Hubbard lattices with flatbands using superconducting circuits. He grew up in Miami, Florida but is originally from Mexico and really enjoys the deer, foxes, and large trees of Princeton. In his free time he enjoys rock climbing,…

Matthew Molinelli
B.S. Applied Physics, Columbia University (2022)

Matthew is a second year graduate student from Greenwich, CT. He completed his B.S. in Applied Physics from Columbia University and is now working with the quantum simulation group to explore superconducting qubit lattices in the Bose-Hubbard model. Outside the lab, he enjoys board games, soccer, and rock climbing.

Henry Prestegaard
A.B. Physics, Dartmouth College (2022)

Henry is a second year graduate student from Fairfield CT. He completed his bachelors at Dartmouth College majoring in physics. He currently works on two qubit gates. Outside of the lab he collects vinyl and loves to ski.

Basil Smitham
B.S. in Physics, Yale. 2016
Basil joined the Houck Lab in 2017. He works on the quantum simulation side of the group, researching nonlinear physics in high kinetic inductance resonator lattices.
Joshua Wang
B.S. Physics, University of California, Irvine (2023)

Joshua is a first-year graduate student from Fremont, California who received his B.S. in Physics from the University of California, Irvine. In the Houck lab, he is working on developing superconducting circuits for exploring interesting physics through quantum simulation. Outside of research, Joshua also enjoys reading, exploring cities,…