I’m a computational quantum physicist and software developer, working to build accessible, open-source quantum software at Xanadu, a Toronto-based quantum photonic hardware company.
At a glance:
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I am a lead developer of PennyLane, a library for differentiable programming of quantum computers.
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I sit on the advisory board of the Unitary Fund, a non-profit working to create an accessible quantum technology ecosystem.
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I hold a PhD in quantum computation from the University of Western Australia, with a focus on quantum graph algorithms and numerical simulation.
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My current research interests include quantum machine learning and variational quantum algorithms.
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I also enjoy science writing and communication, and have written an undergraduate textbook on computational quantum mechanics.