Quantum Research Experts
Spanning the breadth of quantum information sciences and technology, Virginia Tech faculty, students, and partners work together at the intersection of quantum disciplines.
Over 30 Virginia Tech researchers are dedicated to cutting-edge quantum research, spanning three colleges and numerous departments including physics, chemistry, mathematics, materials science and engineering, computer science, chemical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, and political science.
Virginia Tech faculty are ranked among the top 100 scholars in the U.S. in the quantum chemistry research area (Daniel Crawford), and include winners of National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awards in quantum sciences (Ed Barnes, Nick Mayhall), and an awardee of five separate, highly competitive NSF grants focusing on quantum information science and technology (Sophia Economou).
As one of nine highly competitive NSF Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation program - Advancing Communication Quantum Information Research in Engineering awardees, Virginia Tech is expanding the limits of knowledge in the service of grand engineering challenges and national needs.
Five awards from multiple Department of Defense agencies reflect the applications and strengths of quantum computing research at Virginia Tech.
Through an NSF Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering - Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems project and two Department of Energy Quantum Information Science projects, Virginia Tech offers a multidisciplinary approach targeting quantum chemical systems as either the building blocks of future quantum computers or as the first practical demonstrations of quantum simulation algorithms.
Luke Achenie
Professor of Chemical Engineering,
College of Engineering
Levon V. Asryan
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,
College of Engineering
Edwin Barnes
Assistant Professor of Physics,
College of Science
Daniel Crawford
University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry,
College of Science
Director,
Molecular Sciences Software Institute
Harry Dorn
Professor of Chemistry,
College of Science
Sophia Economou
Associate Professor of Physics,
College of Science
Alex Elgart
Professor of Mathematics,
College of Science
Satoru Emori
Assistant Professor of Physics,
College of Science
Martin Fraas
Assistant Professor of Mathematics,
College of Science
Lenwood S. Heath
Professor of Computer Science,
College of Engineering
Jean Joseph Heremans
Professor of Physics,
College of Science
Mantu K. Hudait
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
College of Engineering
Matthew Hull
Associate Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
The National Center for Earth and Environmental Nanotechnology Infrastructure
Giti Khodaparast
Professor AY of Physics,
College of Science
Vassilios Kovanis
Collegiate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
College of Engineering
Thomas Krauss
Research Associate in the Electronic Systems Lab,
Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology
Mary Lanzerotti
Collegiate Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
College of Engineering
Luke Lester
Professor and Head of the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
College of Engineering
Gretchen L Matthews
Professor of Mathematics,
College of Science
Director of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, Southwest Virginia
Nick Mayhall
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
College of Science
Robert Moore
Professor of Chemistry,
College of Science
Director,
Macromolecules Innovation Institute
Vinh Nguyen
Associate Professor of Physics,
College of Science
Ann Marie Norris
Program Manager,
Macromolecules Innovation Institute
Kyungwha Park
Professor AY of Physics,
College of Science
Mark Pitt
Professor and Department Head of Physics,
College of Science
Cal Ribbens
Department Head of Computer Science,
College of Engineering
Hans Robinson
Associate Professor AY of Physics,
College of Science
Wayne Scales
J. Byron Maupin Professor of Engineering,
College of Engineering
Vito Scarola
Associate Professor of Physics,
College of Science
Jamie Sikora
Assistant Professor of Computer Science,
College of Engineering
Michael von Spakovsky
Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
College of Engineering
Edward Valeev
Professor of Chemistry,
College of Science
Yong Xu
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
College of Engineering
Laura Zanotti
Professor of Political Science,
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Yizheng Zhu
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
College of Engineering