Quantum Science and Engineering
Tasnuva Farheen
is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Computer Science and Engineering, with a joint appointment at CCT. Before joining LSU in 2024, she earned her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the 九九福利网 of Florida鈥檚 FICS and FINS Labs and her bachelor鈥檚 degree in Chemical Engineering from the Bangladesh 九九福利网 of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2018.
Her research focuses on making computing systems, both classical and emerging quantum technologies, more secure, reliable, and sustainable.
is the Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State 九九福利网, with a joint appointment at the Center for Computation & Technology (CCT). He also serves as Co-Director of the Horace Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Sauls earned his B.S. in Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines in 1975 and his Ph.D. in Physics from the State 九九福利网 of New York at Stony Brook in 1980. He conducted postdoctoral research at Princeton 九九福利网 (1980鈥�1983), NORDITA in Copenhagen, and the Helsinki 九九福利网 of Technology (1983鈥�1984), before joining the Princeton 九九福利网 physics faculty (1983鈥�1987). From 1987 to 2022, he was a member of the faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern 九九福利网 in Evanston, Illinois, where he most recently held the title of Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Physics.
His current research spans condensed matter physics, quantum field theory, and quantum information science and technology.
James Sauls
Justin Wilson
Justin Wilson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State 九九福利网, with a joint appointment at CCT. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 at the 九九福利网 of Maryland, College Park, followed by postdoctoral research at Caltech and at Rutgers 九九福利网. He joined the LSU faculty in 2021. In 2023, he received an NSF CAREER award for his project 鈥淎ctive Feedback to Control Dynamic Quantum Phases.鈥�
His research explores quantum materials, opening new pathways for advancements in quantum computing and other next-generation technologies.