Overview
In keeping with the mission of the institute to facilitate research and teaching of quantum physics, the YQI Fellowship Program provides funding for recent Ph.D. recipients to join the group of any of the YQI faculty members for a 2-year period. YQI Fellows are young researchers who have demonstrated excellent research ability in their prior work and exceptional promise for future leadership in their field of quantum science. They represent the institute and have extra outreach responsibilities to help disseminate knowledge to the larger public. In addition to generous funding, the fellows are provided with discretionary research fund for the term of their appointment. A selection committee is in charge of reviewing each application and evaluate the candidates based on the quality of their previous work (thesis and publications) and their potential for original research, within their pro
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In keeping with the mission of the institute to facilitate research and teaching of quantum physics, the YQI Fellowship Program provides funding for recent Ph.D. recipients to join the group of any of the YQI faculty members for a 2-year period.
YQI Fellows are young researchers who have demonstrated excellent research ability in their prior work and exceptional promise for future leadership in their field of quantum science. They represent the institute and have extra outreach responsibilities to help disseminate knowledge to the larger public.
In addition to generous funding, the fellows are provided with discretionary research fund for the term of their appointment.
A selection committee is in charge of reviewing each application and evaluate the candidates based on the quality of their previous work (thesis and publications) and their potential for original research, within their proposed research group.
Yqi Fellows
Nicholas Rapidis
2026 - Konrad Lehnert’s group
Lucas Daguerre
2026 - Shruti Puri’s group
Pratiti Deb
2025 - Jack Harris’ group
Cedric Wilson
2024 - Charles Brown’s group
Shouzhen (Bailey) Gu
2024 - Aleksander Kubica’s group
Rodrigo Cortiñas
2023 - Michel Devoret’s group
Jahan Claes
2021 - Shruti Puri’s group
Yiyu Zhou
2021 - Hong Tang’s group
Micheline Soley
2020 - Victor Batista’s group
Christa Flühmann
2019 - Rob Schoelkopf’s group
Thomas Langin
2019 - David DeMille’s group
Jere Mäkinen
2019 - Nir Navon’s group
Mehdi Namazi
2018 - Jack Harris’ group
2026 - Konrad Lehnert’s group
2026 - Shruti Puri’s group
2025 - Jack Harris’ group
2024 - Charles Brown’s group
2024 - Aleksander Kubica’s group
2023 - Michel Devoret’s group
2021 - Shruti Puri’s group
2021 - Hong Tang’s group
2020 - Victor Batista’s group
2019 - Rob Schoelkopf’s group
2019 - David DeMille’s group
2019 - Nir Navon’s group
2018 - Jack Harris’ group
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