Sixteen PhD graduates awarded degrees

(From left to right, from back to front) CQT graduates Benjamin Tan, Ng Boon Long, Bao Jinge, Chow Chang Hoong, Angelina Frank, Pooja Jayachandran, My Duy Hoang Long, Eldon Chung, Jonathan Lau, Zhao Luheng and Debbie Lim. They were at the University Cultural Centre to collect their degrees..

16 CQT students graduated from CQT’s PhD Programme this year. Congratulations to our newly minted quantum doctors!

The graduates were officially awarded their doctoral degrees in a commencement ceremony held at the National University of Singapore’s University Cultural Centre on 15 July 2024. 11 were there in person to collect their degrees.

Their theses cap contributions to research at CQT that include many impressive results. For example, Tian Weikun was part of a team that achieved state-of-art defect-free atom arrays of up to 225 atoms for quantum simulation, while Zhao Luheng and colleagues showed how a supposed distance limit on generating entanglement in neutral atom arrays can be overcome. Meanwhile, Chow Chang Hoong and Ng Boon Long contributed to research demonstrating how an established cooling technique can be effective for single neutral atoms in optical traps, and Pooja Jayachandran published work on certifying quantumness.

On top of their research, some of the graduates also led and organised outreach and student initiatives at CQT. Graduates Angelina Frank and Bao Jinge were part of the organising committee for QCamp 2023, the Centre’s summer school for pre-university students in Singapore, while Pooja and Florentin Adam were part of CQT’s Graduate Student Club.

“Participating, shaping and ideating these initiatives during my PhD has equipped me with some of the most vital competencies to navigate my professional environment,” says Angelina in an alumni interview with CQT.

After graduating, Angelina joined quantum startup Horizon Quantum Computing as a Technical Product Manager. Pooja and Benjamin Tan have also joined Horizon Quantum Computing as Senior Scientists. They are based in the startup’s Singapore office.

Other graduates are continuing to pursue academic research. For example, Chang Hoong and Boon Long have stayed at CQT as Research Fellows. Meanwhile Debbie Lim, Weikun and Luheng have taken up postdoctoral positions overseas.

We wish all our graduates the very best!

We encourage our alumni to stay in touch and share their career stories.

Prospective students interested in pursuing a PhD at CQT can find more information on our website.

Find a full list of this year's graduates and their thesis titles below. To read the theses, go here.

PhD Graduates 2024

Adam Florentin Thierry
VACUUM RABI SPLITTING IN A COMPACT NEAR-CONCENTRIC CAVITY
Advised by Christian Kurtsiefer
CQT PhD Programme

Aliyu Mohammad Mujaheed
TRAPPING LIGHT ALKALI ATOMS IN D1 MAGIC WAVELENGTH TWEEZERS FOR QUANTUM SIMULATION
Advised by Loh Huanqian
CQT PhD Programme

Bao Jinge
CIRCUIT-BASED QUANTUM ALGORITHMS
Advised by Miklos Santha
CQT PhD Programme

Benjamin Tan Yew Loong
QUANTUM ALGORITHMS FOR BINARY OPTIMIZATION ON NOISY INTERMEDIATE SCALE QUANTUM DEVICES
Advised by Dimitris Angelakis
CQT PhD Programme

Chow Chang Hoong
CONTROL AND MANIPULATION OF SINGLE ATOMS FOR INTERFACING WITH LIGHT
Advised by Christian Kurtsiefer
CQT PhD Programme

Debbie Lim Huey Chih
THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ONE CLEAN QUBIT MODEL, THE ABC PROBLEM, AND QUANTUM ONLINE OPTIMIZATION
Advised by Patrick Rebentrost
CQT PhD Programme

Eldon Chung
THINKING INSIDE THE BOX: PRIVACY AGAINST STRONGER ADVERSARIES
Advised by Divesh Aggarwal (Main Advisor) and Maciej Obremski (Co-Advisor)
CQT PhD Programme

Frank Angelina Barbara
A POLYMER WAVEGUIDE PLATFORM FOR HYBRID INTEGRATED PHOTONICS AND PHOTONIC SIMULATION
Advised by Alexander Ling
CQT PhD Programme

Jayachandran Pooja
TWO NOVEL APPROACHES IN QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT THEORY
Advised by Valerio Scarani
CQT PhD Programme

Kapshikar Upendra Shamrao
PROBLEMS IN QUANTUM CODING THEORY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY
Advised by Rahul Jain
CQT PhD Programme

Lau Wei Zhong Jonathan
QUANTUM-ASSISTED ALGORITHMS FOR DIGITAL QUANTUM COMPUTERS IN THE NISQ ERA
Advised by Kwek Leong Chuan
CQT PhD Programme

Mo Jinchao
REALIZATION OF ULTRACOLD INDIUM ATOMS
Advised by Travis Nicholson
CQT PhD Programme

My Duy Hoang Long
NOISE-ADAPTED AND HARDWARE-EFFICIENT FAULT TOLEARANCE
Advised by Ng Hui Khoon
CQT PhD Programme

Ng Boon Long
PROGRESS TOWARDS REALIZING ATOM-LIGHT INTERFACE WITH BLUE-DETUNED TWEEZERS ARRAY
Advised by Christian Kurtsiefer
CQT PhD Programme

Tian Weikun
PARALLEL ASSEMBLY OF DEFECT-FREE RYDBERG ATOM ARRAYS FOR QUANTUM SIMULATION
Advised by Loh Huanqian
CQT PhD Programme

Zhao Luheng
CONTROL OF DYNAMICS IN RYDBERG ATOM ARRAYS
Advised by Loh Huanqian
CQT PhD Programme