Alessandro Cunsolo
Position title: Teaching Faculty
Email: cunsolo@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-2637
Website: Scholar
Departmental Responsibilities: Instruction
MSPQC Committee
Mark Friesen
Position title: Distinguished Scientist
Email: friesen@physics.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 265-2496
Websites: Home Page, Biophysics and Condensed Matter Physics, Wisconsin Quantum Institute
Research Interests: Quantum computing, semiconductor physics, device modeling
Mark Friesen is a condensed matter theorist, working mainly on problems related to quantum computing. A primary focus of his work involves the physics and operation of spin and charge qubits formed in semiconductor quantum dots. Research topics include the relation between semiconductor band structure and qubit operation, detrimental noise and noise mitigation in quantum devices, and simulations of realistic devices and the many-body qubit wave functions contained in them. All of these projects are closely aligned with ongoing experiments at UW-Madison and across the globe. A recent exciting direction involves topological qubits formed in germanium hole wires in contact with a superconductor. Friesen holds 6 patents and has authored or coauthored 129 peer-reviewed publications, with an h-factor of 46.
Robert J Joynt
Position title: Emeritus
Email: rjjoynt@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-4169
Websites: Joynt Group, Condensed Matter
Research Interests: Quantum Computing, Superconductivity, Quantum Hall Effect, Neutron Stars
Alice C. M. Kwok
Position title: Graduate Advisor
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Email: amain2@wisc.edu
Departmental Responsibilities: MSPQC admissions, recruitment, orientation, enrollment, professional development, and degree warrants
Alice is the Graduate Advisor for the Master’s of Science program in Physics – Quantum Computing. She is available to assist prospective, current, and former students in MSPQC. She helps manage admissions, recruitment, orientation, enrollment, professional development, and degree warrants. She earned her Ph.D. in History at UW-Madison.
Alex Levchenko
Position title: Professor
Email: levchenko@physics.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-4168
Website: Condensed Matter Theory
Research Interests: Quantum kinetics, Mesoscopic effects, Nonequilibrium systems, Superconductivity, Topological materials
Robert F McDermott
Position title: Roeske Professor of Physics
Email: rfmcdermott@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-4476
Websites: McDermott Group, Condensed Matter, Wisconsin Quantum Institute
Research Interests: Superconducting qubits (coherence, quantum measurement, scalable control, topological protection); hybrid quantum systems; dark matter detection
Katerina Moloni
Position title: Associate Director, MSPQC and WQI
Email: moloni@wisc.edu
Departmental Responsibilities: MSPQC administration, Wisconsin Quantum Institute, Staff Onboarding
Dr. Katerina Moloni received her Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Minnesota in 1995. After completing postdoctoral appointments at Purdue University and UW–Madison, she joined nPoint in 1999 as a senior scientist. She oversaw nPoint’s transition to new global markets for nanopositioning technology and was responsible for product development and sales. She joined UW–Madison in December 2022 as the Associate Director of MSPQC and WQI.
Mark Saffman
Position title: Johannes Rydberg Professor, Wisconsin Quantum Institute Director
Email: msaffman@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 265-5601
Websites: Saffman Lab, Quantum Information, Atomic Physics
Research Interests: Atomic physics; quantum computing with neutral atoms; quantum optics; entanglement; nonlinear optics; solitons; pattern formation
Maxim G Vavilov
Position title: Professor, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Program and Academic Affairs
Email: vavilov@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-5425
Websites: Home Page, Condensed Matter
Deniz Yavuz
Position title: Professor, MSPQC Director
Email: yavuz@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-9399
Websites: Yavuz Lab, Atomic Physics
Research Interests: Quantum and nonlinear optics with emphasis to ultrafast physics and quantum interference effects such as slow light and stopped light
