Coming from University of Chicago & Caltech, Junyu Liu joined the Department of Computer Science as an Assistant Professor in the tenure stream in the quantum computing area. He has PhD research experience at the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics from Caltech, the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter from Caltech, and the University of Chicago as an IBM postdoc fellow with Chicago Quantum Exchange. Dr. Liu is interested in finding useful quantum information science and technologies for real-world applications, including quantum computing, quantum algorithms, quantum network and quantum sensing. His research focuses on quantum computer systems, quantum algorithms, quantum network, quantum sensing, AI for quantum and quantum for AI.
Education & Training
- PhD, California Institute of Technology
- John C. Mascaro Faculty Scholar in Sustainability (2025)
- IEEE QCE 2023 1st best paper award in quantum algorithms
- Maria Lastra Excellence in Mentoring awards, honorable mentions (2022)
- Featured Alumni, Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology (2021)
- Kadanoff Fellow, University of Chicago (2021)
- Quantum Information Science Award, Fermilab (2020-2021)
Quantum Computing
