Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, United States
The Harvard Quantum Initiative (HQI) is a community of over 100 faculty and researchers spanning Physics, Chemistry, Applied Physics, Computer Science, and Mathematics, with a dedicated PhD in Quantum Science and Engineering (launched 2021). Research strengths center on neutral-atom (Rydberg) quantum computing with fault-tolerant quantum computing breakthroughs (448-qubit system, 2025), quantum error correction and quantum simulation, and quantum nanophotonics. HQI maintains strategic partnerships including an Amazon Web Services alliance for quantum networking/quantum internet research. HQI co-directors are Evelyn Hu (nanophotonics) and Mikhail Lukin (neutral-atom quantum algorithms).
Faculty
Quantum complexity theory, quantum error-correcting codes, circuit lower bounds for quantum codes, and quantum many-body systems
Nanophotonics, nanofabrication
Quantum algorithms, quantum information theory, quantum computational complexity, and learning algorithms for quantum systems
Neutral-atom quantum computing, quantum error correction, quantum simulation, and quantum many-body systems; co-founder of QuEra Computing
Neutral-atom quantum computing, quantum optics
Quantum algorithms, learning algorithms for quantum systems, Hamiltonian complexity, and quantum machine learning
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