This is the 202Q team

Simone Gasparinetti

Simone grew up in Bologna, Italy. He completed his BSc and MSc studies at Università di Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore. He obtained his PhD at Aalto University (November 2014) with a doctoral thesis in low-temperature nanophysics, supervised by Jukka Pekola. Before joining Chalmers, he was a post-doctoral researcher at ETH Zurich in the group of Andreas Wallraff (2015-2018). There he made several contributions in the areas of quantum information processing, microwave quantum optics, and hybrid superconductor-semiconductors quantum systems. He moved to Chalmers as a permanent researcher in November 2018. In May 2020, he took on an assistant professor position and started his own research group, the 202Q-lab. He was promoted to Associate Professor (Docent) in June 2024. He is part of the management group of WACQT, a 12-year Swedish initiative to build a quantum computer. In 2023, together with Robert Rehammar, he founded Sweden Quantum AB to develop inventive solutions in cryogenic hardware for quantum technologies. In his free time, Simone likes outdoor activities and reading a good book.

Axel Eriksson

Axel joined the 202Q-lab in September 2021. He got his PhD degree in Physics at Chalmers University of technology in 2017 working on electromechanical resonators. He has been working at Volvo AB as a software developer where he designed diagnostic functions to detect hardware degradation and Zenseact where he worked as a data management solution architect for the deep learning area. He is currently working on quantum computing with continuous variable. In his free time, he is collaborating with different researchers to gather and spread knowledge about how the brain learns.

Aamir Ali

Aamir obtained his PhD in Physics at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, where he studied mesoscopic transport in semiconductor nanostructures. He then moved to the Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona for his first postdoc where he performed the measurement of the smallest ever heat capacity using a mesoscopic device. He joined 202Q-lab in August 2020, where he is exploring quantum thermodynamics with circuit QED. On the side, he enjoys reading about cognitive sciences and western philosophy.

Ingrid Strandberg

Ingrid joined 202Q-lab directly after obtaining her Ph.D., also at Chalmers but in the Applied Quantum Physics group, where she did numerical simulations for different types of generation and characterization of microwave quantum states. Now, she is still working on quantum state tomography, but will also branch out to the development of microwave switches. Lots of her free time is spent in the gym, doing weightlifting.

Lukas Splitthoff

Lukas joined as postdoctoral researcher in September 2024 to advance bosonic quantum computing architectures based on superconducting circuits. He obtained his PhD degree from the Technical University of Delft/The Netherlands for his work on “Gate-tunable kinetic inductances for superconducting circuits”.
In his spare-time, Lukas prepares for long-distance bike rides through Europe and enjoys running and climbing.

Claudia Castillo-Moreno

Claudia joined the 202Q-lab in September 2020. She did her degree in Electronic Engineering at the University of Granada and an exchange year at EPFL. In 2018 she started her master’s in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at KU Leuven. Her research focuses on the use of metamaterials to mediate the interaction between atoms. In her free time, she enjoys dancing and working out.

Jiaying (Claire) Yang

Claire is an industrial PhD at 202Q-lab working in the project of Distributed Quantum Computing, who is also employed by Ericsson Research. She got her master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from KTH-Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden; and her bachelor’s degree from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Beihang University) in China. She enjoys reading and drawing during her spare time.

Kunal Helambe

Simon Sundelin

Simon did his master in physics at Chalmers. When he was an amanuensis at 202Q-lab, he developed a virtual instrument for control and readout of superconducting qubits by the means of pulse sequencing. Then, he started his master thesis on quantum thermodynamics working under the supervision of Aamir. After an exchange in Hong Kong, he came back to 202Q-lab to do his PhD. Besides physics, he enjoys rock climbing, programming, and scuba diving.

Vyom Kulkarni

Linus Andersson

Linus worked as an amanuensis in the area of microwave engineering for quantum computing applications. He did his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and is currently pursuing the master’s program Wireless, Photonics, and Space at Chalmers. Currently, he is working as a PhD student within a WALP project developing infrared filters using High-Energy Radiation Drain (HERD) technology and evaluating their impact on superconducting qubits and developing TWPAs. He likes running and cycling.

Ludvig Nordqvist

Ludvig has done his bachelors at Chalmers and did his master thesis in the 202Q-Lab. His masters thesis was within the field of quantum thermodynamics. Now, he works as a research engineer within the quantum thermodynamics. In his spare time he enjoys cooking, playing the bass and playing pinball.

A list of our previous members can be seen here.