This is the 202Q team

Simone Gasparinetti

Simone grew up in Bologna, Italy. He did is Bachelor and Master studies at Università di Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore. He carried out his MSc thesis on quantum dot thermometry in GaAs heterostructures at NEST laboratories under the supervision of Francesco Giazotto and Fabio Beltram. He obtained his PhD at Aalto University (November 2014) with a doctoral thesis on Cooper-pair pumping and fast thermometry at the nanoscale, supervised by Jukka Pekola. Before joining Chalmers, he was a post-doctoral researcher at ETH Zurich in the group of Andreas Wallraff, a pioneer of the circuit quantum electrodynamics architecture (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 before taking an assistant professor position and starting his own group in May 2020. Since April 2020, he is one of the nine principal investigators forming the management group of WACQT, a 12-year Swedish initiative to build a quantum computer. Simone spends most of his spare time playing with his children, and dreams about taking them on a number of road trips with tents and bikes, as he and his old-time friends used to do.

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.

Kazi Rafsanjani Amin

Kazi obtained his PhD from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, where he studied electron transport in Graphene devices. Then he moved to France, and did his postdoctoral research in CNRS Institut Neel and CEA Grenoble, where studied high kinetic inductance material based microwave resonators and nanomechanical oscillators. Kazi joined 202Q-lab as a postdoc in November 2021. His research topic is to study interactions in metamaterials. In his free time, he enjoys reading, photography, and exploring nature.

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 research engineer within a WALP project developing infrared filters using High-Energy Radiation Drain (HERD) technology and evaluating their impact on superconducting qubits. He likes running and cycling.

Pranjal Kapoor

Pranjal is currently pursuing an integrated dual degree, a B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and an M.Sc. in Physics from BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus in India. At the 202Q-Lab he’s working on his Master’s Thesis which focuses on designing microstrip kinetic Travelling Wave Parametric Amplifiers. In his free time, he enjoys going on runs, photography, as well as playing tennis and football.

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

Benjamin Olsson

Benjamin joined the 202Q-lab as an Amanuensis in December 2023, where he is helping to optimize equipment with applications to quantum computing. He obtained his B.Sc in Mathematics from the University of Florida in 2022 and in August 2023 he started the Masters in Complex Adaptive Systems at Chalmers, where he is focusing on Artificial Intelligence and Optimization. In his free time he enjoys playing volleyball, cooking, reading, and working out.

Ludvig Nordqvist

Ludvig has done his bachelors at Chalmers and is currently doing his masters thesis in the 202Q-Lab. His masters thesis project is supervised by Simon and is about quantum thermodynamics. Where thermodynamics is further explored using superconducting circuits as a platform. In his spare time he enjoys cooking, playing the bass and playing pinball.

Nils Müller

Nils obtained a B.Sc. in Physics with a thesis on turbulent particle transport in low-temperature plasmas. Until the end of 2023, he developed an experimental framework as well as Monte Carlo simulations for ultra-cold quantum gases research. In 2024, alongside his Masters, he joined the 202Q-lab as an amanuensis to design a superconducting low-pass filter and reduce low-frequency flux noise. In his free time, he enjoys reading and all kinds of outdoors sports.

Sogeta Albazi

Sogeta graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering and Mobile Platforms from Jönköping University in 2021. During her undergraduate studies, she participated in an exchange semester at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, where she actively collaborated on a project with the Swiss Social Democratic Party. Continuing her academic journey, Sogeta started her Master’s degree in Software Engineering and Technology at Chalmers University. Alongside her studies, she also worked as a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at the Computer Science Department, further deepening her understanding and engagement in the field.

A list of our previous members can be seen here.