Thirteen University of Waterloo researchers have received $16.2 million for 16 projects advancing quantum science and technology.
Sherry Romanado, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, along with Professor Alejandro Adem, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), announced the funding at the INRS Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre in Varennes, Québec.
The National Quantum Strategy (NQS), launched by the Government of Canada, aims to amplify Canada's significant strengths in quantum research, grow its quantum-ready technologies, companies and talent and solidify Canada 's global leadership in this area.
NSERC's Alliance Quantum grants, Alliance Consortia Quantum grants and Alliance International Quantum grants support the implementation of the NQS and aim to address important challenges in quantum science, while supporting the development of quantum technologies including algorithms and encryption, communications, computing, materials, and sensing.
For more than two decades, the University of Waterloo and the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) has been a world-leader in quantum research, and this latest round of funding enables Waterloo researchers to further support the NQS mandate.
Here is the list of individuals who have received funding to advance their pioneering work:
Alliance Quantum Grants and Alliance Consortia Quantum Grants
Dr. Jonathan Baugh | Institute for Quantum Computing and Faculty of Science
$1,481,200
Next-generation photonic source to enable quantum remote sensing and communications.
Dr. Bradley Hauer | Institute for Quantum Computing and Faculty of Engineering
$1,350,000
Next-generation technology to access new regimes of quantum sensing.
Dr. Rajibul Islam | Institute for Quantum Computing and Faculty of Science
$2,128,817
Benchmarking and optimizing a large-scale trapped ion quantum processor.
Dr. Jan Kycia | Institute for Quantum Computing and Faculty of Science
$1,113,491
Low temperature material characterization of superconducting devices for quantum computing.
Dr. Adrian Lupascu | Institute for Quantum Computing and Faculty of Science
$1,137,724
Development of a scalable superconducting quantum computing platform based on fluxonium qubits.
$1,465,706
Superconducting levitation in the quantum regime - a platform for quantum science and technology.
Dr. Michael Reimer | Institute for Quantum Computing and Faculty of Engineering
$1,500,000
Portable semiconductor nanowire quantum sensors with enhanced efficiency and timing resolution.
$2,500,000
Hybrid quantum repeater node for practical quantum networks .
Dr. German Sciaini | Faculty of Science
$1,480,000
Unlocking quantum secrets: The CanCL initiative for atomic-level characterization of quantum materials and single-photon sources.
Dr. Lan Wei | Institute for Quantum Computing and Faculty of Engineering
$1,690,122
Towards large-scale spin qubit quantum computers: simulation, modeling and experiment.
Dr. Christopher Wilson | Institute for Quantum Computing and Faculty of Engineering
$241,000
Advanced manufacturing for quantum simulation.
Alliance International Catalyst Quantum grants
The following researchers each received $25,000:
- Dr. Roberto Guglielmi | Faculty of Mathematics
- Dr. Rajibul Islam | Institute for Quantum Computing and Faculty of Science
- Dr. Anna Klinkova | Faculty of Science
- Dr. Sushanta Mitra | Faculty of Engineering
- Dr. Ashwin Nayak | Institute for Quantum Computing and Faculty of Mathematics
University of Waterloo acknowledges the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
