Team

I feel extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to build my dream team at Quantum Software Lab in Edinburgh. These are the amazing, unique, and talented people I’m lucky to supervise in different capacities.
My bigger work family is QSL. You can find the the list of all my cool QSL colleagues and collaborator here on QSL website.

PhD students
  • Chirag Wadhwa (primary supervisor), started Fall 2023, QSL, University of Edinburgh
  • Mario Herrero Gonzalez (primary supervisor, co-supervising with Elham Kashefi), started Fall 2024, Quantum Informatics DTP student, University of Edinburgh
  • Tommy Williams (primary supervisor, co-supervising with Farid Shahandeh), started Fall 2024, Quantum Informatics DTP student, University of Edinburgh
  • Stuart Ferguson (second supervisor, primary supervisor: Petros Wallden), started Fall 2023, LFCS, QSL, University of Edinburgh
  • Abbas Poshtvan (unofficial advisor)
MSc and MScR students
  • Laura Lewis (project supervisor), MScR student started Fall 2024, University of Edinburgh
Research Assistants and Interns
  • Julia Miklas, Research Intern, Fall 2024, QSL, University of Edinburgh
Former Interns and Students
  • Ben Priestley (Summer LFCS intern 2024), currently MSc student at Oxford
  • Chirag Wadhwa (research intern 2023), currently my PhD student at QSL, LFCS, University of Edinburgh
  • Sara Sarfaraz (research intern), currently Research Associate at the University of Waterloo
  • Magnus Kleinau (LFCS master student)

Want to join my team?

If what I do sounds interesting to you and you are interested in one (or more) of my research topics and you like to join my team as a research intern or PhD student, contact me via my email.

New PhD Opportunity!

Looking for a PhD Position in Quantum? Good news! Applications are now open for our new Quantum Informatics CDT!
Fully funded positions for 4 years, for 16 students to start Sept 2025. (applicants with both master's and BSc degrees are eligible to apply)

Apply here

I'm one of the CDT supervisors. If you're looking to do a PhD with me, that's the main open position for now.