Primary affiliations and education
Amazon Web Services, Center for Quantum Computing – Quantum Research Scientist (September 2022 to November 2024)
1QB Information Technologies – Research Scientist (September 2019 to June 2022)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia – Postdoctoral Fellow (September 2017 to August 2019)
Graduate Student, Mathematics Department, Harvard University, Mathematics Department – Graduate Student (September 2012 to June 2017)
Published research
Snakes and Ladders: Adapting the Surface Code to Defects, with Catherine Leroux et al, PRX Quantum, vol. 6 (2025)
Hardware-efficient quantum error correction via concatenated bosonic qubits, with H. Putterman et al, Nature, vol. 638, 927-934 (2025)
Spatially parallel decoding for multi-qubit lattice surgery, with S. Lin, E. Peterson, and P. Sivarajah, Quantum Science and Technology, vol. 10 (3), (2025)
A Benchmarking Study of Quantum Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization, with Artur Scherer et al, npj Quantum Information, vol. 10 (64), (2024)
On the C_p-equivariant dual Steenrod algebra, with Dylan Wilson, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 150 (8), 3635-3647 (2021)
Equivariant Steinberg Summands, Homology, Homotopy and Applications, vol. 22 (2), (2020)
Equipopularity Classes of 132-Avoiding Permutations, with Lynn Chua, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, vol. 21 (1), (2014)
Achievable Sets in Z^n, Forum Mathematicum 27 (2011)
University courses co-taught
Spring 2019 – Mathematical Proof (Math 220, UBC)
Fall 2018 – Differential Calculus for the Life Sciences (Math 102, UBC)
Spring 2018 – Mathematical Proof (Math 220, UBC)
Fall 2017 – Differential Calculus for the Life Sciences (Math 102, UBC)
Spring 2017 – Linear Algebra and Differential Equations (Math 21b, Harvard)
Fall 2015 – Integration, Series, and Differential Equations (Math 1b, Harvard)
Spring 2014 – Integration, Series, and Differential Equations (Math 1b, Harvard)
Other teaching, mentorship
Math Potentials, Math Circles Omega level, Instructor (September 2025 to May 2026)
PROMYS, Research Labs coordinator (Summer 2016)
Math Olympiad Summer Program, Grader (Summer 2009)
Published software
snakes-and-ladders: Attendant software implementation for the paper Snakes and Ladders.