The Applied Quantum Algorithms group at Leiden University works on making real-world quantum computing practical — designing algorithms for near-term hardware, developing rigorous certification protocols, and building the entanglement theory that connects them. The page below lists current members and alumni; the group website has the full picture.
Dr. Julius Mildenberger (since 2025/04)
Dr. Albert Gasull Celades (since 2025/03)
Dr. Owidiusz Makuta (since 2024/11)
Dr. Pere Mujal (since 2026/09)
Dr. Jinfu Chen (since 2024/02)
Dr. Liubov Markovich (since 2022/10)
Niels Pronk (since 2026/01, co-supervised with Dr. Tim Coopmans)
Francesco Paganelli (since 2025/12, co-supervised with Prof. Dr. Vedran Dunjko)
Yingjian Liu (since 2024/11, co-supervised with Dr. Stefano Polla)
Zherui Wang (since 2024/08, co-supervised with Prof. Dr. Vedran Dunjko)
Xiaoyu Liu (since 2023/09)
Eloïc Vallée (since 2022/11)
Jan Li (since 2022/11, co-supervised with Dr. Evert van Nieuwenburg)
Kshiti Sneh-Rai (since 2022/09)
Below: PhD students and postdocs who have completed their time in the group. For the M.Sc./B.Sc. theses supervised since 2017, see Theses supervised.
Dr. Majid Hassani (2024/04 – 2026/03)
Dr. Stefano Polla
(2024/03 – 2026/03)
Now Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam
Dr. Patrick Emonts
(2022/05 – 2025/03)
Now a CZS Nexus Junior Research Group Leader at Ulm University
Dr. Adrián Pérez-Salinas
(2022/03 – 2025/02)
Now a Ramón y Cajal fellow at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Dr. Mengyao Hu
(Tropical Tensor Networks and Bell Inequalities: From Multipartite Nonlocality to Quantum Device Certification, 2026-06-05)
Now an Alice Postdoctoral Fellow in Valerio Scarani's group at the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), National University of Singapore
Dr. Alice Barthe
(Quantum methods for machine learning and classical dynamics, 2026-03-20, co-supervised with Vedran Dunjko)
Now a Quantum Application Architect at PsiQuantum (Geneva)
Dr. David Simon Dechant
(Capturing dynamics with noisy quantum computers, 2026-02-17, co-supervised with Vedran Dunjko)
Now a postdoctoral researcher in Martin Kliesch's group at the Hamburg University of Technology
Dr. Benjamin F. Schiffer
(Algorithms and Architectures for Quantum Many-Body Simulation, 2026-02-02, co-supervised with Ignacio Cirac)
Now a postdoctoral researcher in the Theory Division of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Dr. Albert Aloy López
(Exploring quantum many-body systems from an entanglement and nonlocality perspective, 2020-07-16, co-supervised with Maciej Lewenstein)
Now a postdoctoral researcher (Beatriu de Pinós fellow) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona