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The Department of Physics at the �鶹��Ѱ����� is excited to welcome Assistant Professor��Xun Gao��to the faculty this fall! Professor Gao has also been named an Associate Fellow of JILA and he is very enthusiastic about the collaborative environment between �鶹��Ѱ�����Physics and JILA.

Professor Gao is a quantum information theorist, specializing in finding quantum computational advantages. Gao’s research explores the power and limitations of near-term quantum devices, quantum machine learning, and quantum optimization algorithms. He also investigates quantum error correction and quantum-inspired approaches to design classical algorithms.

Professor Gao received his PhD in Physics from Tsinghua University in 2018 in Beijing under the mentorship of Luming Duan. He was a Simons Visiting Scholar at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. Prior to joining �鶹��Ѱ�����Boulder, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University in the Max-Planck Harvard Research Center for Quantum Optics.

Professor Gao is excited about joining �鶹��Ѱ�����Boulder and commented, “To achieve practical quantum advantage requires intense effort from both theory and experiment, and interplay among different areas across physics, computer science and math. As a theorist, I am eager to leverage the highly collaborative environment in �鶹��Ѱ�����Physics and JILA, where I can interact closely with world-class quantum experimentalists and other quantum theorists. I am excited to join �鶹��Ѱ�����as it provides an opportunity to foster interdisciplinary education, bridging the gap between physics and other disciplines, and facilitating stronger connections between theoretical and experimental research.”

Welcome, Professor Gao!