People

Members of the QUASAR Lab.

Principal Investigator

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Ramin Ayanzadeh

Assistant Professor & Lab Director

  • Dr. Ayanzadeh leads the QUASAR Lab.

PhD Students

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Nicholas Papadopoulos

PhD Student, joined Fall 2024

email: nicholas.papadopoulos@colorado.edu

  • B.A. Computer Science, Boston University (2016)
  • M.Sc. Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder (2024)
  • Quantum error correction, quantum algorithms
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Shipra Singh

PhD Student, joined Spring 2025

email: shipra.singh@colorado.edu

  • B.E. Computer Science & Engineering, Jadavpur University, India (2017)
  • M.S. Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder (2025)
  • Quantum error correction, distributed quantum computing
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Tanner Smith

PhD Student, joined Fall 2025

email: tanner.smith@colorado.edu

  • B.S. Software Engineering, Iowa State University (2025)
  • Quantum compilers, quantum system architecture, resource estimation
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Alex Jaimes Sandoval

PhD Student, joined Fall 2026

email: alex.jaimessandoval@colorado.edu

  • B.S. Computational Modeling & Data Analytics, Virginia Tech (2024)
  • M.Eng. Computer Science, Virginia Tech (2025)
  • Quantum machine learning, quantum error correction
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Collin Frink

PhD Student, joined Fall 2026

email: collin.frink@colorado.edu

  • Bachelor's, University of Wisconsin–Madison (2022)
  • M.S. Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison (2026)
  • Quantum computer architecture
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Kyle Henasey

PhD Student, joined Fall 2026

email: kyle.henasey@colorado.edu

  • B.S. Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota Twin Cities (2026)
  • Full-stack optimization
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Seemanta Bhattacharjee

PhD Student, joined Fall 2026

email: seemanta.bhattacharjee@colorado.edu

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (2023)
  • Fault-tolerant quantum computing, quantum machine learning, quantum compilers

Master's Students

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Kanishka Jayathilake

MS Student, joined Summer 2025

email: pinchadevage.jayathilake@colorado.edu

  • B.S. Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder (2026)
  • Quantum computer architecture and optimization
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Cordelia Brumley

MS Student, joined Fall 2025

email: cordelia.brumley@colorado.edu

  • B.S. Computer Science, Colorado State University Global (2025)
  • Quantum error correction, quantum computer architecture