CV

Education

• Ph.D Physics, Univeristy of Waterloo, 2020-2025
• Affiliated graduate researcher at Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Toronto, 2020-2025
• Ph.D Physics, ETH Zürich, 2016-2018 (changed research field from experimental to theoretical quantum computing)
• M.Sc. Physics, Ulm University, 2014-2016
• B.Sc. Physics, Computer Science, Lahore University of Management Sciences, 2009-2013

Work experience

• Visiting graduate researcher, Jens Eisert Group, Freie University Berlin. January to April 2024
• Graduate researcher, Theory division, LANL. September to December 2023
• Intern Quantum Computing Summer school, LANL. June to August 2023
• Quantum machine learning scientist at Xanadu. May 2019 to August 2020
• Research assistant with Prof. Fedor Jelezko at Institute for Quantum Optics, Ulm University. May 2015 to August 2016
• Research assistant with Department of Physics, Lahore University of Management Sciences. July 2013 to June 2014
• Research intern with Department of Computer Science, Lahore University of Management Sciences. June 2012 to December 2012

Awards

• Xanadu QHACK 2021: 3rd position
• Vector Research Grant
• Marie Curie Young Researcher Fellowship, ETH Zürich, 2016-2018 (news release)
• Degree Scholarship for 1500 Euros, Ulm University, 2015
• Merit scholarship award for PKR 219000, Lahore University of Management Sciences (not availed), 2014-2015
• 100% Honor Roll Scholarship, Lahore Grammar School, 2007-2009

Academic Services

• Patent: US Patent Application 17,118,004 “APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR QUANTUM COMPUTIING WITH PRE TRAINING”
• Journal Reviewer: QTML 2023, QTML 2022, QTML 2021, QTML 2020, PRX Quantum, PRL
• QC Community: QOSF mentorship program 2020, CCUWIP Toronto 2020 Keynote speaker
• Software contributions: PennyLane, Strawberry Fields

Cities I have lived in

• Lahore, Pakistan
• Ulm, Germany
• Zurich, Switzerland
• Toronto, Canada
• Los Alamos, USA

Miscellaneous Interests

• Sports: Badminton, Tennis, Squash, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball, Table Tennis, Football
• Music: Progressive and Avant-Garde metal like Opeth, Tool, Sepultura, Gojira, Symphony X, Dream Theater, Blind Guardian, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Lamb of God, Porcupine Tree, Megadeth
• Reading: Classics like Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Thomas Hardy, Albert Camus, Bohumil Hrabal, Tolkien, Joseph Conrad, Garshin
• Dancing: Salsa, Swing, Tango, Waltz, Cha Cha Cha, Bachata, Bhangra
• Other interests: Existentialism, Absurdism, Sociolgy, behavioural Psychology, History, Urdu Literature, painting, martial arts

Curriculum Vitae [PDF]