Zhang Group Receives Samsung Global Research Outreach Award

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Xueyue (Sherry) Zhang’s lab has received a Samsung Global Research Outreach (GRO) award for their project on Waveguide-Coupled Dual-Transition Superconducting Qubits for Low-Overhead Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing.

Professor Zhang and her lab leverage the unique advantages of qubit-photon interactions to advance the frontiers of quantum science and technology. They focus on introducing new capabilities, such as high levels of connectivity, into superconducting circuits and solid-state spin platforms by integrating these qubits with microwave waveguides and silicon photonics. This foundation enables them to explore novel possibilities in basic science, such as many-body quantum simulation and quantum topological photonics, as well as pushing the boundaries of quantum computing and networking technologies.

Professor Zhang joined the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia University as an Assistant Professor in January 2025. She earned her B.Eng. with honors in Microelectronics Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2017 and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Caltech in 2023 supervised by Dr. Oskar Painter. Dr. Zhang then joined UC Berkeley as a Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, working with Dr. Alp Sipahigil in EECS and Physics.

Learn more about Professor Zhang's research at https://zhang.apam.columbia.edu