2. What motivated you to join the Master in QST program, and how is your experience so far?

I came to TU Munich on an exchange program during my undergrad in October 2019. That semester I was attending a course from Prof. Kai Muller, during which I found out about this Master's degree. During my exchange year, I witnessed the growth of a quantum community in Munich which convinced me to stay for my Masters. Growing up in a tech-dominated household, I was always surrounded by different computing and communication advances and even built a couple of computers on my own. What excites me about MCQST is that I can be at the forefront of research in a novel paradigm of computing and expand my grasp of computing further.

3. What current projects are you most excited about?

I’m unable to choose a single project that excites me.The variance of tools and techniques I encounter and use on a daily basis both in my job and my thesis is a testament to the interesting problems QST has to offer. A typical day has me thinking about many-body physics and QEC Theory for my thesis, scalable software development in my job, benchmarks for the lattice surgery compiler, and chemistry-informed recipe generation for a fun project I’m doing with my friends. This is truly fun.

I am contesting to be Vice President of PushQuantum in the elections next week. I do hope I get elected and engage with the larger quantum community in Munich more often.