Milad Marvian

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico and also a member of the Center for Quantum Information and Control (CQuIC). My research interests include the theoretical aspects of quantum computation, with a focus on quantum error correction and algorithms. I am also interested in exploring the connections to quantum optimal control and open quantum systems. Prior to joining UNM in 2020, I was a postdoctoral associate at MIT, and before that, I completed my Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California in 2018. I am a recipient of the DOE Early Career Research Award (2025) and the NSF CAREER Award (2023). I currently serve as an editor for Quantum journal.

Email: mmarvian at unm.edu
Office: ECE 235D

Research interests: Quantum computing, Quantum error correction, Open quantum systems

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Group members:
  Current:
    Francisco U. Riberi (Postdoctoral Associate; Fall 25-)
    Evan Borras (PhD student; Fall 23-)
    Kevin Baca (PhD student; Fall 24-)
    Ethan Egger (PhD student; Fall 25-)
    Dayeon Yoo (MS student; Fall 25-)
  Former:
    Graduated PhD students:

• Leeseok Kim (Now postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory)
    Thesis: Quantum Control Protocols for Robust Quantum Computing
    Fall 2021- Spring 2026; PhD Defense: March 2026.
  
• Benjamin Anker (Now at Google Quantum AI)
    Thesis: Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing with Lower Overhead
    Fall 2021- Spring 2026; PhD Defense: January 2026.
  
• Conor Smith (Now postdoc at Flatiron Institute)
    Thesis: Ab-Initio Phase Discovery with Neural Quantum States
    PhD Defense: May 2025.
  
• Changhao Yi (Now postdoc at Fudan University)
    Thesis: Resource Estimation for Quantum Simulation Algorithms
    PhD Defense: June 2022.
  

    Undergraduate students:
    Dayeon Yoo (Undergraduate student; Summer 25)
    David Fernandez Vega (Undergraduate student; Summer 25)
    Maximilian Starceski (Undergraduate student; Summer 23-Fall 23)
    Bonnie Morales Ugarte (Undergraduate student; Summer 24-Fall 24)

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Teaching:

• Quantum Error Correction,
      Course number: ECE547/PHYS581; Spring 2026, 2025, 2023, 2022, 2021. (Syllabus)
  
• Introduction to Quantum information Science,
      Course number: ECE445/545-PHYS480/581; Fall 2025, 2024. (Syllabus)
• Advanced Engineering Mathematics,
      Course number: ECE300; Fall 2023, 2022, 2021. (Syllabus)
(Access through UNM's Canvas.)

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Publications:
(also see Google Scholar and arXiv)

• Randomized Quantum Optimal Control,
  Leeseok Kim, Francisco Riberi, Kevin Baca, Milad Marvian
  [arXiv]
  
• Robust high-order quantum simulation using finite-width pulses,
  Leeseok Kim, Milad Marvian
  [arXiv]
  
• High-order dynamical decoupling in the weak-coupling regime,
  Leeseok Kim, Milad Marvian
  [arXiv]
  
• Universal Fault Tolerance with Non-Transversal Clifford Gates,
  Benjamin Anker, Milad Marvian
  29th Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP 2026), Riga, Latvia, January 24-30, 2026.
  [arXiv]
  
• Compressing Syndrome Measurement Sequences,
  Benjamin Anker, Milad Marvian
  [arXiv]
  
• Quantum algorithms based on quantum trajectories,
  Evan Borras, Milad Marvian
  Quantum 10, 2063 (2026).
  [arXiv]
  
• Faster Randomized Dynamical Decoupling,
  Changhao Yi, Leeseok Kim, Milad Marvian
  Physical Review Letters 136, 010601 (2026).
  [arXiv]
  
• Higher-order Zeno sequences,
  Kasra Rajabzadeh Dizaji, Leeseok Kim, Milad Marvian, Christian Arenz
  Physical Review Research 8, 023051 (2026).
  [arXiv]
  
• A quantum algorithm to simulate Lindblad master equations,
  Evan Borras, Milad Marvian
  Physical Review Research 7, 023076 (2025).
  [arXiv]
  
• Flag Gadgets based on Classical Codes,
  Benjamin Anker, Milad Marvian,
  PRX Quantum 5, 040340 (2024).
  [arXiv]
  
• Fault-tolerant quantum computation using large spin cat-codes,
  S. Omanakuttan, V. Buchemmavari, J. A. Gross, I. H. Deutsch, M. Marvian
  PRX Quantum 5, 020355 (2024).
  [arXiv]
  
• Hamiltonian Quantum Generative Adversarial Networks,
  Leeseok Kim, Seth Lloyd, Milad Marvian,
  Physical Review Research 6, 033019 (2024).
  [arXiv]
  
• Improving the speed of variational quantum algorithms for quantum error correction,
  F. Zoratti, G.De Palma, B. Kiani, Q. T. Nguyen, M. Marvian, S. Lloyd, V. Giovannetti
  Physical Review A 108, 022611 (2023).
  [arXiv]
  
• Limitations of variational quantum algorithms: a quantum optimal transport approach,
  G. De Palma, M. Marvian, C. Rouzé, D. Stilck França,
  PRX Quantum 4, 010309 (2023).
  26th Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP 2023), Ghent, Belgium, February 4-10, 2023.
  [arXiv]
  
• Hamiltonian singular value transformation and inverse block encoding,
  S. Lloyd, B. Kiani, D. Arvidsson-Shukur, S. Bosch, G. De Palma, W. Kaminsky, Z. Liu,
  M. Marvian,
  [arXiv]
  
• Quantum Earth Mover's Distance: A New Approach to Learning Quantum Data,
  B. Kiani, G. De Palma, M. Marvian, ZW. Liu, S. Lloyd,
  Quantum Science and Technology 7, no. 4 (2022): 045002.
  [arXiv]
  
• Error mitigation via stabilizer measurement emulation,
  A. Greene, M. Kjaergaard, M. E. Schwartz, G. O. Samach, A. Bengtsson, M. O'Keeffe, D. K. Kim, M. Marvian, A. Melville, B. M. Niedzielski, A. Vepsalainen, R. Winik, J. Yoder, D. Rosenberg, S. Lloyd, T. P. Orlando, I. Marvian, S. Gustavsson, W. D. Oliver,
  [arXiv]
  
• Quantum algorithm for nonlinear differential equations,
  S. Lloyd, G. De Palma, C. Gokler, B. Kiani, Z. Liu, M. Marvian, F. Tennie, T. Palmer,
  [arXiv]
  
• Quantum advantage for differential equation analysis,
  B. Kiani, G. De Palma, D. Englund, W. Kaminsky, M. Marvian, S. Lloyd,
  Physical Review A, 105(2), p.022415.
  [arXiv]
  
• The quantum Wasserstein distance of order 1,
  G. De Palma, M. Marvian, D. Trevisan, S. Lloyd,
  IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (2021).
  24th Annual Conference on Quantum Information Processing (QIP 2021), Munich, Germany, February 1-5, 2021.
  16th Conference on the Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication, and Cryptogra- phy (TQC 2021), July 5 to 8, 2021.
  [arXiv]
  
• Sign-curing local Hamiltonians: termwise versus global stoquasticity and the use of Clifford transformations ,
  M. Ioannou, S. Piddock, M. Marvian, J. Klassen, B. M. Terhal,
  [arXiv]
  
• Quantum polar decomposition algorithm,
  S. Lloyd, S. Bosch, G. De Palma, B. Kiani, Z. Liu, M. Marvian, P. Rebentrost, D. Arvidsson-Shukur,
  [arXiv]
  
• Robust universal Hamiltonian quantum computing using two-body interaction,
  M. Marvian and S. Lloyd,
  [arXiv]
  
• A quantum instruction set implemented on a superconducting quantum processor,
  M. Kjaergaard, M. E. Schwartz, A. Greene, G. O. Samach, A. Bengtsson, M. O'Keeffe, C. M. McNally, J. Braumüller, D. K. Kim, P. Krantz, M. Marvian, A. Melville, B. M. Niedzielski, Y. Sung, R. Winik, J. Yoder, D. Rosenberg, K. Obenland, S. Lloyd, T. P. Orlando, I. Marvian, S. Gustavsson, W. D. Oliver,
  Physical Review X 12, no. 1 (2022): 011005.
  [arXiv]
  
• Hardness and ease of curing the sign problem for two-Local qubit Hamiltonians,
  J. Klassen*, M. Marvian*, S. Piddock, M. Ioannou, I. Hen, and B. Terhal,
  SIAM Journal on Computing 49, no. 6 (2020): 1332-1362.
  [arXiv]
  
• On the computational complexity of curing non-stoquastic Hamiltonians​,
  M. Marvian, , D. A. Lidar, and I. Hen,
  Nature Communications 10, no. 1 (2019): 1571.
  [arXiv] [Presentation at QIP 2019]
  
• Suppression of effective noise in Hamiltonian simulations,
  M. Marvian, T. Brun, and D. A. Lidar,
  Physical Review A 96.5 (2017): 052328.
  [arXiv]
  
• Relaxation versus adiabatic quantum steady-state preparation,
  L. Venuti, T. Albash, M. Marvian, D. A. Lidar, P. Zanardi,
  Physical Review A 95.4 (2017): 042302.
  [arXiv]
  
• Error suppression for Hamiltonian quantum computing in Markovian environments,
  M. Marvian and D. A. Lidar,
  Physical Review A 95.3 (2017): 032302,
  [arXiv]
  
• Error suppression for Hamiltonian-based quantum computation using subsystem codes,
  M. Marvian and D. A. Lidar,
  Physical Review Letters 118.3 (2017): 030504.
  [arXiv]
  
• Fluctuation theorems for quantum processes,
  T. Albash, D. A. Lidar, M. Marvian, and P. Zanardi,
  Physical Review E 88.3 (2013): 032146,
  [arXiv]
  
• Secure quantum carriers for quantum state sharing,
  V. Karimipour and M. Marvian,
  International Journal of Quantum Information 10.02 (2012): 1250018.
  [arXiv]

Last update: July 2026