Milad Marvian

I am an Assistant 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


October 2025 update: My group has openings for Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers. If you're interested, please email your CV along with a brief overview of your research interests.

Group members:
Current:
    Francisco U. Riberi (postdoctoral associate; Fall 25-)
    Benjamin Anker (PhD student; Fall 21-)
    Leeseok Kim (PhD student; Fall 21-)
    Evan Borras (PhD student; Fall 23-)
    Kevin Baca (PhD student; Fall 24-)
    Ethan Egger (PhD student; Fall 25-)
    Chaithanya Rayudu (PhD student; co-advised with Ojas Parekh; Fall 22-)
    Dayeon Yoo (Master's student; Fall 25-)
Former:
    Graduated PhD students:
    Changhao Yi (Our group first graduated PhD student! Now postdoc at Fudan University)
      Thesis: Resource Estimation for Quantum Simulation Algorithms
      PhD Defense: June 2022.
    Conor Smith ( Now postdoc at Flatiron Institute)
      Thesis: Ab-Initio Phase Discovery with Neural Quantum States
      PhD Defense: May 2025.
    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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(also see Google Scholar and arXiv)
Last update: Oct 2025