Team

Nicolás Quesada.
Associate Professor.
Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal.
Self-apppointed benevolent dictator for life of The Walrus.

Salvador Poveda Hospital.
Ph.D. candidate, Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal.
Jointly supervised with Yves-Alain Peter.
Graduated from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya with an M.Sc.A in Electronics.
F1 enthusiast.

Javier Martínez Cifuentes.
Ph.D. candidate, Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal.
Graduated from Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Bogotá with an M.Sc. in Physics.
Coffee addict. Enjoys movies.

Gisell Lorena Osorio.
Ph.D. candidate, Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal.
Graduated from the Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, CICESE with an M.Sc. in optics. Enjoys performing arts and nature.

Ari John Boon.
Ph.D. candidate, Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal.
Jointly supervised with Olivier Landon-Cardinal.
Graduated from Queen’s University at Kingston with an M.Sc. in physics.
Runs a radio show on CJLO. Likes local music.

Vincent Girouard.
M.Sc.A. student, Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal.
Jointly supervised with Yves-Alain Peter.
Enjoys climbing, music and physics.

Tadeu Tassis.
Postdoctoral Associate, Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal.
Graduated in 2024 with a PhD in Physics from Universidade Federal do ABC.
Enjoys music, films, coffee, and roaming through Wikipedia.

Ancien.nes polyquanticien.nes

• Yuan Yao was a visiting student completing her Ph.D. at Télécom Paris in 2022 → Quantum Architecture Scientist at Xanadu Quantum Technologies → BoYa postdoctoral fellow at Peking U.
• Jaehee Kim was a Qcenter fellow in 2023 → Ph.D. student at Sungkyunkwan U.
• Marie Lafontaine was a summer and UPIR intern in 2023 → M.Sc. student at U Sherbrooke.
• Jiaqi Zhao completed his M.Sc.A. in our group in 2024 → Ph.D. student at Poly Montréal.
• Germain Desloges was a summer intern in 2024 → undergrad student at Poly Montréal.
• Nicolas Dalbec-Constant completed his M.Sc.A. in 2024 → Ph.D. student at U Ottawa.
• Martin Houde was postdoc in our group up to 2026 → Quantum Scientist at NordQuantique.
• Karthik Chinni was postdoc in our group up to 2026 → Research Associate at the National Research Council of Canada.
• Yanic Cardin completed his M.Sc.A. in our group in 2026 → Ph.D. student at École normale supérieure - PSL.
• Marius Trudeau completed his M.Sc.A. in our group in 2026.
• Kevin Giraldo was a Mitacs summer intern in 2026 → undergrad student at Universidad del Valle.
• Felipe Quitian Gallego was a Mitacs summer intern in 2026 → undergrad student at Universidad de Antioquia.