CV
Skills and record
Fellowships, tools I use day to day, funded collaborations, talks, teaching, and service. The full pdf is at the bottom.
Skills
Quantum
PennyLane · Qiskit · AWS Braket · variational quantum algorithms · parameterized circuits · quantum and classical Fisher information · multiparameter estimation · stabilizer formalism · surface codes · MBQC
Machine learning and optimization
PyTorch · JAX · Gymnasium · REINFORCE and policy gradients · CMA-ES · gradient-free optimization
Languages
Python · C · MATLAB · Mathematica
Compute
SLURM array jobs on Pitt CRC · Linux and bash · Git
Hardware contexts
NV centers in diamond · dipolar spin chains · ultrafast and nonlinear optics
Spoken
English (fluent) · Hindi (native)
Fellowships and awards
- 2026-27 PQI Fellowship, Pittsburgh Quantum Institute. Stipend and tuition scholarship for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027. Nominated through the School of Computing and Information.
Grants and collaborations
- 2026 PQI Community Collaboration Award, Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning for Quantum Network Control (DyReQNet-Ctrl). Significant contributor; PI K. P. Seshadreesan.
- 2024 PQI Community Collaboration Award, NV-Center-Based Quantum Sensing for Biomedical Ultrasound Imaging. Contributor; PI J. Liu.
Talks and presentations
- 2026 Technical oral presentation (upcoming), IEEE Quantum Week (QCE), QTEM track, Toronto, September 2026.
- 2026 Contributed talk, Variational Probe and Measurement Optimization for Structured Phase Estimation. FQIT 2026, IIIT Allahabad, March 2026.
- 2025 Poster, Variational Quantum Sensing for Structured Linear Estimation Function. IEEE Quantum Week (QCE) 2025.
Teaching
- 2026 Recitation instructor and grader, CS 1613 Modern Quantum Computing.
- 2026 Lab teaching assistant, CS 0011 Introduction to Computing for Scientists.
- 2025-26 Teaching assistant, CS 1900 Internship and CS 1980 Team Project.
Service
- 2025 Reviewer, npj Quantum Information (Nature Portfolio).
- 2025-26 Student volunteer, IEEE Quantum Week (QCE), 2025 and 2026.
Training
- 2026 QNumerics, Numerical Methods in QIS, UMass Amherst.
- 2024 STAQ Summer School, Duke University.
The full academic CV, with complete publication and teaching records, is a single pdf.