Doctoral Defenses

Qingfeng Wang - April 9, 2024

Dissertation Title: Quantum computation for quantum chemistry

Date & Time: April 9, 2024 at 9:00 am

Location: REMOTE DEFENSE https://duke.zoom.us/j/91545527294

Examining Committee:

Christopher Monroe
Alexey Gorshkov
Quraishi Qudsia
Xiaodi Wu
Christopher Jarzynski


Junheng Tao - March 12, 2024

Dissertation Title: How non-Hermitian superfluids are special

Date & Time: March 12, 2024 at 2:00 pm

Location: 3150 Physical Sciences Complex

Examining Committee:

Steven Rolston (CHAIR)
Ian Spielman (CO-CHAIR)
William D. Phillips
Trey Porto
Mohammad Hafezi


Renjie Zhao - November 17, 2023

Dissertation Title: Analyzing Dynamical Processes with Local Molecular Field Theory

Date & Time: November 17, 2023 at 3:00 pm

Location: 1116 IPST Building (Seminar Room)

Examining Committee:

John Weeks (CHAIR)
Pratyush Tiwary (CO-CHAIR)
Christopher Jarzynski
Garegin Papoian
Yifei Mo


Kungang Li - October 13, 2023

Dissertation Title: Relaxation Time Fluctuations in Transmons with Different Supercconducting Gaps

Date & Time: October 13, 2023 at 10:00 AM

Location: 3150 Physical Sciences Complex

Examining Committee: 

Christopher J. Lobb (CHAIR)
Frederick C. Wellstood
Benjamin S. Palmer
Steven M. Anlage
John Cumings


Calvin He - April 14, 2023

Dissertation Title: Experimental Measurements and Analysis of Relativistic Thomson Scattering Produced by Intense Lasers

Date & Time: April 14, 2023 at 10:00 am

Location: 2136 Physical Sciences Complex

Examining Committee:

Wendell T. Hill, III (CHAIR)
Charles Clark
Ki-Yong Kim
Phillip A. Sprangle
Julius Goldhar


Thomas Longo - March 6, 2023

Dissertation Title: Phase Transitions Affected by Molecular Interconversion

Date & Time: March 6, 2023 at 9:30 AM

Location: 1116 IPST Building (Seminar Room)

Examining Committee: 

Mikhail Anisimov (CHAIR)
Christopher Jarzynski
Jeffery Klauda
Pratyush Tiwary
John Weeks