About
I am a postdoctoral research scientist in theoretical computer science at Columbia University, where I am hosted by Professor Henry Yuen. I completed my Ph.D. at Princeton University where I was fortunate to be co-advised by Professors Ran Raz and Mark Zhandry, and where I also previously worked in the lab of Sebastian Seung.
My research lies in the areas of quantum information, cryptography, and complexity theory, and more generally at the intersections of physics, information, and computation.
Publications
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Selected Talks
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A General Quantum Duality for Representations of Groups with Applications to Quantum Money, Lightning, and Fire
Invited talk at QCrypt 2025Other versions: Columbia CS Theory Seminar (general audience) / QuICS Seminar -
A Computational Separation Between Quantum No-Cloning and No-Telegraphing
Contributed talk at ITCS 2024Other versions: Cornell Theory Seminar / Princeton Theory Lunch / Hon Hai Quantum Computing Research Center / QIP 2023 -
Unconditionally Secure Commitments with Quantum Auxiliary Inputs
Quantum Meets SeminarOther versions: QIP 2025 / Crypto 2024 -
Oracle Separation Between Quantum Commitments and Quantum One-wayness
Non-technical talk at UPenn Security and Privacy Seminar -
Introduction to Quantum Information Theory
Guest Lecture in COS 585 (Graduate Information Theory), Spring 2024 · Princeton UniversityPrevious version: COS 585 Spring 2022
Teaching
- Information Theory (COS 585) — Spring 2024 (Guest Lecturer)
- Information Theory (COS 585) — Spring 2022 (Graduate TA & Guest Lecturer)
- Quantum Computing (ELE 396 / COS 396) — Fall 2021 (Graduate TA)
- Economics and Computation (COS 445) — Spring 2021 (Graduate TA)
- Advanced Algorithm Design (COS 521) — Fall 2020 (Graduate TA)
- The Digital Learning Lab, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning (Student Staff Consultant)
Service
Program Committees
Subreviewing
FOCS 2023
Asiacrypt 2023
ITCS 2024
Crypto 2024
TQC 2024
TCC 2024
Asiacrypt 2024
STOC 2025
Crypto 2025
TQC 2025
FOCS 2025
Latincrypt 2025
Eurocrypt 2026
Other
I am a co-founder and former core maintainer of TigerPath, a web app used by thousands of Princeton undergraduates to plan their four-year schedules, written about in the Daily Princetonian.
Quantum Survival Guide
Never build a quantum bridge.
Oh what a judgment lapse.
The slightest little measurement,
Would cause it to collapse.
And don't play quantum football,
Or at least do not be phased,
Since every interference
Runs the risk of being erased.
But you should also never,
Ever build a quantum car.
You check your speed and you'll indeed
Lose track of where you are.
And if you do, don't use it to commute
From there to here.
For if you commute spatially,
You'll surely disappear.
It's quite a risk of life and death.
Can you imagine that?
You'll find out what I mean
If you adopt a quantum cat.
And don't give birth to quantum kids.
The mess they'll bring about.
One moment they're inside the crib.
The next, they've tunneled out.
And if they're twins and fermions,
Oh what a chore you've got!
They'll never be in the same state.
If one's asleep, the other's not.
Don't write to quantum notebooks,
As it could be very sloppy.
You can't erase a single word,
Or even make a copy.
Don't make quantum decisions.
You'll have troubles big and small.
You'll do these things and others,
And you won't do them at all.
No quantum keys.
No quantum locks,
Or clocks or clouds or weather.
If I were in your shoes,
I would avoid these altogether.
The bottom line, be warned:
If you don't want a quantum curse,
Avoid anything quantum
In our quantum universe.
Contact
I am very friendly, so feel free to reach out at
[my_first_initial][dot][last_name]@columbia.edu