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

Selected Talks

Teaching

Service

Program Committees

TQC 2026

Subreviews

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 now used by thousands of Princeton undergraduate students to plan their four-year schedules. It was 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.

— Barak Nehoran

Contact

I am very friendly, so feel free to reach out to me at
[my_first_initial][last_name]@princeton.edu