Livermore Center for Quantum Science Summer Internship

Livermore Center for Quantum Science Summer Internship

The Livermore Center for Quantum Science (LCQS) offers students opportunities to engage in exciting learning experiences through three-month paid summer internships.

Interns participate in projects led by LLNL scientists in areas such as quantum sensing, entangled optical source development and use, noise characterization for superconducting qubits, and ion trap design and testing.

LCQS interns:

• Work with scientists performing research in quantum computing and/or quantum sensing using experimental, theoretical, and computational tools.
• Form long-term connections with LLNL scientists who work in quantum information science.
• Become familiar with world-class laboratories and capabilities.
• Present their work through presentations and poster sessions.
• Participate in laboratory tours, journal clubs, and regular group meetings.

Applications

The application period is closed. Future intern opportunities will be posted on this page as they become available. Applications typically open in early October and close in mid-January.

Mentor biographies

Your internship includes working with a mentor on a specific project. Before applying, review the list of potential mentors and the keywords that describe the type of project(s) they anticipate offering this summer. Most mentors will accept one intern this summer. Each intern will have at least two people—their primary mentor and a secondary technical mentor (who may not be listed here)—who they are in regular contact with throughout the term of their internship.

In your application, list up to three mentors you would want to work with and why.

Kristin Beck

Dr. Kristin (Kristi) Beck is a staff scientist in the LLNL Quantum Coherent Device Physics Group and the director of the Livermore Center for Quantum Science. Her research spans multiple hardware implementations for quantum computing (superconducting transmons, trapped ions) and multiple levels of the quantum computing stack. She expects to have projects this summer related to designing and modeling 3D-printed ion traps and calibrating superconducting qubits.

Project keywords: experimental | modeling | quantum computing | appropriate for undergraduates | appropriate for graduate students

Alessandro Castelli

Dr. Alessandro Castelli is a staff scientist in the LLNL Quantum Coherent Device Physics Group. His research focuses on the effects of radiation on superconducting qubits and quantum optimal control algorithms. He expects to have a project this summer experimentally characterizing Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) which will be used as radiation sensors.

Project keywords: experimental | quantum computing | quantum sensing | appropriate for graduate students

Dominique Davenport

Dr. Dominique (Dom) Davenport is a staff scientist studying quantum enabled imaging and sensing. His research is focused on the use of quantum entanglement to achieve multi-dimensional imaging. He expects to have projects this summer related to the development of quantum light sources through non-linear media as well as the development of quantum ghost imaging schemes to access biological material.

Project keywords: experimental | modeling | quantum sensing | appropriate for graduate students

Sandrine Herriot

Dr. Sandrine Herriot is a laser physicist at LLNL. Her research spans laser development, short pulse laser diagnostic development, high brightness quantum entangled photons sources and application of machine learning for advancing those fields. She expects to have projects this summer related to experiments on amplification of quantum entangled photon generated through SPDC.

Project keywords: experimental | quantum sensing | appropriate for undergraduate students | appropriate for graduate students

Bevin Huang

Dr. Bevin Huang is a postdoctoral researcher in the LLNL Quantum Coherent Device Physics Group. His research focuses on improving the performance of superconducting quantum hardware by understanding how they fail at the materials level. He expects to have projects this summer related to cryogenic optical design, testing, and superconducting qubit measurement.

Project keywords: experimental | quantum computing | appropriate for graduate students

Vito Iaia

Dr. Vito Iaia is a postdoctoral researcher in the Quantum Coherent Device Physics group at LLNL. Vito’s research is based on characterizing and mitigating noise sources created by particle impact events and fabrication impurities in superconducting qubits. Much of his work is also involved in qubit characterization, quantum sensors, and novel qubit design. He expects to have a project this summer measuring and modeling noise in superconducting resonators.

Project keywords: experimental | modeling | quantum computing | quantum sensing | appropriate for undergraduates | appropriate for graduate students

Geon-Bo Kim

Dr. Geon-Bo Kim develops radiation and particle detectors utilizing SQUID (Superconducting QUantum Interference Device) quantum magnetometry and uses them for high precision nuclear decay spectroscopy and detection of neutrinos and dark matter. SQUIDs are one of oldest and most mature quantum sensing technologies. He expects to offer an internship with the “Quantum calorimeters for neutrino detection” project, which is developing quantum calorimeters to measure phonons created by neutrino interactions and sits at the intersection between national security applications and fundamental physics experiments.

Project keywords: experimental | quantum sensing | remote internship possible | appropriate for graduate students

Dongxia Qu

Dr. Qu is a staff scientist in the Nanoscale, Surface, and Interface Science Group. Her research centers on developing scalable quantum-classical interfaces with applications in quantum computing control and readout. This summer, she anticipates having projects focused on the development