Our Team

Daniel Loss

Prof. Daniel Loss

Widely recognized as one of the pioneers of spin-based quantum information processing. His research spans spin coherence and decoherence in quantum dots, quantum Hall physics, magnonics, and topological quantum computing with Majorana and parafermion modes.

daniel.loss@kfupm.edu.sa

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Center Director, Chair professor

Ji Zou

Dr. Ji Zou

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

Condensed matter theory and quantum computing.

  • Quantum spin dynamics and magnonics. Topological magnetic textures.

  • Quantum computation, quantum control, and quantum error correction. Spin qubits and correlated noise

  • Open, nonequilibrium, and non-Hermitian quantum systems

ji.zou@kfupm.edu.sa

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Abdulwahab Al luhaibi

Dr. Abdulwahab Al Luhaibi

Assistant professor, Department of Physics

Quantum and Superconducting Technology

  • Nonlinear Physics

  • Superconductivity and Vortex Physics 

  • Quantum Circuit

aalluhaibi@kfupm.edu.sa

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Samira Elghaayda

Quantum Information

  • Relativistic Quantum Information

  • Quantum Batteries 

  • Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics (Circuit QED)

samira.elghaayda@kfupm.edu.sa

postdoc

Dr. Samira Elghaadya

Dr. Faris Abualanaja

  • Quantum technologies

  • Semiconductor quantum devices

  • Quantum transport and entropy measurements.

  • Neuromorphic devices

  • Single-electron and quantum-dot devices

  • Nanowire optoelectronics 

faris.abualnaja@kfupm.edu.sa

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Assistant professor, Department Electrical engineering

Dr. Raditya Weda Bomantara

Condensed Matter Theory

  • Topological Phases of Matter.

  • Floquet Systems; Quantum Simulations.

  • Quantum Many-Body Physics.

raditya.bomantara@kfupm.edu.sa

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Assistant professor, Department of Physics

Dr. Khalil Ben Ali Harrabi

superconducting quantum devices, and nanostructured materials

  • Superconductivity.

  • Quantum devices and qubits.

  • Nanomechanical resonators.

  • Photon detection.

  • Neuromorphic computing

harrabi@kfupm.edu.sa

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Professor, Department of Physics

Dr. Saleem Ghaffar Rao

Condensed Matter Physics

  • Quantum Computing.

  • Superconducting Qubit Coherence.

  • Hybrid Thin Films.

  • Nanostructure Patterning.

saleemg@kfupm.edu.sa

Associate Professor, Department of Physics

Dr. Michael Rudolf Vogl

Associate professor, Department of Physics

Theoretical condensed matter physics

  • Floquet systems.

  • Quantum many-body dynamics.

  • Moiré materials.

  • Topological phases of matter.

  • Quantum transport 

michael.vogl@kfupm.edu.sa

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Dr. Omar Alkhazragi

Assistant professor, Department of Electrical Engineering

Integrated and Quantum Photonics

  • ntegrated Photonics.

  • Semiconductor Lasers.

  • Optical Communication and Sensing.

omar.khazragi@kfupm.edu.sa

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Dr. Fahhad Hussain Alharbi

Professor, Department Electrical engineering

Materials Informatics and Nonlocal Dynamics

  • Computational materials design

  • Data-driven modeling.

  • Orbital-free DFT.

  • Physics-guided machine learning.

  • Nonlinear dynamics.

fahhad.alharbi@kfupm.edu.sa

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Dr. Burhan Khalid Burhan SaifAddin

Assistant professor, Department of Physics

Applied physics at the intersection of photonics, engineering and AI

  • Photonics

  • Light emitters and lasers.

  • Solar cells.

  • Machine learning for physical sciences.

  • AI-driven device design.

  • Materials discovery

burhan.saifaddin@kfupm.edu.sa

Dr. Even Thingstad

Assistant professor, Department of Physics

Condensed matter theory

  • Superconductivity in layered materials and heterostructures. Interface effects, cavity control, and quantum technologies.

  • Spin dynamics and magnonics. Spin currents, superconducting hybrids, and quantum information transport.

  • Topological phases of matter. Interactions, disorder, and protected states for quantum computing.

even.thingstad@kfupm.edu.sa

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Abdulrahman Ashour 

Associate

abdulrahman.ashour@kfupm.edu.sa 

Samira Elghaayda

Rawan Eraqi

Associate

Samira Elghaayda

Shuroog Alogbi

Quantum Lab engineer

Samira Elghaayda

Amerah Masdar

Adminstrative Assistant