Bill Coish

Bill Coish
Quantum Condensed Matter Theory, Quantum Computing, and Quantum Devices

Vita:
Assoc Prof 2016-present (McGill)
Assist Prof 2010-16 (McGill)
Postdoc 2007-10 (IQC, Waterloo)
Postdoc 2006-07 (Basel)
PhD 2006 (Basel)
MSc 2002 (McMaster)
BSc 2000 (Manitoba)

Contact:
coish 'at' physics.mcgill.ca
office: Rutherford 409
phone: +1 (514) 398-6525

E Rutherford Physics Bldg
3600 rue University
Montréal, QC, H3A 2T8

Welcome! I study the quantum properties of nanoscale condensed matter systems and how to use these systems for quantum information processing. I am an associate professor of physics at McGill. I am also a member of two Québec regroupements stratégiques (strategic clusters): INTRIQ and RQMP. I am currently actively recruiting motivated graduate students. If you are interested, please contact me! I welcome applications from all qualified individuals. Members of underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

Research

• Quantum computing
• Quantum condensed matter
• Quantum dynamics and decoherence
• Quantum measurement and sensing

The latest preprints and publications from the group are on the arXiv.

Current group members

Valentin Boettcher (PhD, starting Jan. 2023)
Felix Fehse (PhD, also 50% with NanoAcademic Technologies)
Iván Martínez (MSc 2022; PhD, co-supervised with T. Pereg-Barnea)
Zoé McIntyre (PhD)
Noah Pinkney (MSc)
Jasper Kranias (BSc, co-supervised with T. Pereg-Barnea)
Zixian (Ruby) Wei (BSc)
Yanfei (Victor) Wei (BSc)

Group alumni

Mathieu Boisvert (BSc 2022, Summer Research; PhD student, SUNY Stony Brook)
David Linteau (BSc 2021, Summer Research; Master student, ÉPFL)
Alev Orfi (BSc 2021, PHYS 459, 479 projects; MSc Student, University of Waterloo)
Pericles Philippopoulos (MSc 2015, PhD 2020; Research Scientist, Nanoacademic Technologies; co-founder and CEO, Ozeki)
Alessandro Ricottone (PhD 2020; Head of Research, Lightcurve Berlin)
Yinan Fang (Postdoc 2017-2019, co-supervised with Stefano Chesi, CSRC Beijing; Assistant Professor, Yunnan University)
Olivier Landon-Cardinal (NSERC PDF 2015-2019, co-supervised with A. Clerk and T. Pereg-Barnea; Maître d'Enseignement, ÉTS Montréal)
Kunal Tiwari (PhD 2019, co-supervised with T. Pereg-Barnea; MIT Lincoln Labs)
Marco David (BSc 2019, PHYS 396 project; Master student, École Normale Supérieure)
Benjamin D'Anjou (MSc 2012, PhD 2017; Postdoc, University of Ulm)
Daixi (Daisy) Xia (BSc 2017, PHYS 459 project; PhD student, University of Ottawa)
Alec Fraser (BSc 2016, PHYS 479 project; Computational Scientist, Gandeeva Therapeutics)
Félix Beaudoin (PhD 2016; Director of Quantum Technologies, NanoAcademic Technologies)
Hugo Ribeiro (SNF PDF 2014-2016, co-supervised with A. Clerk; Assistant Professor, UMass Lowell)
Julia Hildman (Postdoc 2014-2015, co-supervised with A. Clerk; Software Architect, AXAAT CONCEPT GmbH)
Chi To (Tom) Lai (BSc 2015, PHYS 459 project; PhD student, McMaster University)
Mikhail Mamaev (BSc 2015, PHYS 459 project; PhD student, UC Boulder)
Salil Bedkihal (Postdoc 2014-2015; Theoretical Quantum Physicist, Nord Quantique)
Abhishek Kumar (PhD 2015, Reykjavik University, co-supervised with Sigurður Erlingsson; Execution Quant, CLSA Mumbai)
Christopher Chamberland (MSc 2014, co-supervised with A. Clerk; Research Scientist, AWS Quantum Computing)
Xiaoya (Judy) Wang (BSc 2011, MSc 2013; Medical Physicist, MUHC)
Marilyne Thibault (BSc 2013, Summer research; Chargée de Projets, UL Solutions)
Stefano Chesi (Research Associate 2011-2013; Associate Professor, Computational Sciences Research Center, Beijing)
David Aasen (BSc 2012, Summer Research; PDF Microsoft Station Q and KITP, UC Santa Barbara)
Nicolas Tarantino (BSc 2012, PHYS 459 project; Market Risk Specialist, Deutsche Bank)
Yariv Barsheshat (BSc 2012, Summer Research, PHYS 459 project; Research and Development Programmer, mtl.ai)
Maxime Hardy (BSc 2013, Research Intern; Associé de Recherche, Université Laval)
Jacob Beaudry (BSc 2011, PHYS 449 project)