Scientific Committee Members
Vesna Mitrovic
Professor, Quantum Properties of Materials | Department of Physics,
Brown University, Providence, USA
Vesna F. Mitrović is the L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Physics and Chair of the Department of Physics at Brown University. She is an experimental condensed-matter physicist whose research explores unconventional superconductivity, quantum magnetism, frustrated magnetic systems, low-dimensional materials, quantum phase transitions, and topological states.
Her work makes extensive use of nuclear magnetic resonance and related techniques to study quantum materials at very low temperatures and high magnetic fields. She has contributed to research on exotic superconducting phases, including the Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov state, magnetic order in superconductors, vortex-core structures, skyrmions, and spin-liquid behavior.
Professor Mitrović earned her B.S. from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1995, her M.S. from Northwestern University in 1996, and her Ph.D. in Physics from Northwestern in 2001. After postdoctoral research at the Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory in France, she joined Brown University in 2003 and became an Associate Professor in 2010.
Her honors include an A. P. Sloan Fellowship, the Brown University Manning Assistant Professorship, and the Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Award. She has published approximately 38 research papers, including articles in Nature, Nature Physics, and Physical Review Letters, and has advised graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in quantum materials and magnetic-resonance physics.
Raymond Ooi Chong Heng
Quantum Physicist and Professor of Physics at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Prof. Dr. Raymond Ooi Chong Heng is a quantum physicist and Professor of Physics at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, where he leads the Quantum & Laser Science group. He holds a PhD in quantum optics from Universität Konstanz, Germany, and previously worked at KAIST, Korea University, and Monash University Malaysia.
A Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (2015) and Optica (2025), he has received the Malaysian Toray Science Foundation Award (2013) and published over 160 papers in quantum optics, nonlinear spectroscopy, and ultrafast laser science. He founded the International Conference on Quantum and Nonlinear Optics (QNO) and serves as Chief Editor of Jurnal Fizik Malaysia.
His research focuses on quantum information technology, coherent Raman microscopy, Bose–Einstein condensates, and the generation of ultrashort high-intensity laser pulses. At UM, he established the Ultrafast High-Intensity Femtosecond Laser and Optics facility in the High Impact Research building, strengthening Malaysia’s capabilities in advanced laser and quantum experiments.
In public profiles, he is noted for his modest lifestyle and approachable nature, often riding a small motorcycle to campus and mentoring students closely. Through conferences, editorial work, and lab-building, he has played a key role in growing Malaysia’s quantum optics community and promoting quantum science education and research regionally.
Hsi-Sheng Goan
Professor, Department of Physics Director, Center for Quantum Science and Engineering Director, IBM Quantum Hub at NTU National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Professor Hsi-Sheng Goan is a Taiwanese theoretical physicist and quantum-information researcher. He is a Professor in the Department of Physics at National Taiwan University (NTU), Director of NTU’s Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, and Director of the IBM Quantum Hub at NTU. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1999, and later conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Queensland and the University of New South Wales in Australia. He joined NTU in 2005 and became a full Professor in 2011.
His research focuses on quantum information science, quantum computing, quantum control, quantum measurement, open quantum systems, decoherence, mesoscopic physics, quantum optics, and quantum optomechanical systems. His research group also explores quantum machine learning, quantum optimization, quantum computational chemistry, quantum key distribution, quantum error mitigation, quantum error correction, and silicon-based quantum computing. Prof. Goan has authored or co-authored more than 100 research papers and five chapters in monographs or books.
As Director of the Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, Prof. Goan contributes to advancing quantum research, education, and collaboration at NTU. Through the IBM Quantum Hub, he supports access to quantum-computing resources and promotes research and training in quantum technology. His group is also working toward the development of silicon-based quantum computers using silicon quantum dots, while collaborating with universities, research institutions, and technology companies worldwide
Kishor T. Kapale
Professor of Physics and Department Chair at Western Illinois University (WIU), Macomb, USA
Prof. Kishor T. Kapale is a Professor of Physics and Department Chair at Western Illinois University (WIU). He received his M.S. from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1997 and his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2002.
His research focuses on quantum optics, atom optics, quantum information science, Bose–Einstein condensation, statistical mechanics, and applied quantum physics. His work includes quantum entanglement, atomic and photonic systems, subwavelength atom localization, quantum optical interactions, quantum sensors, and applications of quantum technologies to microscopy and lithography.
Kapale has published research in journals including Physical Review Letters and Physical Review A, with work spanning quantum information, quantum optics, atom localization, and quantum sensing.
Alexandre Zagoskin
Reader in Quantum Physics Department of Physics Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Dr Alexandre Zagoskin is a Reader in Quantum Physics at Loughborough University, UK, and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society. His research focuses on quantum engineering, quantum many-body theory, mesoscopic superconductivity, solid-state quantum information processing, and quantum metamaterials.
He has held research and academic positions at institutions including Kharkov State University, the B. I. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, and the University of British Columbia.
He also served as Vice President of Research and Chief Scientist at D-Wave Systems and is a co-founder of D-Wave Systems Inc. Dr Zagoskin is the author of several books, including Quantum Engineering: Theory and Design of Quantum Coherent Structures and Quantum Theory of Many-Body Systems, and has published more than 120 research and review articles. His current work emphasizes developing quantum engineering as a mature discipline, particularly the design and understanding of large-scale artificial quantum structures.
Marcin Wieśniak
Professor, Division of Quantum Correlation, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Professor Marcin Wieśniak is a theoretical physicist and Professor at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, University of Gdańsk, Poland, where he is associated with the Division of Quantum Correlation. His research focuses on quantum information theory, quantum correlations, quantum entanglement, and the fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics. His work explores entanglement in many-spin systems, the stability and dynamics of quantum correlations in thermal and non-equilibrium states, and methods for identifying and characterising macroscopic quantum entanglement. He also investigates Bell correlations and their role in understanding quantum phenomena.
Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato
Professor, Atomic Physics, IFSC Institute of Physics of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
Dr. Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato is a world‑renowned Brazilian physicist and a pioneer in atomic physics and biophotonics, celebrated for turning advanced optics research into clinical and societal impact. He is a Full Professor at the São Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC), University of São Paulo (USP)—where he served as Director from 2018 to 2022 & concurrently a Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University, helping lead an international biophotonics hub.
Trained at USP, UFSCar, and MIT (Ph.D. in Physics, 1987), Bagnato pioneered laser cooling and cold‑atom work in Latin America, contributed to Bose–Einstein condensation and quantum turbulence, and helped build the region’s first atomic clock. In biophotonics, he is globally recognized for adapting optical and laser methods to medicine and dentistry, especially photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cancer, HPV‑related lesions, and antibiotic‑resistant infections, as well as light‑based disinfection strategies for healthcare settings.
His honors include election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), plus Brazil’s Almirante Álvaro Alberto Award and the Optica Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award (2023). He has also helped incubate and co‑found numerous high‑tech optics and photonics companies in São Carlos, linking research to innovation and public benefit.
Berihu Teklu Gebrehiwot
Assistant Professor, Mathematical Physicist with expertise in Quantum Information
Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dr. Berihu Teklu Gebrehiwot graduated from the University of Milan, Italy, with a Ph.D. in Theoretical Quantum Information. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Milan, at University of Blaise Pascal in France and at the Center for Cyber-Physical Systems (C2PS), Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, before joining the Department of Mathematics as Assistant Professor.
He is a Mathematical Physicist, and his expertise includes quantum information, quantum metrology and sensing and quantum computation. His main contributions are in the fields of quantum estimation of states and operations, generation and application of entanglement, quantum information, and communication.
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Mauro Fernandes Pereira
Emeritus Professor, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Prof. Mauro Fernandes Pereira obtained his PhD at the Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona and has given important contributions to Nonequlibrium Greens Functions (NEGF) Many Body Theory of Transport and Optics of Semiconductor Materials. His research combines fundamental Mathematical Physics with applications to device development, with an impact in medicine and the environment, with a current emphasis on the protection of water critical infrastructures.
He has been named SPIE Fellow in 2011 for his contributions to the Theory of Semiconductor Materials and Optics. He created the TERA-MIR concept unifying THz and Mid Infrared Radiation and was the Chair of COST ACTION MP1204: TERA-MIR Radiation: Materials, Generation, Detection and Applications and Chair of the Series of NATO TERA-MIR Conferences (2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018). He coordinates the TERA-MIR Network.
He has been awarded the SPIE Innovation Awards in Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics (2019) for contributions to science and his service through organizing NATO TERA-MIR and COST. He was a research associate at CBPF, Uni-Rostock and TU-Berlin, a visiting Lecturer at Uni-Bremen, Senior Researcher at Tyndall Institute, Professor and Chair of Theory of Semiconductor Materials and Optics at Sheffield Hallam University, Head of the Department of Condensed Matter Theory at the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic (FZU) and Chair of the Physics Department at Khalifa University(KU). He is currently a Professor of Physics at KU and an Emeritus Scientist of FZU.
Luigi Maxmilian Caligiuri
Professor, Foundation of Physics Research Center (Director) - FoPRC, Cosenza, Italy
Prof. Luigi Maxmilian Caligiuri is an internationally recognized physicist, academician, and researcher with expertise spanning quantum mechanics, condensed matter physics, materials science, astrophysics, and applied mathematics. The author of more than 113 scientific publications, he has served as a professor, mentor, peer reviewer, editorial board member, and scientific committee participant at numerous international conferences and journals.
A member of several prestigious scientific organizations, including the European Quantum Flagship and the CEN-CENELEC Focus Group on Quantum Technologies, Prof. Caligiuri has received multiple international honors for his contributions to science, research, and academic leadership. His work continues to promote innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the advancement of fundamental and applied physics.
Varsha Sambhaje
Assistant Professor, Quantum Research Centre (QRC), SRM-AP University - Amaravati, India
Dr. Varsha Santosh Sambhaje is an Assistant Professor at SRM University–AP and a faculty member of its Quantum Research Centre. She holds a Ph.D. in Quantum Computing from D. Y. Patil International University, Pune, and works in quantum computing, quantum information science, quantum cybersecurity, photonic quantum systems, and computational linguistics. Her research interests include quantum algorithms, quantum entanglement, quantum cryptography, and the integration of quantum computing with artificial intelligence and language technologies. At SRM University–AP, she contributes to the development of the Quantum Reference Facility established under the Amaravati Quantum Valley Project, India’s first indigenous, open-access quantum-computing testbed.
Review Panelist
Dr Prasanta K. Panigrahi, Quantum computer & Qubit, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India
Dr Rami Ahmad El-Nabulsi, Department of Optical Networks CESNET, Prague, Czech Republic.
Dr Fatih Ozaydin, Professor of Quantum Technologies at Tokyo International University, Tokyo, Japan
Dr Almut Beige, Head of the Quantum Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, UK
Dr Arun Pati, Distinguished Professor and Director, Centre for Quantum Technology, KIIT, Bhubaneswar, India
Dr Rafael Sotelo, Dean, University of Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Dr Autilia Vitiello, Department of Physics “Ettore Pancini”, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy.
Dr Adam Miranowicz, Department of Quantum Information, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Dr Umakant Damodar Rapol, Quantum Optics & Quantum Information Processing, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
Dr Erik Torrontegui Munoz, QUEST: Quantum Engineering, Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, UC3M, Spain
Dr Subhashish Banerjee, Open Quantum Systems, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IITJ), Jodhpur, India