Quantum Science and Engineering

Tasnuva Farheen is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Computer Science and Engineering, with a joint appointment at CCT. Before joining LSU in 2024, she earned her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida’s FICS and FINS Labs and her bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2018.

Her research focuses on making computing systems, both classical and emerging quantum technologies, more secure, reliable, and sustainable.

James A. Sauls is the Hearne Chair of Theoretical Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University, with a joint appointment at the Center for Computation & Technology (CCT). He also serves as Co-Director of the Horace Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics.

Sauls earned his B.S. in Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines in 1975 and his Ph.D. in Physics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1980. He conducted postdoctoral research at Princeton University (1980–1983), NORDITA in Copenhagen, and the Helsinki University of Technology (1983–1984), before joining the Princeton University physics faculty (1983–1987). From 1987 to 2022, he was a member of the faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he most recently held the title of Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Physics.

His current research spans condensed matter physics, quantum field theory, and quantum information science and technology.

Justin Wilson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University, with a joint appointment at CCT. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 at the University of Maryland, College Park, followed by postdoctoral research at Caltech and at Rutgers University. He joined the LSU faculty in 2021. In 2023, he received an NSF CAREER award for his project “Active Feedback to Control Dynamic Quantum Phases.”

His research explores quantum materials, opening new pathways for advancements in quantum computing and other next-generation technologies.