Quantum Control
Optimal and robust control of quantum systems: programmable quantum matter, high-fidelity gate sequences, scalable entanglement compilation, and reinforcement-learning-based scheduling for quantum processors and networks.
Pratyush Anand
Ph.D. Researcher, MIT EECS · Quantum Photonics Group
Quantum control, AI-driven co-design, and scalable quantum photonic systems.
News
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2026
Our paper Programmable Quantum Matter: Heralding Large Cluster States in Driven Inhomogeneous Spin Ensembles has been accepted in PRX Quantum. Read on arXiv
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Summer 2026
I will join IonQ as a summer intern, working on quantum error correction (QEC).
About
I am a Ph.D. researcher in the Quantum Photonics group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advised by Prof. Dirk R. Englund.
My research focuses on quantum control, programmable quantum matter, and spin-photon interfaces for scalable quantum information systems.
I also collaborate with Prof. Kaiming He on machine-learning methods for co-designing quantum hardware and algorithms under realistic noise and resource constraints.
This website highlights my publications, research notes, and selected projects.
Research Interests
Quantum Optics
Spin–photon and spin–optomechanical interfaces, microwave single-photon detection, quantum-dot and cavity QED systems, and experimental platforms for quantum communication and sensing.
Machine Learning
AI-based co-design of quantum hardware and algorithms, physics-informed neural networks for PDE simulation, and learning-driven control for large-scale quantum systems.
Education
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2024 – Present
Ph.D., EECS — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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2019 – 2022
M.Sc., Physics — ETH Zürich
- 2015 – 2019 B.Tech., Engineering Physics — IIT Madras
Research & Experience
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2024 – Present
Ph.D. Researcher — MIT Quantum Photonics (Englund Group)
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2024
AI Co-design Collaboration — MIT with Prof. Kaiming He
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2023 – 2024
Research Assistant — MIT & NVIDIA Omniverse
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2022 – 2023
Research Assistant — Niels Bohr Institute (Lodahl Group)
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2021 – 2022
Master's Thesis — Harvard University (Lukin Group)
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2020 – 2021
Semester & Research Projects — ETH Zürich (Esslinger & Degen Groups)
- 2019 Research Assistant — Harvard DUNE Neutrino Group
- 2018 CERN Summer Student — ATLAS Tile Calorimeter calibration
- 2017 Internship — NISER Bhubaneswar (experimental particle physics)
Recent Publications
- Pratyush Anand et al., Programmable Quantum Matter: Heralding Large Cluster States in Driven Inhomogeneous Spin Ensembles — arXiv:2509.02992 (2026, accepted PRX Quantum)
- H. Raniwala, Pratyush Anand et al., Spin-optomechanical cavity interfaces by deep subwavelength phonon-photon confinement — npj Quantum Information (2025)
- Pratyush Anand et al., Microwave single-photon detection using a hybrid spin-optomechanical quantum interface — npj Quantum Information (2025)
- L. Li, Pratyush Anand, K. He, D. Englund, Dynamic inhomogeneous quantum resource scheduling with reinforcement learning — arXiv:2405.16380 (2024)
Selected Highlights
- NVIDIA Academic Grant (2025)
- MIT Presidential Fellow (2024)
- CERN Summer Student Programme — India (2018)
- International Mathematics Olympiad Training Camp (2013)