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 computing, AI–hardware co-design, and experimental photonics.
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, a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.”
I am a PhD researcher in the Quantum Photonics group of Prof. Dirk R. Englund at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
My research focuses on quantum control protocols for efficient quantum computation. I also collaborate with Prof. Kaiming He on AI-based co-design of quantum hardware and quantum algorithms.
Explore my publications, projects, and notes to learn more about my work.
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)