Professor Dr. Aziza Suleymanzade

Biography

Aziza Suleymanzade is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research group explores hybrid quantum systems that combine Rydberg atoms, superconducting circuits, and nanophotonics, focusing on creating novel quantum interfaces to generate entanglement resources. She aims to develop platforms for quantum information processing, communication, and sensing. Prior to joining Berkeley, Aziza was a postdoctoral scholar at Harvard University, where she worked on silicon-vacancy-based quantum networks in diamond nanophotonic cavities. She earned her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago, where her dissertation focused on Rydberg cavity-QED in optical superconducting cavities. Aziza was awarded the 2023 Deborah Jin Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis and holds an undergraduate degree in Physics from Harvard University.

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