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Daniel Lidar is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Chemistry at the University of Southern California (USC) and has a cross appointment in Physics. He received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1997. His professional journey includes a postdoctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley from 1997 to 2000 and subsequently joining the University of Toronto faculty as an Assistant Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, where he was promoted to Associate Professor. Currently, he leads the USC Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology. Lidar's research interests include quantum information processing, dynamics and control of open quantum systems, and the implementation of quantum computation via small quantum processors. He has been awarded multiple grants and honors for his contributions to the field, and has published extensively on topics such as quantum error correction and decoherence control. Lidar is recognized as a fellow of the American Physical Society and has served on various editorial boards and scientific committees throughout his career.
University of Southern California • Los Angeles, CA
Professor in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Chemistry.
University of Southern California • Los Angeles, CA
Associate Professor with a cross appointment in Physics.
University of Toronto • Toronto, Canada
Assistant Professor of Theoretical Chemistry with cross appointments in Physics and Mathematics.
Requires general GRE for all graduate degrees.