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Zhenyu Cai is an EPSRC Quantum Technologies Fellow and Principal Investigator at the University of Oxford, where his research centers on quantum error correction, error mitigation, and hardware-adapted implementations aimed at enabling resource-efficient and noise-robust pathways to scalable quantum computing. He previously held a Junior Research Fellowship at St John’s College from 2020 to 2024. Zhenyu completed his undergraduate studies at Cambridge and holds a DPhil from Oxford. He leads a £2.2 million EPSRC Fellowship, which includes £1.7 million in funding and £500,000 in industrial support, and he has secured additional grants totaling £1.3 million. He actively collaborates with industrial partners and is the lead inventor on four patents. Zhenyu serves on the organizing committee for the £3 million RoaRQ Programme and the SEEQA conference, contributing to UK-wide efforts to build robust and scalable quantum technologies.
University of Oxford • Oxford, GB
Leading research in quantum error correction and related fields.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.