quantum simulation

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate for a fully-funded interdisciplinary PhD position between quantum computing, condensed matter physics and quantum chemistry, starting in either spring or fall 2026, at Université de Montréal (UdeM), in the vibrant city of Montréal in Québec, Canada!

Supervisors: Prof Michel Côté (Physics), Prof Matthias Ernzerhof (Chemistry) and Prof Hlér Kristjánsson (Computer Science) at the University of Montréal and Mila – Québec AI Institute

Collaboration with Dr Simon Verret, quantum developer at Université de Sherbrooke

We are seeking a highly motivated student with a Master's Degree in Physics, Quantum Engineering, Quantum Information Science (or related fields) to join the Quantum Information and Matter Group at Saarland University headed by Prof. Peter P. Orth. Our group is part of the recently established Quantum Technology Center (QuTe) at Saarland University—a dynamic, interdisciplinary research hub uniting expertise in computer science, mathematics, engineering, chemistry, and physics. Through our close partnership with the Helmholtz Forschungszentrum Jülich, we offer unique opportunities for joint projects, networking, and access to cutting-edge HPC and quantum computing resources. The successful candidate will conduct research at the interface of quantum information science and physics.

Specific research directions include: Quantum algorithms for simulating quantum field theories, interacting many-body systems, and combinatorial optimization. The implementation and end-to-end resource cost estimations of these algorithms on current and near-term early fault-tolerant quantum hardware. Development and application of quantum error mitigation and quantum error correction techniques. Join us to shape the future of quantum!

The official job ad can be found here: https://www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/upload/verwaltung/stellen/Wissensc...

Berkeley Lab’s Applied Math and Computational Research Division has an opening in the Quantum Information Science and Technology Group for a Post-doctoral Scholar.

The Department of Physics at Virginia Tech invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join Professor Vito Scarola’s research group in the field of quantum information theory, with a focus on measurement-based quantum computing (MBQC). This position is part of a research program aimed at developing new quantum algorithms and protocols. The successful candidate will contribute to the design and optimization of MBQC protocols using entangled resource states, such as graph states, with applications to quantum simulation of electronic structure problems.

The first implementations of quantum error correction are already emerging, but full-scale fault-tolerant quantum computation remains ahead. In addition to hardware advances, significant progress can be achieved through the codesign of quantum error-correcting codes, quantum algorithms (particularly for quantum simulation of condensed-matter systems), and quantum hardware. This will form the context of the PhD position.

Your PhD project will be part of an interdisciplinary research project bridging theoretical physics and theoretical computer science.
In the course of this, you will work on

• implementing efficient simulators for continuous and discrete variable systems with noise based on Gaussian/stabilizer decompositions
• quantum error mitigation and correction for continuous variable systems
• evaluating and rigorously define the computational power of continuous variable systems

PhD Scholarship: Quantum machine learning, optimisation and simulation for Defence applications with Defence Science and Technology Group and UTS (Future Leaders in Quantum Computing Program).

This PhD Scholarship offers a generous stipend of A$41,753 per year (2025 rate) for up to 4 years. Open to domestic and international students.

At Quantic group (Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain), we develop quantum computational techniques, software and algorithmic solutions that require quantum computers or quantum emulators. We exploit all the scientific tools at our disposal, including HPC, quantum processors and hardware, and AI techniques. We currently host a digital quantum computer, and we are in the process of installing a quantum annealer, both based on superconducting circuits technology, installed on-site and integrated with our supercomputer MareNostrum5.