AJ Rasmusson
Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolAJ Rasmusson is an assistant professor and experimental quantum information scientist with a decade of experience building and benchmarking trapped-ion systems for quantum simulation and sensing. He combines hands-on ion-trap hardware work—from cooling and thermometry to 2D crystals—with open-source software and community-facing efforts like running IBM’s Open Science Prize and serving on Unitary Fund’s benchmarking committee. His trajectory spans NIST postdoctoral discovery science and a PhD from Indiana University under Phil Richerme, reflecting deep expertise in Yb+ ion experiments and error characterization. Based in Provo, UT, he blends academic teaching and mentorship with practical engineering of quantum hardware, and is known for translating complex lab techniques into accessible open-source tools and benchmarks.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at Indiana University BloomingtonBachelor’s Degree, Physics, Bachelor’s Degree, Physics at Brigham Young University
English
Stackoverflow
131reputation
829reached
1answer
1question
Github Skills (32)
python10
sdk10
quantum-computing10
qiskit10
jupyter9
source-sdk9
quantum-programming-language9
science6
physics6
curve-fitting6
pcov6
scipy-optimize6
quantum-algorithms6
jupyter-notebook5
algorithm5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
chipuha/StockMarket
Sep 2018 - Feb 2020
Contributions:105 commits, 88 pushes in 1 year 5 months
ajrazander/random-science
Oct 2019 - Jul 2022
Contributions:89 commits, 89 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
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