Areeq Hasan
Graduate Research Assistant
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolAreeq Hasan is a graduate research physicist at Stanford specializing in ultrafast and quantum optical probes of strongly correlated and topological quantum materials, with eight years of hands-on experience across atomic, condensed matter, and quantum information experiments. He designs and builds cutting-edge optics and laser systems—from synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillators to magneto-optical traps and spectroscopic locks—and couples that experimental expertise to theory linking quantum geometry, correlated order, and optical response. His work bridges diagnostics for nontrivial topology in solids and engineering effective photon-photon interactions to generate non-Gaussian photonic states for quantum nanophotonics. Past internships at IBM and research stints at Princeton and Harvard show a consistent thread of developing practical quantum hardware and protocols, including ytterbium tweezer arrays and multi-qubit error mitigation strategies. Based in Palo Alto, he combines lab-scale instrument building with a keen interest in quantum information theory, positioning him to translate foundational ideas into scalable quantum photonic technologies.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science & Engineering - BSE, Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), Bachelor of Science & Engineering - BSE, Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) at Princeton UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at The Lawrenceville SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied Physics at Stanford University
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Github Skills (18)
python10
source-sdk10
sdk10
quantum-computing10
quantum-programming-language10
qiskit10
graph6
random-access5
optimization5
chemistry4
rust4
graph-theory4
high-performance3
quantum-algorithms3
dag2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
areeq-hasan/georgsgame
Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:30 commits, 24 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
Nexus-Virtual-Events/nexus-website
Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
Contributions:120 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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