Morten Kjaergaard
Associate Professor
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolMorten Kjaergaard is an Associate Professor and principal investigator of the Superconducting Quantum Information & Devices (SQUID) Lab at the Niels Bohr Institute, specializing in experimental quantum information and superconducting quantum computing. With nine years of research experience including a postdoc at MIT’s RLE, he blends hands-on device engineering with theory-driven calibration, verification and hardware-efficient algorithm work. He has led projects spanning Majorana hybrid devices to high-fidelity superconducting qubit operations, and maintains an active role advising industry as a Senior Scientific Expert at Kvantify. A seasoned educator and public communicator, he has taught at MIT and Copenhagen and enjoys translating deep quantum-computing concepts for broader audiences. Notably, his profile reflects practical expertise across the full experimental stack—from device materials and cryogenic platforms to control software and benchmarking methods.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Experimental quantum physics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Experimental quantum physics at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen
Github Skills (12)
driver10
windows7
quantum-mechanics7
linux7
quantum-computing6
macos6
javascript6
python6
qutip6
electron5
editor4
text-editor4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mortenkjaergaard/Drivers
Jul 2018 - Jan 2020
Instrument drivers for Labber
Contributions:29 PRs, 19 pushes in 1 year 6 months
drivers
QMIT/qcircPruner
Dec 2016 - Apr 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
circuitqutipparser
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