People

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Bálint Koczor

Associate Professor in Quantum Information Theory

I have broad research interests in quantum computing and quantum information theory, and my research aims to tackle the central question in the field that “how can we achieve a robust quantum advantage”. I co-founded the conference series Seeking Quantum Advantage (SEEQA) to provide a platform for the community to evaluate and accelerate progress around this question.

I lead the Quantum Information, Computation and Cryptography group and we work on a broad spectrum of problems in quantum computing, from applications and algorithms through to quantum error correction. We work with experimentalists and with quantum companies to develop optimised platforms to best tailor quantum applications to hardware. This includes developing new and improved ways to deal with errors (error correction and mitigation techniques) in quantum computers while we also use classical supercomputers to squeeze out as much performance from quantum computers as possible. I also work closely with the London-based scale up Quantum Motion Technologies as a Lead Quantum Theorist.

My Erdős number is 4.

People

Postdoctoral Researchers

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Abhishek Rajput

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2025–)
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Armands Strikis

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2025–)
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Cameron Calcluth

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (externally funded, 2026–)

Affiliates

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Catherine Vollgraff Heidweiller

Visiting Fellow, Oxford Quantum Institute Academic Visitor (2026–)
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Chusei Kiumi

University of Osaka Academic Visitor (2024–)
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Bence Bakó

PhD candidate at Wigner Research Centre for Physics; co-supervised with Prof Zoltan Zimboras

DPhil Students

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Tenzan Araki

DPhil in the Department of Physics (2023–); co-supervised with Dr Joe Goodwin
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Zhu Sun

DPhil in the Department of Materials (2023–); co-supervised with Prof Simon Benjamin
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Po-Wei Huang

DPhil in the Mathematical Institute (2024–)
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Joshua Dai

DPhil in the Department of Materials (2024–); co-supervised with Prof Simon Benjamin
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Jona Erle

DPhil in the Mathematical Institute (2025–)
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Fredrik Hasselgren

DPhil in the Mathematical Institute (2025–)
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Oscar Scholin

DPhil in the Department of Physics (2025–); co-supervised with Prof Andrew Daley
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Tamás Vaszary

DPhil in the Mathematical Institute (2025–)
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Judd Katz

DPhil in the Mathematical Institute (2026–)

Past members

Quinten Eggerickx

Academic Visitor (2026); PhD candidate at Imec/KU Leuven/Ghent University

Matt Goh

DPhil (2020–2024); co-supervised with Prof Simon Benjamin

Gregory Boyd

DPhil (2020–2024); co-supervised with Prof Simon Benjamin

Wooseop Hwang

MSc thesis (2023–2024), Mathematical and Theoretical Physics

Nguyet Pham

MSc thesis (2023–2024), Mathematical and Theoretical Physics

Dr Jonathan Foldager

Research stay (2022), Recognised Student

Maximilian Lutz

MSc thesis (2020–2021), Mathematical and Theoretical Physics