Alicia Kollár

Alicia Kollár is the Chesapeake Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland, affiliated with the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) and Quantum Technology Center. She holds a B.A. from Princeton University (2010) and a Ph.D. from Stanford University (2016). Her research focuses on quantum simulation using superconducting circuits, particularly leveraging coplanar waveguide (CPW) lattices to explore hyperbolic geometries, gapped flat bands, and photon-mediated spin models. Her work bridges condensed matter physics, quantum optics, and topological systems, with applications in quantum error correction and novel quantum materials.

Key projects include creating artificial photonic materials in circuit QED, studying driven-dissipative systems, and developing experimental platforms for Floquet engineering. She has pioneered hyperbolic lattice designs enabling non-Euclidean quantum simulations and contributed to protocols for verifying quantum advantage. Her lab actively seeks postdocs and graduate students, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to quantum science and technology.

• Notable awards: NSF CAREER Award (2021), Princeton Materials Science Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017)
• Research groups: AMPED, JQI, Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS)
• Key collaborations: Andrew Houck (Princeton), JQI theorists

Recent breakthroughs include demonstrating autonomously stabilized Floquet states and proposing efficient quantum verification protocols. Her work has been featured in PRX Quantum, Physical Review A/X, and Nature Communications.