Session Descriptions and Chairs
Conference Sessions Overview
The conference features five main sessions. Detailed session descriptions will be shared soon.
| Session | Session Chairs |
| Session I: Quantum Networking | Yanbao Zhang (ORNL) / Joe Lukens (Purdue) / Mariam Kiran (ORNL) |
| Session II: Quantum Advantage for National Security | Craig Moss (ORNL) / Mike Hayduk (DR-V, DAF) |
| Session III: Quantum Computing | Daniel Claudino (ORNL) / Lex Kemper (NCSU) / Ashlyn Burch (ORNL) |
| Session IV: Quantum Sensing | Josh Damron (ORNL) / Haocun Yu (UTK) / Katyayani Seal (Single Quantum) |
| Session V: Quantum Materials | Matt Brahlek (ORNL) / Joon Sue Lee (UTK) / Nitin Samarth (Penn State Univ) |
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Matt Brahlek PhD
R&D Staff Scientist, Physical Sciences DirectorateOak Ridge National Laboratory
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Ashlyn Burch PhD
Research Scientist, Computing & Computational Sciences DirectorateOak Ridge National Laboratory
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Daniel Claudino PhD
Research Scientist, Computing & Computational Sciences DirectorateOak Ridge National Laboratory
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Josh Damron PhD
R&D Staff Member, Physical Sciences DirectorateOak Ridge National Laboratory
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Michael Hayduk PhD
Deputy Director, Information DirectorateAir Force Research Laboratory
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Lex Kemper PhD
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Associate Dean for Research, College of SciencesNorth Carolina State University
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Mariam Kiran PhD
Computer Networking and AI Scientist and currently serves as the Group Lead to ORNL’s Quantum Networking and Communications GroupOak Ridge National Laboratory
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Joon Sue Lee PhD
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Joseph M. Lukens PhD
Associate Professor, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer EngineeringPurdue University
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Craig Moss
Director, National Security Program Office, National Security Sciences DirectorateOak Ridge National Laboratory
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Nitin Samarth PhD
Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics and Professor of Materials Science & EngineeringPennsylvania State University
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Katyayani Seal PhD
Vice President Innovation and Marketing Single Quantum USA
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Haocun Yu PhD
Assistant Professor, Physics & AstronomyUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Yanbao Zhang PhD
Research Scientist, Computing & Computational Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge National Laboratory