Chetan Nayak

Chetan Nayak
Born
Chetan Nayak

New York City, NY, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Known for
  • Quantum computing
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum computing, Computer Science
InstitutionsMicrosoft
Thesis Theories of the half-filled Landau level [3]  (1996)
Doctoral advisorFrank Anthony Wilczek [3]

Chetan Nayak (born 1971) is an American physicist and computer scientist specializing in quantum computing. He is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a technical fellow and distinguished engineer on the Microsoft Azure Quantum hardware team.[4] He joined Microsoft in 2005 and became director and general manager of Quantum Hardware at Microsoft Station Q at Microsoft Research in 2014.[5][6][7]

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