Quantum Theory Group



Group members

Open positions : Postdoctoral Fellows and prospective graduate students interested in working in the Quantum Theory Group are asked to contact Prof. Hawrylak directly. Young scientists from Germany may qualify for Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship . Please, for further inquires contact Prof. Pawel Hawrylak.



Dr. Pawel Hawrylak
Group Leader
Professor of Physics,
University Research Chair in Quantum Theory of Materials, Nanostructures and Devices

PhD, Condensed Matter Theory, University of Kentucky(1984).
Doctor Honoris Causa, Materials Science, University of Crete(2014).
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (2006).
Fellow, American Physical Society (1996).
Brockhouse Medal, Canadian Association of Physicists (2002).
Humboldt Research Prize, Humboldt Foundation, Germany(1999).
Honorary Professor, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland (2010).
Professor Titular of Physical Sciences”, President of Poland (2005).
member of Editorial Board, Solid State Communications, Elsevier
Contact Pawel
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Dr. Daniel Miravet
Research Associate
Electronic and optical properties of 2D materials
Quantum-inspired algorithms, Tensor Networks and Quantum Computing
Contact Daniel
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Dr. Guan-Hao Peng
Post Doctoral Fellow
Electronic and optical properties of 2D materials
Wannier tight-binding model
Twisted-light matter interaction
Contact Guan-Hao
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Dr. Iann Cunha
Post Doctoral Fellow
Quantum Information Transport
Hamiltonian Neural Network
Quantum Computing
Contact Iann
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Alina Wania Rodrigues
PhD student, University of Ottawa

Electronic and optical properties of 2D materials
Contact Alina
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Katarzyna Sadecka
Exchange PhD student, Wrocław University of Science and Technology / University of Ottawa

Electronic and optical properties of 2D materials
Contact Katarzyna
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Group Visitors



Dr. Marek Korkusinski
PhD, Condensed Matter Theory, University of Ottawa(2004)
Senior Research Officer, SDT, Emerging Technologies, NRC
Visiting scientist, University of Ottawa


QNANO – computational platform for the electronic and optical properties of million atom semiconductor and graphene nanostructures

Security and Disruptive Technologies
National Research Council of Canada
1200 Montreal Rd, Bldg. M50, Office 105
Contact Marek
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Dr. Maciej Bieniek
Postdoc, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland

Contact Maciej
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Dr. Lo, Ping-Yuan (羅炳蒝)
Independent Research Fellow, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University
Condensed Matter Theory
Contact Dr. Lo, Ping-Yuan
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Dr. Hassan Allami
Post Doctoral Fellow
Topological qubits in nano systems
Applied quantum computing
Contact Hassan
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Past Quantum Theory Group Members


  • Research Associates and Visiting Faculty
    • - Brandon van Zyl (2001), now Associate Professor at the St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia,
      bvanzyl@stfx.ca
    • - Jordan Kyriakidis (2001-2002), now Professor at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
      jordan.kyriakidis@dal.ca
    • - Shun-Jen Cheng (2002-2003), now Associate Professor at the National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan,
      sjcheng@mail.nctu.edu.tw
    • - Weidong Sheng (2003-2006), now Professor at the Fudan University, Shanghai,
      shengw@fudan.edu.cn
    • - Marian Florescu (2002-2003), now Assistant Professor at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom,
      florescu@surrey.ac.uk
    • - Ramin Abolfath (2003-2006), now Research Associate at Yale University, USA
      mohammad.Abolfath@YNHH.org
    • - Fanyao Qu (2004-2005), now Professor at the Brasilia University, Brasilia, Brasil,
      fanyao@fis.unb.br
    • - Marek Korkusinski (2004-2005), now Staff Member at the IMS NRC,
      marek.korkusinski@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
    • - Yun-Pil Shim (2006-2009), now Research Associate at LPS University of Maryland, USA
      yshim4@wisc.edu
    • - Michal Zielinski (2006-2009), now Assistant Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland,
      mzielin@fizyka.umk.pl
    • - Fernando Delgado (2006-2008), now Research Associate at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Braga, Portugal,
      ferrni33c@yahoo.es
    • - Evgueni Kadantsev (2008-2010), now software engineer, Industry, Ottawa
      ekadants@uottawa.ca
    • - Anand Sharma (2008-2010), now Research Associate, University of Frankfurt, Germany
      Anand.Sharma@uvm.edu
    • - Oleksandr Voznyy (2008-2010), now Principal Scientist, Computational Materials Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada,
      ovoznyy@gmail.com
    • - Devrim Guclu (2008-2012), now Associate Professor at the Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
      devrimguclu@iyte.edu.tr
    • - Alain Delgado Gran (2015-2018), now Senior Quantum Scientist at Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., Toronto, Canada,
      nanoalain@gmail.com
    • - Moritz Cygorek (2019-2020), now PDF, Herriot-Watt University
      mo_cygorek@gmx.de
    • - Brian Kennedy, President, Kennedy Labs Inc.
      brian.kennedy579@gmail.com
    • - Agnieskza Jamróz (2019), PhD Student, University of Warsaw
      agnieszka.jamroz@student.uw.edu.pl
    • -Amintor Dusko (2019-2021), now Quantum Software Devloper, Xanadu
      amintor.dusko@gmail.com
    • -A. Altintas (2020-2022)
    • - Ibsal Assi (2024-2025), Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
  • Graduate Students
    • - Ludmila Szulakowska - PhD (Ottawa), now Post Doctoral Fellow at University of British Columbia
    • - Arkadiusz Wojs - PhD 1996 (Wroclaw), now full Professor, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
    • - Luis A. Rego - PhD 1998 (Campinas), now Professor, Santa Catarina University, Florianopolis, Brazil
    • - Gustavo A. Narvaez - PhD 2000 (Campinas), now Patent Officer, Atlanta, USA
    • - Andreas Wensauer - PhD 2003 (Regensburg), now at Nuclear Energy Company, Ulm, Germany
    • - Marek Korkusinski - PhD 2004 (Ottawa), now Staff Member at the Quantum Theory Group, NRC
    • - Wojciech Dybalski, graduate student (2003-2004), now Group Leader, Emmy Noether Program, Zentrum fur Mathemtics, Technische Universität München, Germany.
    • - Irene Puerto Gimenez - PhD 2009 (La Laguna), now PDF at the European Astrophysics Institute, LaLaguna, Spain.
    • - Pawel Potasz - PhD 2012 (Wroclaw - Ottawa), now Assistant Professor, Wroclaw University of Technology.
    • - Kim Hsieh - PhD 2012 (Ottawa), now Research Associate, MIT-USingapore
    • - Anna Halina Trojnar - PhD 2013 (Ottawa), now Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Ottawa
    • - Milos Vladisavljevic - M.Sc 2014 (Ottawa)
    • - Isil Ozfidan - Ph.D. 2015 (Ottawa), now Postdoctoral Research at the University of Alberta.
    • - Nick Rogers - M.Sc. 2015 (Ottawa).
    • - Julien Thibert-Leduc - M.Sc. 2015 (Ottawa).
    • - Błażej Jaworowski –Exchange PhD student 2014 - 2019 2014-2019 (Wroclaw-Ottawa)- Scholarship National Science Center Poland - now PDF at MPI-PKS Dresden
    • - A. Dusko –PhD 2014 - 2017 (uRio de Janeiro-uOttawa)-1 year CAPES scholarship in Ottawa, now PDF, uFluminense, Rio de Janeiro.
    • - S. Mekonnen – PhD 2016 (visiting student, uAdisAbaba)-scholarship Ethiopian Government – now Asst.Prof. Arbaminch University Ethiopia.
    • - S. Getachev – PhD 2016 (visiting student, uAdisAbaba)-scholarship Ethiopian Government.
    • - W. Hadadi – Msc 2018
    • - David Gayowsky - M.Sc. 2022 (Ottawa), now Ph.D. student at the University of Ottawa with Isaac Tamblyn (CLEAN).
    • - Yasser Saleem - Ph.D. 2022 (Ottawa), now Post Doctoral Fellow at Universität Hamburg.
    • - Jacob Manalo - Ph.D. 2023 (Ottawa), now Quantum Engineer at Multiverse Computing in Toronto, Ontario.
    • - Mahan Ghafour Mohseni - Ph.D. 2023 (Ottawa), now Ph.D. student at the University of Ottawa with prof. S. Czischek.
    • - Benjamin Puzantian - M.Sc. 2023 (Ottawa), now Ph.D. student in Ionizing Radiation Health Science Division, Health Canada, Government of Canada.
    • - Matthew Albert - M.Sc. 2024 (Ottawa), now Ph.D. student at University of Toronto.
  • Undergraduate Students
    • P.Wilson, L.Lamoureux, J. Cieniak, S. Guindon, G. Greer, R. Cheriton, A.Rene, A. Forte, J. Thibert-Leduc, L. Najera Baldo, M-A. Geoffrion-Lockhead.



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