
Jacob Marks
Ph.D. Student in Physics, admitted Autumn 2017
Bio
Stanford Physics PhD candidate in Tom Devereaux's lab (Co-Advised by Xiaoliang Qi) conducting research in quantum information and quantum phases of matter.
Previously Quantum @ Google X, Algorithms Research at Samsung Think Tank Team (TTT), Research Fellow @ Wolfram Research, Research @ Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) under Michele Mosca, Research @ Yale Quantum Institute (YQI) under Liang Jiang.
BS '17 Yale, Cum Laude in Intensive Physics, and Mathematics & Philosophy, with distinction in both majors.
Honors & Awards
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Cum Laude, Yale University (2017)
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Howard L. Schultz Award, Department of Physics, Yale University (2017)
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Honorable Mention, Goldwater Foundation (2016)
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Richter Fellow, Yale University (2016)
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Undergraduate Research Award, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo (2016)
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Silver Medal, International University Physics Competition (2015)
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Tetelman Research Fellow, Yale University (2014)
Education & Certifications
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B.S., Yale University, Intensive Physics, Mathematics and Philosophy (2017)
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Computing, Condensed Matter Theory and Machine Learning.
Work Experience
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Quantum Resident @ X, the Moonshot Factory, X, the Moonshot Factory (August 26, 2019 - Present)
Location
Mountainview, CA
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Algorithms R&D @ Wolfram Research, Wolfram Research
Location
Urbana-champagne, IL
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Algorithms Research, Samsung Think Tank Team (TTT) (5/26/2020 - 12/18/2020)
Location
Mountain View, CA
All Publications
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Correlation-Assisted Quantized Charge Pumping
Physical Review B
2021; 103 (3): 035112
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.035112
- Gauge invariance of light-matter interactions in first-principle tight-binding models ArXiV 2021
- Dynamical signatures of symmetry protected topology following symmetry breaking ArXiV 2021
- Quantum Hamiltonian-Based Models and the Variational Quantum Thermalizer Algorithm ArXiv 2019
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Comparison of memory thresholds for planar qudit geometries
New Journal of Physics
2017; 19 (113001-119502)
View details for DOI 10.1088/1367-2630/aa939a