Kelly Ann Pawlak, Ph.D.

Kelly Ann Pawlak, Ph.D. has an extensive work experience in the field of quantum computing. From 2012 to 2020, they held various research roles at Florida State University, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, and University of California, Santa Barbara. At Florida State University, they studied the stability and localization of Bose-Einstein Condensates in a random potential using a combination of field theoretic techniques and numerical approaches. At National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, they investigated unconventional superconductivity and short-ranged topological orders in 2D quadratic band crossing systems using a combination of theoretical and numerical techniques. At UC Santa Barbara, they developed lab courses, including remote experiences, online simulations for lower division and python-based MCMC statistical physics modeling for upper-division courses. Kelly Ann also directly managed teams of 3-4 graduate students per course, 2-3 courses per quarter, ensuring deadlines were met and high-quality education products were delivered. In addition, they published three highly cited papers related to unconventional superconductivity in novel strongly-correlated systems. Currently, they are working as a Quantum Applications Engineer at Atom Computing and a Quantum Applications Scientist at ColdQuanta.

Kelly Ann Pawlak, Ph.D. has a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics from UC Santa Barbara, which they obtained in 2020. Kelly Ann also has two Bachelor of Science (BS) degrees from Florida State University, one in Computational and Applied Mathematics (Honors) and one in Physics (Honors), which they obtained in 2014. Additionally, they have obtained a Google Project Management Professional Certificate from Google in March 2022, and a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (ICYB) from UC Santa Barbara in January 2022.