200+ quantum researchers at the University of Maryland; one of the largest concentrations in the world

30+ years of quantum research 

Key partners: U.S. Army Research Laboratory, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, NIST

Multiple start-up launches, including IonQ, partner of Samsung, Mubadala, Microsoft, and Amazon

Ronald Walsworth

Founding Director of the Quantum Technology Center (QTC)
Pioneer in Quantum Diamond Sensing 
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Christopher Monroe

QTC Fellow
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, IonQ
Distinguished University Professor 
National Quantum Initiative Advisory Board Member (NQIAC)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences
World's leading expert in ion trapping for quantum applications
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William (Bill) Phillips

Nobel Laureate in Physics 
Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) Fellow
Distinguished University Professor 
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Edo Waks

Associate Director of the QTC
JQI Fellow
NSF and APS Fellow
Leader in quantum information processing and quantum networks 
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Mohammad Hafezi

QTC and JQI Fellow
American Physical Society Fellow
Two-Time finalist of Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
2020 Simons Investigator
2020 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) award winner
Google Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) award winner (with Alireza Seif and Hwanmun Kim)
Pioneer in the fields of nanophotonics and quantum optics
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