Emily Edwards

About

Emily Edwards is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Duke Quantum Center. She is primarily interested in science communication and informal STEM education, with a focus on increasing adult and youth interest in and engagement with quantum information science and engineering topics and technology.

Education

• B.S. Appalachian State University, 2002
• M.S. University of Maryland, College Park, 2008
• Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, 2009
• Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Associate Director for Education and External Affairs in Duke Quantum Center
• Associate Research Professor in the Department of Physics
• Member of the Duke Quantum Center
• Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society

Selected publications

• Gonzalez-Maldonado D, Williams G, Edwards E, Harlow D, Franklin D. Quander: Student Conceptions of Quantum Concepts from a Gameworld. In: SIGCSE TS 2026 Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V 1. 2026. p. 421u20137.
• Gonzalez-Maldonado D, Edwards E, Franklin D. Introducing Quantum Computing to K-12 Teachers Through a Professional Development Workshop. In: SIGCSE TS 2026 Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V 1. 2026. p. 414u201320.
• Barnes E, Bennett MB, Boltasseva A, Borish V, Brown B, Carr LD, et al. Outcomes from a workshop on a national center for quantum education. EPJ Quantum Technology. 2025 Dec 1;12(1).
• Ghimire A, Kashyap JS, Edwards E, Franklin D, Singh C. Investigating high school and pre-high school teachersu2019 perceptions and experiences introducing quantum concepts: a survey of QuanTime and other quantum-related activities. EPJ Quantum Technology. 2025 Dec 1;12(1).
• Kapoor K, Hoseini S, Choi J, Nussbaum BE, Zhang Y, Shetty K, et al. Public quantum network: The first node. Applied Physics Letters. 2025 Feb 3;126(5).
• Barnes E, Bennett MB, Boltasseva A, Borish V, Brown B, Carr L, et al. Outcomes from a Workshop on a National Center for Quantum Education. 2024.
• Liu T, Gonzalez-Maldonado D, Harlow DB, Edwards EE, Franklin D. Qupcakery: A Puzzle Game that Introduces Quantum Gates to Young Learners. In: SIGCSE 2023 Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. 2023. p. 1143u20139.
• Asfaw A, Blais A, Brown KR, Candelaria J, Cantwell C, Carr LD, et al. Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program. IEEE Transactions on Education. 2022 May 1;65(2):220u201342.
• Islam R, Campbell WC, Choi T, Clark SM, Conover CWS, Debnath S, et al. Beat note stabilization of mode-locked lasers for quantum information processing. Optics Letters. 2014 Jun 1;39(11):3238u201341.
• Islam R, Senko C, Campbell WC, Korenblit S, Smith J, Lee A, et al. Emergence and frustration of magnetism with variable-range interactions in a quantum simulator. Science. 2013 Jan 1;340(6132):583u20137.