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MC
Education
- B.S. California Institute of Technology, 2004
- Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011
- Assistant Professor of Physics
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Member of the Duke Quantum Center
Selected publications
- Miao Q, Wang T, Brown KR, Barthel T, Cetina M. Probing entanglement scaling across a quantum phase transition on a quantum computer. Nature Communications. 2026 Jul 27;
- Mueller N, Wang T, Katz O, Davoudi Z, Cetina M. Quantum computing universal thermalization dynamics in a (2u2009+u20091)D Lattice Gauge Theory. Nature communications. 2025 Jul;16(1):5492.
- Huang S, Brown KR, Cetina M. Comparing Shor and Steane error correction using the Bacon-Shor code. Science advances. 2024 Nov;10(45):eadp2008.
- Mueller N, Wang T, Katz O, Davoudi Z, Cetina M. Quantum Computing Universal Thermalization Dynamics in a (2+1)D Lattice Gauge Theory. 2024.
- Lewis L, Zhu D, Gheorghiu A, Noel C, Katz O, Harraz B, et al. Experimental implementation of an efficient test of quantumness. Physical Review A. 2024 Jan 1;109(1).
- Feng L, Katz O, Haack C, Maghrebi M, Gorshkov AV, Gong Z, et al. Continuous symmetry breaking in a trapped-ion spin chain. Nature. 2023 Nov;623(7988):713u20137.
- Seetharam K, Biswas D, Noel C, Risinger A, Zhu D, Katz O, et al. Digital quantum simulation of NMR experiments. Science advances. 2023 Nov;9(46):eadh2594.
- Zhu D, Kahanamoku-Meyer GD, Lewis L, Noel C, Katz O, Harraz B, et al. Interactive cryptographic proofs of quantumness using mid-circuit measurements. Nature Physics. 2023 Nov 1;19(11):1725u201331.
- Katz O, Feng L, Risinger A, Monroe C, Cetina M. Demonstration of three- and four-body interactions between trapped-ion spins. Nature Physics. 2023 Oct 1;19(10):1452u20138.
- Katz O, Cetina M, Monroe C. N-Body Interactions between Trapped Ion Qubits via Spin-Dependent Squeezing. Physical review letters. 2022 Aug;129(6):063603.
Data verified 9/6/2026Source