Awards
Recognition & honors
Proof pointsScholarships, hackathon podiums, and academic distinctions reinforcing the research work.
Global Industry Challenge – JPMorgan Chase (Winner)
Winner on the JPMorgan Chase track for the Johnson Graph Spectral Mixer QAOA design.
Global Industry Challenge – Wells Fargo (2nd Place)
Second place with a constant-depth, ancilla-free circuit for measurement-driven evolution on the Wells Fargo track.
Global Industry Challenge – World Bank (Finalist)
Finalist for a quantum-enhanced climate risk insurance model for Philippine cyclone scenarios.
Dean's List, School of Science
Top 10% in Fall 2023–24 with TGA of at least 3.7 across 12+ credits.
iQuHack – IonQ Remote Challenge (3rd Place)
Quantum Image Classifier: Fashion-MNIST using quantum transfer learning tuned for IonQ hardware.
QCHack - IBM Technical Challenge (2nd Place)
Ternary extrapolation of Grover's Algorithm for fast database search via Qiskit Pulse.
Entrance Scholarship for Academic Excellence
USD18,000 full-tuition entrance scholarship recognizing academic excellence.
Entrance Scholarship for Academic Excellence
HKUST — full entrance scholarship at matriculation; foundation for the BSc research track.
Qiskit Advocate (since 2021)
Global recognition for mentorship, curriculum design, and open-source quantum contributions.
Dean's List, School of Science
HKUST — top 10% in Fall 2023–24 with advanced quantum information and AMO coursework.
Recognition & honors
Scholarships, hackathon podiums, and academic distinctions reinforcing the research work.
Honors & credentials
Entrance Scholarship, Qiskit Advocate, and Dean's List signals.
Entrance Scholarship for Academic Excellence
ScholarshipHKUST — full entrance scholarship at matriculation; foundation for the BSc research track.
Qiskit Advocate (since 2021)
CommunityGlobal recognition for mentorship, curriculum design, and open-source quantum contributions.
Dean's List, School of Science
DistinctionHKUST — top 10% in Fall 2023–24 with advanced quantum information and AMO coursework.
Talks and recognition
Invited sessions, challenge podiums, and proof points for the research practice.
Talks
Conference sessions and invited sharing.
Robust state discrimination using a geometric gate
NANO KOREA 2022 Symposium
Presented geometric-gate state discrimination for superconducting qubits at NANO KOREA 2022.
Event pageEfficient production of Bose-Einstein Condensates of 168Er
APS DAMOP Meeting
Shared dipolar BEC production techniques enabling long-range interaction studies for ultracold erbium atoms.
Event pageAwards
Scholarships, hackathon podiums, and academic distinctions reinforcing the research work.
Global Industry Challenge – JPMorgan Chase (Winner)
Winner on the JPMorgan Chase track for the Johnson Graph Spectral Mixer QAOA design.
Global Industry Challenge – Wells Fargo (2nd Place)
Second place with a constant-depth, ancilla-free circuit for measurement-driven evolution on the Wells Fargo track.
Global Industry Challenge – World Bank (Finalist)
Finalist for a quantum-enhanced climate risk insurance model for Philippine cyclone scenarios.
Dean's List, School of Science
Top 10% in Fall 2023–24 with TGA of at least 3.7 across 12+ credits.
iQuHack – IonQ Remote Challenge (3rd Place)
Quantum Image Classifier: Fashion-MNIST using quantum transfer learning tuned for IonQ hardware.
QCHack - IBM Technical Challenge (2nd Place)
Ternary extrapolation of Grover's Algorithm for fast database search via Qiskit Pulse.
Entrance Scholarship for Academic Excellence
USD18,000 full-tuition entrance scholarship recognizing academic excellence.