Amy F. B.

Physics PhD candidate at USC; former Lead Quantum Solutions Engineer at Rigetti Quantum Computing

Los Angeles, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Physics PhD Candidate at University of Southern California
    Aug 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 11 mos

    I am a sixth-year Physics PhD candidate at USC studying Quantum Computing under Professor Daniel Lidar.

  • Feynman Quantum Academy Intern at NASA Ames Research Center
    May 2021 - Aug 2021 · 4 mos

    I was an intern in the USRA-NASA Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab (QuAIL) under Drs. Zhihui Wang and Stuart Hadfield working on QAOA.

  • Rigetti Computing (Berkeley, CA)
    • Lead Quantum Solutions Engineer
      Jun 2019 - Apr 2020 · 11 mos

    • Quantum Solutions Engineer
      Dec 2018 - Jun 2019 · 7 mos

    • Junior Quantum Engineer
      Aug 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

      I work on the Full Stack Quantum Engineering team providing feedback to the design and fabrication teams. I implement new bringup and retuning procedures for chips in regular turnarounds.

  • Physics Research Student at Harvey Mudd College
    May 2016 - Jul 2016 · 3 mos

    I was a research student on the Cosmic Bell: Quantum Quasar Team, partnered with Jet Propulsion Laboratories, at Harvey Mudd College. We sought to perform a two-channel test of Bell's Inequalities using causally-separated photons from distant quasars to address the measurement basis communication loophole, improving the required time for hidden variable correlation by over 20 orders of magnitude. I researched optomechanical components for our apparatus, and I designed and machined its light-tight enclosure. The team observed quasars and performed tests at JPL's Table Mountain Facility using their 1 meter telescope.

  • R&D Intern at Bloomberg L.P
    May 2015 - Aug 2015 · 4 mos

    I was a Software Development Intern on the Data Acquisition and Reporting Technology (DART) team within the Trading Solutions Enterprise Reporting department at Bloomberg. I developed a reporting appendix feature on the Bloomberg terminal and implemented my project full-stack. I unit tested all code with JUnit and Mockito and tested across all environments to production. I deployed code in bi-weekly rollouts and participated in bi-weekly Agile scrum meetings with the remainder of the team.