Resume

Juan Gonzalez De Mendoza

Education

• Ph.D. in Physics with a concentration in Quantum Information
  • The University of New Mexico
    2021 - Present
• Masters in Physics
  • The University of New Mexico
    2021 - 2023
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Physics
  • University of Texas at Austin
    2017 - 2021
  • Austin Community College
    2015 - 2017

Research Experience

• QCVV Methods at Sandia's Quantum Performance Lab
Advisors: Corey Ostrove, Robin Blume-Kohout Summer 2023 - Present

Research in quantum characterization, verification, and validation (QCVV), with a focus on gate set tomography, gauge-invariant noise models, and the characterization of logical operations in quantum error correction.

  • Develop automated model selection methods using first-order gauge-invariant (FOGI) parameters to identify physically meaningful errors in quantum gate sets.
  • Co-developed a perturbative framework for small Markovian errors that uses FOGI properties to parameterize gate sets without gauge freedom and extract approximately gauge-invariant error metrics. Gauge-invariant error theory.
  • Contributed to research introducing logical gate set tomography for characterizing noisy error-corrected operations. The work characterized a universal single-qubit logical gate set in the seven-qubit Steane code on Quantinuum H1, tested for coherent and non-Markovian logical errors, and used emulator-based error attribution to connect physical noise sources to logical errors. Logical gate set tomography.

Public Talks

Professional Experience

• Quantum Research Associate
Company: Quantum Computing Inc.
Manager: Dave Morris
June 2021 - Jan 2023

Founded "QUBT University", a program designed to provide our quantum software for free to students all over the U.S. facilitating the entry point into the quantum computing field for everyone.

• Software Engineer
Company: Cisco
Location: San Jose, CA
Manager: Jeff Klaas
Summer 2019

Improved my department's continous integration by automating device tests every time a developer modified code in the repository corresponding to such device.

Professional Affiliations

• Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Association
Communications Officer, Technology Officer, and President. At The University of New Mexico
2022 - 2025

Served as Communications Officer, Technology Officer, and President of the Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Association, supporting professional and social opportunities for graduate students. Organized community events and prepared organizational emails and newsletters.

• Robotics & Automation Society at The University of Texas at Austin 2018

Participated in the annual Robotathon sumo competition, where me and a partner had to build a fully automated robot from scratch. Each robot would fight one adversary at a time, while the goal was to stay inside the circle. Our robot can be depicted in the video below in white and blue.

• Texas Transfer Students at The University of Texas at Austin 2017 - 2018

Mentored incoming transfer students to help them with the transition to a bigger university. TTS is a student organization dedicated to cater to the social and academic needs of all transfer students at UT.

Awards

• Cisco's Supply Chain case competition 1st place

Built a Python GUI tool for managers in Cisco to track their suppliers and alert them of any customizable relevant events that may affect Cisco's supply chain.

Cisco Award • Best sensing and Control at RAS robotathon sumo competition

This was awarded to the team that had the most precise and efficient sensing and control.

RAS Robothon Award

Contact

The best way to reach me is via email at juangmendozap@outlook.com.