MathQuantum
Research fellowships in mathematics of quantum information
- Program name: MathQuantum
- Funding: $2.5M
- Website: mathquantum.umd.edu
- Duration: 2023 - present
- My involvement: 2023 - present
MathQuantum is a research fellows program funded by NSF’s RTG (Research Training Grants) that started in 2023 at UMD. We offer fellowships to high school students, undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs, making this a highly complex program to manage. The scientific focus is intentionally intersecting mathematics and quantum information science for mutual enhancement.
As co-PI, Director of Education, and Program Manager for MathQuantum, I lead and execute all program activities: advertisement, recruitment, admissions, event planning, progress tracking, assessment, budgeting, and reporting.
Some of my unique contributions:
- Developed the grant proposal that funded the program ($2,500,000)
- Design the program visual brand, along with recruitment flyers (samples below)
- Design and teach annual week-long workshop on societal implications of quantum computing
- Design and teach annual summer-long course on research proposal development
- Co-design and co-teach annual two-week quantum computing high school program
- Co-develop and co-facilitate team research seminar (RIT, Research Interaction Team)
- Provide one-on-one career planning consultations
- Track and support fellow program progress
- Assist with or delegate fellow payroll and travel logistics
- Monitor and project budget
- Co-develop, co-implement, and co-analyze assessment surveys, leading to program improvements
- Co-wrote journal article reporting on assessment data (under review)
Associated grants: