MathQuantum | Daniel Serrano

Program name: MathQuantum
Funding: $2.5M
Website: www.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.

Here is a subset of key contributions:

Developed the grant proposal that funded the program ($2,500,000)
Design the program visual brand, along with recruitment flyers and event banners (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:

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References

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