Math & Physical Sciences

Hong Joo Ryoo is a UC Berkeley alum, having completed a quadruple major in Math, Physics, Philosophy and Cognitive Science in 3.5 years. He is currently pursuing a dual graduate degree at Johns Hopkins University, working toward a PhD in Physics and a Masters in Philosophy as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow. At Berkeley, he was a recipient of the SURF and Rose Hills Fellowships, and was also a member of the Arts & Humanities Dean's Leadership Team. His work centers an interdisciplinary approach, situated at an intersection between physical and philosophical...

UC Berkeley has launched one of its first major partnerships in the fast-growing quantum computing industry, joining forces with Switzerland-based company YQuantum to advance cryogenic hardware essential to next-generation quantum computers.

YQuantum builds cutting-edge cryogenic components — hardware that can operate at very cold temperatures, sometimes approaching a few thousandths of a degree Kelvin above absolute zero — that are tailored for quantum computing. Quantum computing represents a fundamental shift from classical computing, potentially solving problems that today’s...

Behind the scenes of NSF’s CIQC is a powerful story of workforce development: mathematicians without any prior exposure to quantum science are emerging as leaders in a rapidly expanding field, thanks to a training model that’s both rigorous and deeply interdisciplinary.

“I had never worked on quantum computation before 2019,” says Lin Lin,...

This article originally appeared on the UC Berkeley Physics website on May 30, 2025.

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