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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
2020 Larry S. Davis Doctoral Dissertation Award; 2019 Google PhD Fellowship in quantum computing; 2022 Reviewer of the Year Award from npj Quantum Information.
Research Experience
Senior Research Scientist, Amazon, Oct 2025 – Present, Pasadena, California; Senior Researcher, Microsoft, Jun 2022 – Oct 2025, Redmond, Washington; Research Scientist, Google, Apr 2021 – Jun 2022, Venice, California; Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate, Caltech, Jul 2020 – Apr 2021, Pasadena, California; Research Intern, Google, May 2019 – Aug 2019, Venice, California; Research Intern, Microsoft, May 2018 – Aug 2018, Redmond, Washington; Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, Aug 2016 – Dec 2016, College Park, Maryland; Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland, Aug 2015 – May 2020, College Park, Maryland; Teaching Assistant, Peking University, Sep 2013 – Jan 2015, Beijing, China.
Education
PhD in Computer Science, 2020, University of Maryland, Advisor: Andrew Childs; MSc in Applied Mathematics, 2015, Peking University; BEng in Computer Science, 2012, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
Background
Interests: Quantum algorithms, Quantum simulation, Quantum computing. Biography: Yuan Su is a Senior Research Scientist at the AWS Center for Quantum Computing. He studies the theoretical side of quantum simulation, with the goal of understanding and optimizing the performance of quantum algorithms for simulating quantum physics.