My name is Shayan Majidy and I am an incoming Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University. I am currently a Vanier Scholar at the University of Waterloo and a resident PhD student at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.

My research is centred on the dynamics of quantum information—specifically, on how non-classical properties of information are generated, harnessed, or lost and the physical consequences that ensue in the domains of quantum many-body physics, quantum computing, and quantum thermodynamics.

I co-authored a textbook, Building Quantum Computers, which explains the physics underlying various quantum computing hardware.

Education & Academic Postions

Postdoctoral Fellow
Princeton University
2024-Current

Ph.D in Physics
University of Waterloo
2019-2024

M.Sc. in Physics
University of Waterloo
2018-2019

B.Sc. in Theoretical Physics
University of Guelph
2011-2015

Publications

1. Building Quantum Computers: A Practical Introduction
   Shayan Majidy, Christopher Wilson, Raymond Laflamme
   Cambridge University Press (2024). [Available for purchase September 2024]

2. Noncommuting conserved charges in quantum thermodynamics and beyond
   Shayan Majidy, William F Braasch Jr, Aleksander Lasek, Twesh Upadhyaya, Amir Kalev, Nicole Yunger Halpern
   Nature Reviews Physics (2023). [arXiv pdf]

3. A unification of the coding theory and OAQEC perspectives on hybrid codes
   Shayan Majidy
   International Journal of Theoretical Physics (2023). [arXiv pdf]

4. Critical phase and spin sharpening in SU (2)-symmetric monitored quantum circuits
   Shayan Majidy, Utkarsh Agrawal, Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Andrew C Potter, Romain Vasseur, Nicole Yunger Halpern
   Physical Review B (2023). [arXiv pdf]

5. Non-Abelian symmetry can increase entanglement entropy
   Shayan Majidy, Aleksander Lasek, David A Huse, Nicole Yunger Halpern
   Physical Review B (2023). [arXiv pdf]

6. How to build Hamiltonians that transport noncommuting charges in quantum thermodynamics
   Nicole Yunger Halpern, Shayan Majidy
   npj Quantum Information (2022). [arXiv pdf]

7. Detecting violations of macrorealism when the original Leggett-Garg inequalities are satisfied
   Shayan Majidy, Jonathan J Halliwell, Raymond Laflamme
   Physical Review A (2021). [arXiv pdf]

8. Exploration of an augmented set of Leggett-Garg inequalities using a noninvasive continuous-in-time velocity measurement
   Shayan Majidy, Hemant Katiyar, Galit Anikeeva, Jonathan Halliwell, Raymond Laflamme
   Physical Review A (2019). [arXiv pdf]