Ivan Kassal

Ph.D. Student
Program in Chemical Physics
Harvard University

12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
Office: M 110
Tel: (617) 495-9676
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Interests

• Quantum computing
• Quantum simulation
• Quantum chemistry

Education

BS, Chemistry, with Honors and University Distinction, Stanford University, 2006
BA, Philosophy, with University Distinction, Stanford University, 2006

Publications

• Ivan Kassal, Alán Aspuru-Guzik
  Quantum Algorithm for Molecular Properties and Geometry Optimization
  J. Chem. Phys. 131 (2009) 224102. Also at arxiv:0908.1921. PDF.

• Benjamin P. Lanyon, James D. Whitfield, Geoff G. Gillet, Michael E. Goggin, Marcelo P. Almeida, Ivan Kassal, Jacob D. Biamonte, Masoud Mohseni, Ben J. Powell, Marco Barbieri, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Andrew G. White
  Towards quantum chemistry on a quantum computer
  Nat. Chem., accepted. Preprint at arxiv:0905.0887.

• Nicholas J. Ward, Ivan Kassal, Alán Aspuru-Guzik
  Preparation of many-body states for quantum simulation
  J. Chem. Phys. 130 (2009) 194105. Also at arxiv:0812.2681. PDF.

• Patrick Rebentrost, Masoud Mohseni, Ivan Kassal, Seth Lloyd, Alán Aspuru-Guzik
  Environment-assisted quantum transport
  New J. Phys. 11 (2009) 033003. Also at arxiv:0807.0929. PDF.

• Ivan Kassal, Stephen Jordan, Peter Love, Masoud Mohseni, Alán Aspuru-Guzik
  Polynomial-time quantum algorithm for the simulation of chemical dynamics
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 105 (2008) 18681. Also at arxiv:0801.2986. PDF.

• Katherine Eremin, Jens Stenger, Jo-Fan Huang, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Theodore Betley, Leslie Vogt, Ivan Kassal, Scott Speakman, Narayan Khandekar
  Examination of pigments on Thai manuscripts: the first identification of copper citrate
  J. Raman Spectrosc. 39 (2008) 1057. PDF.