Draper Quantum Fellowship
The Draper Fellowship in Quantum was established in 2025 between Draper and the MIT Center for Quantum Engineering (CQE) to support MIT graduate students conducting research in quantum science and technology. Fellows pursue research aligned with the shared interests of MIT and Draper, including quantum sensing, atomic physics, quantum control, algorithms, and information processing. In addition to their MIT faculty advisor, fellows are assigned a Draper co-advisor who facilitates engagement with Draper researchers and their facilities, building connections between academic research and real-world applications.
2026 Draper-CQE Fellows
Richard Allen — Physics
MIT Faculty Advisors: Soonwon Choi and Aram Harrow
Draper Advisor: Julie Park
Research: Developing quantum-computing-enhanced sensing protocols and algorithms for advanced quantum sensing and device benchmarking.
Jac Maier — Physics
MIT Faculty Advisor: Nuh Gedik
Draper Advisor: Jon Rameau
Research: Developing next-generation quantum sensing approaches using quantum-enhanced protocols for detecting and characterizing signals.
Reed Foster — EECS
MIT Faculty Advisor: Karl Berggren
Draper Advisor: TBD
Research: Developing superconducting nanowire electronics for quantum computing, sensing, and low-power photon detection.
Maggie Marte — EECS
MIT Faculty Advisor: William Oliver
Draper Advisor: Peter Brown
Research: Developing nonadiabatic control techniques and error-detection methods for superconducting qubits to advance quantum error correction.
2025 Draper-CQE Fellows
Zachary Chin — Physics
MIT Faculty Advisor: Isaac Chuang
Draper Advisor: Stephen Sirisky
Research: Advancing quantum sensing through quantum trajectory sensing and quantum algorithms for chemistry applications.
Franklin Wei — EECS
MIT Faculty Advisor: Kevin O’Brien
Draper Advisor: Susannah Dickerson
Research: Modeling, characterizing, and mitigating quantum noise in quantum-limited amplifiers, with applications of AI and machine learning to quantum device design.
Hudson Loughlin — Physics
MIT Faculty Advisor: Nergis Mavalvala
Draper Advisor: Justin Brown
Research: Using squeezed states of light to enable precision measurement, quantum information systems, and advanced optical sensing.
Alexander Ungar — EECS
MIT Faculty Advisor: Paola Cappellaro
Draper Advisor: Hannah Clevenson
Research: Developing multi-spin quantum sensing capabilities and novel control protocols for identifying electro-nuclear spin networks.