Aziza Suleymanzade is an Assistant Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley. Her group explores hybrid quantum systems that combine Rydberg atoms, superconducting circuits, and nanophotonics. Her research focuses on creating novel quantum interfaces and generating entanglement resources that link these platforms for quantum information processing, communication, and sensing.
Prior to joining Berkeley, Aziza was a postdoctoral scholar at Harvard University, working on silicon-vacancy-based quantum networks in diamond nanophotonic cavities. She earned her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago, where her dissertation on Rydberg cavity-QED in optical and superconducting cavities earned the 2023 Deborah Jin Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis. She received an undegraduate degree in Physics from Harvard University.
Recent Publications
Wei*, Y.-C., Stas*, P.-J., Suleymanzade*, A., Baranes*, G., Machado, F., Huan, Y. Q., Knaut, C. M., Ding, W. S., Merz, M., Knall, E. N., Yazlar, U., Sirotin, M., Wang, I. W., Machielse, B., Yelin, S. F., Borregaard, J., Park, H., Lončar, M., Lukin, M. D. “Universal distributed blind quantum computing with solid-state qubits.” Science 388.6746 (2025): 509-513
Lau, R. M., Ashok, A., Emms, J., Gies, D. R., Guha, S., Hartman, Z., McClinton, B., Monnier, J., Rajagopal, J. K., Richardson, J. G., Ridgway, S. T., Sanchez-Bermudez, J., Schaefer, G., Smith, B. J., Suleymanzade, A. “Charting quantum horizons to establish a roadmap for microsecond astronomy.” Nature Astronomy (2024)
Knaut*, C., Suleymanzade*, A., Wei*, Y., Assumpcao*, D., Stas*, P., Huan, Y., Machielse, B., Knall, E., Sutula, M., Baranes, G., Sinclair, N., De-Eknamkul, C., Levonian, D., Bhaskar, M., Park, H., Lončar, M., Lukin, M. “Entanglement of nanophotonic quantum memory nodes in a telecommunication network.” Nature (2024)
Kumar*, A., Suleymanzade*, A., Stone*, M., Taneja, L., Anferov, A., Schuster, D. and Simon, J. “Quantum-enabled millimeter wave to optical transduction using neutral atoms.” Nature 615.7953 (2023): 614-619
Stas*, P., Huan*, Y., Machielse*, B., Knall, E., Suleymanzade, A., Pingault, B., M., Sutula, Ding, S., Knaut, C., Assumpcao, D., Wei, Y., Bhaskar, M., Riedienger, R., Sukachev, D., Park, H., Loncar, M., Levonian, D., Lukin, M. “Robust multi-qubit quantum network node with integrated error detection.” Science, 378.6619 (2022): 557-560