Most days, I’m trying to take the strange rules of quantum mechanics and make them behave long enough to solve practical problems with code. I move between research, open-source development, and community work, with a particular interest in quantum algorithms and quantum information theory.
Here’s what I’ve been spending my time on lately:
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🔬 Research: Exploring how far we can push quantum annealing for real optimization problems. Right now, that means working on vehicle routing with time windows (CVRPTW) and experimenting with quantum and hybrid approaches for civil engineering layout design.
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💻 Open Source: Contributing to open-source quantum software, mainly
|toqito⟩andmqt-bench. I was a Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025 contributor with NumFOCUS, documenting and extending|toqito⟩. I’ve written about the experience here, including the parts where things break before they work. -
🌍 Community: I care a lot about making quantum feel less intimidating. I’m helping grow Girls in Quantum. particularly in Bangladesh, and creating spaces where people can start learning without feeling like they don’t belong.
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👩🏫 Teaching & Mentorship: I enjoy teaching quite a bit, especially the moment when something finally clicks. I’ve taught the fundamentals of Python programming through Stanford’s Code in Place and supported students in ThinkingBeyond’s BeyondQuantum program.
My friend told me that listening to Leonard Susskind’s quantum mechanics lectures while running on a treadmill is… oddly calming. I can’t say they were wrong.
