Christopher Kang
Short Bio
I’m Chris, a second-year CS PhD student at the University of Chicago advised by Fred Chong. My research interests are best described as quantum architectures for Hamiltonian simulation. I aim to design algorithms and platforms which can run transformational simulations in materials science and chemistry.
I attained a BS at the University of Washington in Computer Science and Economics, where I was advised by Paul Beame (UW), Karol Kowalski (PNNL), Sriram Krishnamoorthy (PNNL), and Nathan Wiebe (UToronto).
Additionally…
Service
- ACM US Tech Policy Council (2021-)
- Q++ - LGBTQ @ UW CSE (2018-2022)
- UW CSE Diversity Committee (2019-2022)
- SAC (2018-2021; served as Chair/Co-Chair over two years)
- Dawgbytes - K12 Outreach @ UW CSE (2019-2020)
Awards
I have been graciously supported by UW’s departments / schools in Mathematics, Economics, and Computer Science:
- Hellmut Golde Endowed Scholarship, UW CSE (2021)
- George and Pearl Corkery Scholarship in Economics (2021)
- Top Honors Calculus Student (2019)
- 1% Interdisciplinary Honors Student (2018)
- Theta Chi Helping Hand Award (2018)