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Name Junwoo Jung
Label Physics Undergraduate
Email gguby@kaist.ac.kr
Url https://junwoojung0908.github.io
Summary Physics undergraduate at KAIST working on neutral-atom quantum computing and Rydberg-atom platforms.

Education

  • 2023.03 - Present
    B.S.
    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
    Physics
    • Quantum Information I/II
    • Scientific Computing
    • Statistical Mechanics
  • 2020.02 - 2023.02
    High School Diploma
    Korea Science Academy of KAIST (KSA)

Work

  • 2025.09 - Present
    Research Intern
    Quantum Computing Lab (Prof. Jaewook Ahn), KAIST
    • Deterministic error mitigation for Rydberg MIS experiments
    • TTS(r) scaling for analog optimization on QuEra Aquila
  • 2025.01 - 2025.08
    Research Intern
    Condensed Matter Theory Group (Prof. Gil Young Cho), KAIST
    • Subleading corrections to entanglement area laws and chiral central charge extraction in (2+1)D topological phases
  • 2024.08 - 2025.01
    Visiting Research Intern
    The inQlings (Prof. Nelly Ng), NTU Singapore
    • Quantum thermodynamics and resource theories: Thermal Operations vs. Gibbs-preserving covariant channels
  • 2024.04 - 2024.07
    Research Intern
    Complex Systems & Statistical Physics Lab (Prof. Hawoong Jeong), KAIST
    • Entanglement theory and catalytic transformations under LOCC-style constraints
  • 2023.09 - 2024.02
    Research Intern
    Quantum Matter Lab (Prof. Jae-yoon Choi), KAIST
    • Lab monitoring/analysis utilities and Python-based simulations
  • 2023.06 - 2023.09
    Research Intern
    Quantum Computing Lab (Prof. Jaewook Ahn), KAIST
    • Rydberg-atom graph constructions for QUBO mapping

Volunteer

  • 2025.12 - 2025.12
    Participant
    KIAS-SNU Physics Winter Camp 2025
    Intensive winter program in theoretical physics at Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) and Seoul National University.
  • 2024.01 - 2024.01
    Participant
    KAIST-MIT Quantum Winter School
    Joint winter school on quantum science and technology organized by KAIST and MIT.

Awards

  • 2025.08
    Second Place Presentation Award
    2025 CAMPUS Asia Joint Research Presentation
    Oral presentation: Exploring the Gap between Thermal Operations and Gibbs-Preserving Covariant Channels

Publications

Skills

Programming
Python
Julia
Mathematica
NumPy
SciPy
QuTiP
Research Areas
Quantum error mitigation
Resource theories
Neutral-atom platforms
Entanglement theory
Topological phases

Languages

Korean
Native
English
Fluent