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Hengyun (Harry) Zhou

Assistant Professor, [EE]

hyzhou@mit.edu

Office: 36-749

March 13, 2026

New photonic device efficiently beams light into free space

Light-emitting structures that curl off the chip surface could enable advanced displays, high-speed optical communications, and larger-scale quantum computers.

November 13, 2025

Leading quantum at an inflection point

The MIT Quantum Initiative is taking shape, leveraging quantum breakthroughs to drive the future of scientific and technological progress.

Thesis defense: Sarah Muschinske

Doctoral Thesis Title: Development of Superconducting Quantum Simulators using 2D Lattices of Transmon Qubits Presenter: Sarah Muschinske Presenter’s Affiliation (CSAIL, RLE, LIDS, MTL, etc.): RLE Thesis Supervisor(s): William D.

Thesis defense: Aziza Almanakly

Doctoral Thesis Title: Towards a Quantum Network with Waveguide Quantum ElectrodynamicsPresenter: Aziza AlmanaklyPresenter’s Affiliation: RLEThesis Supervisor: William D. Oliver Date: July 22, 2025 Time: 9 am Location: 3-270 Zoom

Thesis defense: Charles Yuan

Doctoral Thesis Title: Foundational Abstractions for Quantum ProgrammingPresenter: Charles YuanPresenter’s Affiliation: CSAILThesis Supervisor: Michael Carbin Date: July 16, 2025Time: 2 PMLocation: 32-G575 Interested attendees may contact me for

May 12, 2025

MIT engineers advance toward a fault-tolerant quantum computer

Researchers achieved a type of coupling between artificial atoms and photons that could enable readout and processing of quantum information in a few nanoseconds.

March 24, 2025

Device enables direct communication among multiple quantum processors

MIT researchers developed a photon-shuttling “interconnect” that can facilitate remote entanglement, a key step toward a practical quantum computer.

March 18, 2025

Department of EECS announces 2025 promotions and appointments

All promotions and appointments will take effect July 1, 2025.

February 6, 2025

Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in “magic-angle” graphene

By determining how readily electron pairs flow through this material, scientists have taken a big step toward understanding its remarkable properties.