Lorenza Viola
Professor
Appointments
James Frank Family Professor of Physics
Area of Expertise
Quantum information processing ,
open and many-body quantum systems,
quantum control and estimation,
entanglement ,
quantum statistical mechanics,
topological quantum matter
Biography
Lorenza Viola is a theoretical physicist specializing in quantum information science. Following a Laurea (Master) degree in Physics from the University of Trento, Italy (1991), and a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the University of Padua, Italy (1996), she has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a J. R. Oppenheimer Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She joined Dartmouth College as an Associate Professor in 2004. She has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2014.
Education
M.S. Physics, Summa Cum Laude, University of Trento, Italy
Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, University of Padua, Italy
Taught Courses
Publications
J. S. Salcedo-Gallo, M. Burgelman, V. P. Flynn, A. Carney, M. Hamdan, T. Gerg, D. Smallwood, L. Viola, and M. Fitzpatrick, "Experimental realization of a tunable non-Hermitian, nonlinear microwave dimer," Nature Communications 16, 7193 (2025).
T. Grigoletto, Y. Tao, F. Ticozzi, and L. Viola, "Model reduction for continuous-time open quantum dynamics," Quantum 9, 1814 (2025).
M. Burgelman, N. Wonglakhon, D. Bernal-Garcia, G. A. Paz-Silva, and L. Viola, "Limitations to gate-error virtualization from temporally correlated nonclassical noise," Physical Review X Quantum 6, 010323 (2025).
M. Ughrelidze, V. P. Flynn, E. Cobanera, and L. Viola, "The interplay of finite and infinite size stability in quadratic bosonic Lindbladians," Physical Review A 110, 032207 (2024).
M. Q. Khan, L. M. Norris, W. Dong, and L. Viola, "Multi-axis quantum noise spectroscopy robust to state preparation and measurement errors," Physical Review Applied 22, 024074 (2024). Selected as Editors' Suggestion.
F. Riberi, G. A. Paz-Silva, and L. Viola, "Nearly Heisenberg-limited noise-unbiased frequency estimation by tailored sensor design," Physical Review A 108, 042419 (2023). Selected as Editors' Suggestion.
V. P. Flynn, E. Cobanera, and L. Viola, "Topological boundary modes and edge symmetries of metastable Markovian bosonic systems," Physical Review B 108, 214312 (2023).
V. P. Flynn, E. Cobanera, and L. Viola, ''Topology by dissipation: Majorana bosons in metastable quadratic Markovian dynamics,'' Physical Review Letters 127, 245701 (2021).
T. Chalermpusitarak, B. Tonekaboni, Y. Wang, L. M. Norris, L. Viola, and G. A. Paz-Silva, ''Frame-based filter-function formalism for quantum characterization and control,'' Physical Review X Quantum 2, 030315/1 (2021).
U. von Luepke, Y. Sung, F. Yan, F. Beaudoin, L. M. Norris, S. Gustavsson, L. Viola, and W. D. Oliver, "Two-qubit spectroscopy of spatio-temporally correlated quantum noise in superconducting qubits,'' Physical Review X Quantum 1, 010305 (2020).
Y. Sung, F. Beaudoin, L. M. Norris, F. Yan, D. M. Kim, J. Y. Qiu, U. von Luepke, J. L. Yoder, T. P. Orlando, S. Gustavsson, L. Viola, and W. D. Oliver, "Non-Gaussian noise spectroscopy with a superconducting qubit sensor,'' Nature Communications 10, 3715 (2019).
V. M. Frey, S. Mavadia, L. M. Norris, W. de Ferranti, D. G. Lucarelli, L. Viola, and M. J. Biercuk, "Application of optimal band-limited control protocols to quantum noise sensing,'' Nature Communications 8, 2189 (2017).
A. Alase, E. Cobanera, G. Ortiz, and L. Viola, "Generalization of Bloch's theorem for arbitrary boundary conditions: Theory,'' Physical Review B 96, 195133 (2017). Selected as Editors' Suggestion.
L. M. Norris, G. A. Paz-Silva, and L. Viola, "Qubit noise spectroscopy for non-Gaussian dephasing environments,'' Physical Review Letters 116, 150503 (2016).
G. A. Paz-Silva and L. Viola, "General transfer-function approach to noise filtering in open-loop quantum control," Physical Review Letters 113, 250501 (2014).
K. Khodjasteh, T. J. Green, J. Sastrawan, D. Hayes, M. J. Biercuk, and L. Viola, "Designing a practical high-fidelity long-time quantum memory,'' Nature Communications 4, 2045 (2013).
F. Ticozzi and L. Viola, "Stabilizing entangled states with quasi-local quantum dynamical semigroups,'' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 370, 5259 (2012).
C. Ramanathan, P. Cappellaro, L. Viola, and D. G. Cory, "Experimental characterization of coherent magnetization transport in a one-dimensional spin system,'' New Journal of Physics 13, 103015 (2011).
K. Khodjasteh, D. A. Lidar, and L. Viola, Arbitrarily accurate dynamical control in open quantum systems,'' Physical Review Letters 104, 090501 (2010).
R. Blume-Kohout, H. K. Ng, D. Poulin, and L. Viola, "Characterizing the structure of preserved information in quantum processes,'' Physical Review Letters 100, 030501 (2008).
H. Barnum, E. Knill, G. Ortiz, R. Somma, and L. Viola, "A subsystem-independent generalization of entanglement,'' Physical Review Letters 92, 107902 (2004).
Works in Progress
Quantum characterization and control of open quantum systems, quantum noise spectroscopy, quantum fault tolerance; quantum model reduction; noisy quantum metrology
Modeling and control of Markovian and non-Markovian open-system dynamics; model-order reduction; quantum reservoir engineering
Topological quantum matter and bulk-boundary correspondence, fermionic and bosonic zero modes; quantum phase transitions
Non-Hermitian and open dynamics of quadratic fermionic and bosonic many-body systems; dynamical instabilities, dissipative phase transitions
Entanglement and generalized entanglement; monogamy and shareability, quantum marginals
Selected Works & Activities
Served as a Divisional Associate Editor for Physical Review Letters (2018-2024)
Partner Investigator with the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS)
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