VQC LabTeam

People

The researchers building the VQC Lab.

Principal InvestigatorUMD · QuICS

01Principal Investigator

Runzhou Tao 陶润洲

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science · Fellow, QuICS

Runzhou Tao is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland and a Fellow at the Joint Center for Quantum Information and Computer Science (QuICS). He obtained his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2024, advised by Ronghui Gu, and his Bachelor's degree from the Yao Class at Tsinghua University. He builds the software stack — programming languages, operating systems, and formal verification — for quantum computers.

02Alumni & Collaborators

Working with us

Our research is highly collaborative, with regular co-authors and collaborators including Ronghui Gu, Jason Nieh, Jianan Yao, and Xiaodi Wu, among many others — see the Publications page for the full list of co-authors.