Kyle Serniak

Dr. Kyle Serniak is an assistant group leader in the Quantum-Enabled Computation Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, a research affiliate in the Engineering Quantum Systems (EQuS) group at the MIT Research Laboratory for Electronics, and a member of the MIT Center for Quantum Engineering. He leads efforts to understand and improve the performance of superconducting quantum devices.

Serniak’s research interests include the metrology and characterization of noise in superconducting qubits, the design and control of novel superconducting circuit architectures, the use of quantum circuits to probe new materials systems and fabrication processes, and the development and maintenance of tools and services aimed to benefit the research community, such as the SQUILL Foundry. Prior to joining Lincoln Laboratory, he completed a PhD degree in Michel Devoret’s group at Yale University studying the dynamics of nonequilibrium quasiparticles in superconducting qubits. As an undergraduate at Florida State University, he performed research in Irinel Chiorescu’s group at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory developing on-chip cavities for electron spin resonance spectroscopy, and in Al Stiegman’s inorganic chemistry group studying heat transfer processes relevant to microwave-driven catalysis.

Serniak received his PhD, M.Phil, and MS degrees in applied physics from Yale University, and a BS degree in physics and applied mathematics from Florida State University.