PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Alexey Gorshkov

Also known as Alexey Vyacheslavovich Gorshkov, Alexey V. Gorshkov, A V Gorshkov, A. Gorshkov, A. V. Gorshkov, A.V. Gorshkov, A. V. Gorshkov

Alexey Gorshkov is a physicist whose work connects quantum information, quantum computing and machine learning. His family moved from Moscow to the United States in 1997; he earned a Harvard degree in physics and mathematics in 2004 and completed a physics doctorate there in 2010. His group studied strongly interacting photons, he coauthored a machine-learning framework for many-body quantum systems, and he received the 2019 PECASE and the 2024 IEEE Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award. As of October 2026, he is a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and an adjunct associate professor at the University of Maryland, where he leads a theoretical research group.

Works
442
Citations
18,004
h-index
70
Badges
Links
Website and Google Scholar

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1997–2004

    From Moscow to Harvard

    His family moves from Moscow to the United States in 1997, and he graduates from Newton South High School in 2000. He graduates from Harvard College in 2004 with an A.B. in physics and mathematics, and places second in a nationwide math Olympiad in high school.

  2. 2010

    A Harvard physics doctorate

    He earns a PhD in physics from Harvard University in 2010 under Mikhail Lukin. His doctoral thesis develops methods to use quantum mechanics for quantum communication, computation and simulation.

  3. 2013

    From Caltech to NIST

    He moves from a Lee A. DuBridge postdoctoral scholar position at Caltech to a staff physicist role at NIST in 2013, and starts his own research group at the University of Maryland.

  4. 2013

    Strong photon interactions

    His research team engineers strong interactions between photons, a basis for light circuits that perform logical operations and computations. Physics World names the research among its top 10 breakthroughs of 2013.

  5. 2019

    A PECASE award

    He receives the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers for quantum-science research that includes manipulating individual light particles so they interact strongly.

  6. 2021–2022

    Machine learning for quantum systems

    In 2021, he coauthors a machine-learning framework that discovers effective hydrodynamic equations from limited data for many-body quantum systems. In 2022, he says his group proposes quantum algorithms, software designed to run on quantum computers.

  7. 2024

    The quantum electronics award

    He receives the 2024 IEEE Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award for contributions to understanding, designing and controlling interacting quantum systems, with applications in quantum computers, sensors and networks.

  8. As of October 2026

    Entangled states for sensors

    In June 2026, he and collaborators describe an entangled state and two ways to create it inside an optical cavity to filter noise affecting both quantum sensors. As of October 2026, he is a physicist at NIST and an adjunct associate professor in the University of Maryland’s Department of Physics and Institute for Advanced Computer Studies; he leads a theoretical research group working across quantum information science, quantum optics, atomic and molecular physics, and condensed matter physics.

Career

  1. Since 2013NISTStaff physicist
  2. Since 2013University of MarylandResearch group leader
  3. 2015–2024Lomonosov Moscow State University
  4. 2011–2013California Institute of TechnologyLee A. DuBridge postdoctoral scholar
  5. 2011–2013University of California, Santa Barbara

Education

  1. 2010Harvard UniversityPhD in physics
  2. 2004Harvard UniversityA.B. in physics and mathematics

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

  1. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public rolesIncludes NIST. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public roles. Another 97 people moved from public careers into AI organizations or research, with 62% of dated records starting from 2020 on.
  2. People shaping AI work at a median of 3 organizations over a career: 3 for university starters and institute and lab starters, versus 2 for company startersIncludes University of Maryland. Across 6,853 people shaping AI with a dated work role, we estimate a median of 3 parent organizations over a career (mean 3.6), comparing role groups, starting sectors and starting decades from the 1950s to 2020–2026.
  3. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes University of Maryland. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Maryland. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Alexey Gorshkov cua.mit.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Alexey Gorshkov Receives 2024 IEEE Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award nist.gov. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Profile: Quantum Physicist Alexey Gorshkov Tackles the Big Problems nist.gov. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Alexey Gorshkov | Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation (RQS) rqs.umd.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. JQI/QuICS Fellow Alexey Gorshkov to Receive Flemming Award for Outstanding Federal Service quics.umd.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) nist.gov. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Discovering hydrodynamic equations of many-body quantum systems arxiv.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. What’s So Great About Quantum Computing? A Q&A With NIST Theorist Alexey Gorshkov nist.gov. Checked 20 October 2026.
  9. A New Kind of Entanglement Helps Quantum Sensors Tune Out Noise gorshkov.jqi.umd.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.