Eliot Kapit Curriculum Vitae Postdoctoral Researcher at Oxford University Tel: +44 0745 359 9998 Rudolf Peierls Center for Theoretical Physics Email: [email protected] 1 Keble Rd Oxford, UK OX1 3NP Employment and Education Oxford University Postdoctoral researcher in Physics and Junior Research Fellow at Worcester College, October 2012 to October 2014. Cornell University Doctor of Philosophy—Physics (August 2012) Thesis Advisor: Erich Mueller Master of Science---Physics (May 2010) University of Chicago Master of Science---Physics (September 2007) Reed College Bachelor of Arts---Physics (May 2005) Thesis Advisor: Darrell F. Schroeter Honors and Awards Junior Research Fellowship, Worcester College, Oxford University, October 2012 to October 2014 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship of the American Society for Engineering Education (Awarded April 2008, Fellow from September 2008 to September 2011) National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (Awarded April 2008, Fellow on reserve from September 2008 to September 2011, active Fellow from September 2011 to August 2012) Finalist, Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship (March 2006) Finalist, Apker Award of the American Physical Society (August 2005) Phi Beta Kappa (May 2005) Research Interests I am broadly interested in quantum many-body physics, quantum information and emergent phenomena. A guiding theme in my work has been quantum system design, where theoretical physics is used to blueprint and engineer exotic properties in simple, experimentally realizable systems. These blueprints have included quantum simulation architectures for the bosonic fractional quantum Hall effect, relativistic quantum electrodynamics, and topological quantum computing. I have extensively studied a diverse array of phenomena including quantum magnetism, unconventional superconductivity, relativistic field theories, quantum phase transitions, low- dimensional physics, optical lattices, quantum information and topological quantum computing. Additionally, I have significant connections to experimental physics, and have recently collaborated on neutron scattering studies of frustrated magnetism and on superconducting device designs. Refereed Publications Non-Abelian Fractional Chern Insulators from Long-Range Interactions, Zhao Liu, Emil J. Bergholtz and Eliot Kapit, Physical Review B 88, 205101 (2013) 3- and 4-body Interactions from 2-body Interactions in Spin Models: A Route to Abelian and Non-Abelian Fractional Chern Insulators, Eliot Kapit and Steven. H. Simon, Physical Review B 88, 184409 (2013) Quantum Simulation Architecture for Lattice Bosons in Arbitrary, Tunable External Gauge Fields, Eliot Kapit, Physical Review A 87, 062336 (2013) Non-abelian Braiding of Lattice Bosons, Eliot Kapit, Paul Ginsparg and Erich Mueller, Physical Review Letters 108, 066802 (2012) Optical Lattice Hamiltonian for Relativistic Quantum Electrodynamics, Eliot Kapit and Erich Mueller, Physical Review A 83, 033625 (2011) Exact Parent Hamiltonian for the Quantum Hall States in a Lattice, Eliot Kapit and Erich Mueller, Physical Review Letters 105, 215303 (2010) Even-Odd Correlation Functions in an Optical Lattice, Eliot Kapit and Erich Mueller, Physical Review A 82, 013644 (2010) Lorentz Symmetric Quantum Field Theory for Symplectic Fermions, Dean J. Robinson, Eliot Kapit and Andre LeClair, Journal of Mathematical Physics 50, 112301 (2009) A Model of a 2d non-Fermi Liquid with SO(5) symmetry, AF Order and a d-wave Gap, Eliot Kapit and Andre LeClair, Journal of Physics A 42, 025402 (2009) High-Speed Tracking of Rupture and Clustering in Freely Falling Granular Systems, John R. Royer, Daniel J. Evans, Loreto Oyarte, Qiti Guo, Eliot Kapit, Mattias E. Mobius, Scott R. Waitukaitis and Heinrich Jaeger, Nature 459, 1110 (2009) Parent Hamiltonian for the Chiral Spin Liquid, Ronny Thomale, Eliot Kapit, Darrell F. Schroeter and Martin Greiter, Physical Review B 80, 104406 (2009). This publication was selected by the editors as a Physical Review Focus paper. Spin Hamiltonian for which the Chiral Spin Liquid is the Exact Ground State, Darrell F. Schroeter, Eliot Kapit, Ronny Thomale and Martin Greiter, Physical Review Letters 99, 097202 (2007) The HIV-1 Matrix Protein Assembles on Membranes as a Hexamer, Ayna Alfadhli, Doug Huseby, Eliot Kapit, Dalbinder Coleman and Eric Barklis, Journal of Virology 83, 1472 (2006) Spin Hamiltonian for the Quantum Hall State in a Ladder Geometry, Eliot Kapit, Prashant Luitel and Darrell F. Schroeter, Physical Review B 73, 075310 (2006) Teaching Experience Examination Committee, Oxford M. Phys. Thesis Projects: Oxford University (Spring 2013) “C6” Advanced Undergraduate Theory Course: Teaching Assistant, Oxford University (Fall 2012) Physics 7653: Statistical Physics II, Grader, Cornell University (Fall 2009) Physics 7635: Solid State Physics, Grader, Cornell University (Fall 2008 and fall 2010) Physics 2218: Thermodynamics and Waves, Teaching Assistant and Lab Assistant, Cornell University (TA spring 2008, LA spring 2010 and spring 2011) Physics 2217: Electrodynamics, Teaching Assistant, Cornell University (Fall 2007) Physics 2213: Heat/Electromagnetism, Teaching Assistant, Cornell University (Summer 2007) Physics 121/131/141: Intro Physics, Teaching and Lab Assistant, University of Chicago, 2006-2007 academic year References Professor Steve Simon, Oxford University ([email protected]) Professor John Chalker, Oxford University ([email protected]) Professor Erich Mueller, Cornell University ([email protected]) Professor Paul Ginsparg, Cornell University ([email protected]) Presentations The Part is Greater than the Sum of the Wholes: How to Spin Light into Anyons, invited talk given at the University of Oxford and the Univesity of Cambridge (fall 2013), also to be given at the International Conference on Quantum Simulation 2014, Mountain View, CA http://www.physast.uga.edu/~mgeller/QS14.html Quantum Simulation Architecture for Lattice Bosons in Arbitrary, Tunable External Gauge Fields, Invited talk given at the symposium on topological quantum information in Benasque, Spain (Feb 2013), Rutgers university (March 2013) and a contributed talk at the APS March meeting (March 2013). Invited talk given at NIST Boulder in April of 2013. A Vector Potential for Flux Qubits, Invited talk given at Oxford University (Oct 2012) Outlook for the Quantum Hall Problem in Cold Atoms, Invited talk given at the DARPA OLE biannual review meeting, Ft. Lauderdale FL (Dec 2011) Non-Abelian Braiding of Lattice Bosons, Invited talk given at Microsoft Station Q, UC Santa Barbara (Sept 2011) Fractional Quantum Hall Physics of Optical Lattice Bosons, Poster shown at the DARPA OLE biannual review meeting, Vail CO (June 2011) Optical Lattice Hamiltonian for Relativistic Quantum Electrodynamics, invited talk given at the DARPA OLE biannual review meeting, Hollywood FL (December 2010) and as a contributed talk at the APS March Meeting, March 2011 Parent Hamiltonian for the Quantum Hall States in an Optical Lattice, Poster shown at the APS DAMOP meeting, May 2010 and at the DARPA OLE biannual review meeting, Hollywood FL (December 2010) Fractional Quantum Hall Effects in Rotating Optical Lattices, Invited talk given at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK (March 2010) and at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK (April 2010) Even-Odd Correlation Functions in an Optical Lattice, Contributed talk given at the APS March Meeting, March 2010 Spin Hamiltonian for the Quantum Hall State in a Ladder Geometry, Poster shown at the APS March Meeting, March 2005 Workshops Attended Symposium on Topological Quantum Information, Centro de Fisica, Benasque, Spain, February 12-16. New Trends in Quantum Matter with Cold Atoms and Molecues, Sao Paulo School of Advanced Science, Sao Carlos, Brazil, April 4-14 (2011) DARPA Optical Lattice Emulator Review Meetings, attended May 2010, December 2010 and June 2011. Princeton Summer School for Condensed Matter Physics, Princeton NJ, attended August 2008 and August 2010. APS March Meeting, attended March 2005, March 2010 and March 2011. APS DAMOP Annual Meeting, Houston TX, May 2010. Critical Issues Related to Higher-Temperature Superconductors, Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara, June 200 Service and Outreach Organizer and chair of the weekly condensed matter theory seminar, Oxford University, 2013-2014 Cornell Physics Grad Society, Vice President 2008-2009 Volunteer for the Ask a Scientist and Adopt a Physicist high school outreach programs 2009 and 2010 Graduate Fellowship Seminar coordinator and panelist, 2009 and 2010 Physics Undergraduate Outreach seminar panelist 2010 and 2011 Physics undergraduate mentor, 2008 .