Patrick I Draper

For More Information

• papers from Inspire

Education

• Ph.D., Physics, University of Chicago, 2011

Biography

Professor Draper received his PhD in Physics from The University of Chicago in 2011 following his BS from the University of Illinois in 2005. He held postdoctoral appointments at the University of California Santa Cruz and the University of California Santa Barbara and a faculty appointment at the University of Massachusetts Amherst before moving to the University of Illinois in 2018. He works on a variety of topics in theoretical high energy physics.

Research Statement

Much of my recent work has been focused on developing applications of quantum computing to theories and phenomena in high energy physics. Examples include:

• Building circuits for Hamiltonian simulation of lattice gauge theories (see https://github.com/hepqis-uiuc/ymcirc)
• Studying new applications of quantum simulations to theories like strong-field QED and quantum mechanical matrix models
• Exploring qudit platforms
• Developing algorithms to use quantum resources more efficiently (see e.g. https://github.com/atlytle/dense-ev)

For further details, see the Inspire link above.

Selected Articles in Journals

• P. Balaji, C. Conefrey-Shinozaki, P. Draper, J. Elhaderi, D. Gupta, L. Hidalgo, A. Lytle, E. Rinaldi, "Quantum Circuits for SU(3) Lattice Gauge Theory," Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 5, 054511,
• P. Draper, L. Hidalgo, A. Ilderton, "Hamiltonian truncation and quantum simulation of strong-field QED beyond tree level" 
• P. Draper, M. Karydas, H. Zhang, "Quantum Properties of Non-Dirichlet Boundary Conditions in Gravity"
• W. Huie, C. Conefrey-Shinozaki, Z. Jia, P. Draper, J. Covey, "Three-qubit encoding in ytterbium-171 atoms for simulating 1+1D QCD" 
• P. Balaji, C. Conefrey-Shinozaki, P. Draper, J. Elhaderi, D. Gupta, L. Hidalgo, A. Lytle, "Perturbation theory, irrep truncations, and state preparation methods for quantum simulations of SU(3) lattice gauge theory"

Recent Courses Taught

• PHYS 212 - University Physics: Elec & Mag
• PHYS 213 - Univ Physics: Thermal Physics
• PHYS 214 - Univ Physics: Quantum Physics
• PHYS 427 - Thermal & Statistical Physics
• PHYS 505 - Classical Electromagnetism
• PHYS 508 - Mathematical Physics I
• PHYS 583 - Advanced Field Theory
• PHYS 598 QF3 - Quantum Field Theory III