jaya venkatraman.

Curriculum Vitæ

updated August 2026 · jayavenkat@ucsb.edu

2023 – present

Postdoctoral Researcher in Physics

University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) · mentor: Prof. Ania B. Jayich

Developing a hybrid quantum sensor integrating solid-state spins with superconducting circuits for quantum-limited readout and engineerable many-body spin interactions.

Education

2016 – 2023

Ph.D. in Physics

Yale University · advisor: Prof. Michel H. Devoret

Thesis: Controlling the Effective Hamiltonian of a Driven Quantum Superconducting Circuit

2012 – 2016

Honours B.S. in Physics

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Grants and Awards

2025

Challenge Institute of Quantum Computing (CIQC) seed grant - 100, 000 USD

UCSB, with Prof. Ania Jayich (PI), Prof. David Schuster (co-PI)

2024

Springer Dissertation Award for Outstanding Thesis

Yale University

2016

Leigh Page Prize

Yale University

Talks & presentations

Mar. 2026
Toward quantum-projection-noise-limited readout of a solid-state spin ensemble in diamond — March Meeting, Denver
Jan. 2026
Towards quantum-enhanced sensing with hybrid spin-circuits — Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Feb. 2025
Coherent versus incoherent detection of a "weak signal" — Stanford University
Feb. 2025
Coherent versus incoherent detection of a "weak signal" with microwave light — CMX × µWave journal club, UC Santa Barbara
Dec. 2024
A diagrammatic approach to compute the effective Hamiltonian of driven nonlinear oscillators — University of Utah
Nov. 2024
A diagrammatic approach to compute the effective Hamiltonian of driven nonlinear oscillators — Google Quantum AI, Santa Barbara
Mar. 2024
Towards quantum-enhanced sensing with hybrid spin-mechanical systems in diamond — Gordon Research Seminar, Ventura
Mar. 2023
Coherent cancellation of tunneling: the Delta variant of the Kerr-cat qubit — March Meeting, Las Vegas
Sept. 2022
Quantum interference of tunneling paths in a squeezed Kerr oscillator — Chalmers University, Gothenburg
Jun. 2022
A diagrammatic approach to the effective Hamiltonian of a driven nonlinear oscillator — Chalmers University (virtual)
May 2022
On the effective Hamiltonian of a driven nonlinear oscillator — Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Sept. 2021
Computing the effective Hamiltonian of a driven nonlinear oscillator with diagrams — Monday Lunch Seminar, Yale
Mar. 2021
Ultra-subharmonic bifurcation in a driven nonlinear oscillator: classical and quantum regimes — March Meeting (virtual)
2020
Multistability in a driven nonlinear oscillator: classical vs quantum regimes — Monday Lunch Seminar (virtual) & March Meeting (virtual)
2018 – 2019
Modeling and controlling pump-induced qubit effects in circuit QED — Monday Lunch Seminar, Yale · Addressing dynamical instabilities in rf-driven transmons — March Meeting, Boston · Inductively-shunted transmon — Monday Lunch Seminar, Yale & March Meeting, Los Angeles

Mentorship

University of California Santa Barbara — Postdoctoral Mentor, 2023–present

Grad Carl Padgett — Winter 2023–present
Grad Viraj Dharod — Winter 2023–present
Grad Hyunseok Oh — Winter 2023–Summer 2024 → Research Engineer, Google Quantum AI
Grad Casey Kim — Winter 2025–Summer 2026
Grad Elizabeth Panner — Fall 2025–present
Visiting grad Adria Rospars — Spring–Summer 2026
Grad Aled Cuda — Spring 2026–present
Grad Michael Arena — Spring 2026–present
Undergrad Alexander Nazeeri — Fall 2024–Spring 2026 → PhD in Physics, Columbia University
Undergrad Damien Kemna — Spring 2025–Spring 2026 → Engineer, Google Quantum AI

Yale University — Graduate Student Mentor, 2016–2023

Undergrad Shoumik Chowdhury → PhD, MIT
Undergrad Nikhil Harle → PhD, UChicago
HS intern Paola Frunzio → WPI

Teaching

Yale University — Teaching Fellow

Intensive Introductory Physics (Spring 2019, Fall 2018) · Fundamentals of Physics (Spring 2018) · University Physics I–III (2016–2017) · General Physics Lab (Fall 2016)