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Elizabeth
Kunz

Designing, simulating, and fabricating transmon-based hardware at QuDev Lab (ETH Zurich) and the Levenson-Falk Lab (USC)

About

I am an undergraduate physics major interested in superconducting qubits. At ETH Zurich's QuDev Lab, I work on measurement of charge-sensitive qubits for quasiparticle detection. At USC's Levenson-Falk Lab I work on modular design of quantum devices.

I am broadly interested in reducing sources of loss in the readout and measurement process for scalable superconducting qubits.

Positions

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2026
Research Assistant, QuDev Lab — ETH Zurich
Working on readout of charge-sensitive qubits for quasiparticle detection in the QuDev Lab at ETH Zurich.
2024
Student Researcher, Levenson-Falk Lab — USC
Designing, simulating, and fabricating superconducting quantum devices.
2024–25 Fabrication
Work included deposition, evaporation, EBL lithography, laser etching, wirebonding, and SEM imaging.
2024–25 SQuADDS Development
Developing software for modular simulation and design of superconducting quantum devices. Included work with Quantum Metal & KLayout
2025–26 Modular Design & Simulation
My personal project works on modular design of distributed elements using lumped oscillator models. This includes work with AWR (Microwave Office), ANSYS HFSS, and Python.

Publications & Talks

Publications
Coming Soon
ArXiV · 2026
Design and simulation of superconducting qubits.
Talks
“Effective lumped models of distributed elements for scalable design of superconducting quantum devices”
APS Global Summit · March 2026
Oral presentation on reduced lumped-element models for scalable simulation of superconducting quantum devices.
“Effective lumped models of distributed elements for scalable design of superconducting quantum devices”
APS Far West Section · October 2025
Oral presentation on reduced lumped-element models for scalable simulation of superconducting quantum devices.
“Fabricating Quantum Devices”
APS CUWiP, Cal Poly SLO · January 2025
Talk on the fabrication of superconducting quantum devices at the APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics.
“Superconducting Quantum Hardware”
USC Undergraduate Research Retreat · November 2024
Introductory talk on superconducting quantum hardware for the USC Physics undergraduate research community.
Posters
“Effective lumped models of distributed elements for scalable design of superconducting quantum devices”
APS CUWiP, Denver CO · March 2026
Poster at the APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics on reduced lumped-element models for scalable device simulation.
“Testing modularity and scaling in electromagnetic simulations of superconducting quantum devices”
APS Global Summit · March 2025 · Top Poster Award
Poster on modularity and scaling in electromagnetic simulations of superconducting quantum devices — recognized with the Top Poster Award.

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