Quantum Computing Inc. announced the appointment of Dr. Javad Shabani to QCi's Technical Advisory Board, becoming its fourth member. Dr. Javad joins USintelligence community veteran and technology strategist The Honorable James Simon, Jr., who heads the Advisory Board, cryptography expert Dr. Brian LaMacchia, and disruptive technology specialist Lewis Shepherd. The Technical Advisory Boards' mission is to guide the strategic evolution of QCi's technology, while ensuring effective commercialization of product rollouts.

Dr. Javad Shabani is a recognized expert in quantum materials and devices for computation technologies. As an Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the Center for Quantum Information Physics at New York University, Dr. Shabani's research interests are mainly on developing novel quantum hardware using materials innovation. His recent research focuses on topological superconductivity, developing voltage-controlled superconducting qubits and building a telecom testbed for quantum communication in New York City.

Dr. Shabani began his career at University of California, Santa Barbara initially conducting postdoctoral research at California NanoSystems Institute. This research post led to his position as Project Scientist, where Dr. Shabani worked closely with Microsoft research on hybrid semiconductors and superconductors heterostructures to study topological superconductivity. Dr. Shabani is also an active member of quantum education and workforce development in the New York area.  Dr. Shabani received his B.S. in Physics and Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, M.Sc.

in Electrical Engineering from UC Santa Cruz, M.A. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University,  and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Physics at Harvard University in the study of semiconductor-based qubits, as well as postdoctoral work at University of California, Santa Barbara (NanoSystems Institute). Dr. Shabani is a well published author and is inventor or co-inventor on three issued U.S. patents focused on qubit architecture and fabrication. Dr. Shabani was the recipient of the IBM Q Scholar Award in 2021 and the Young Investigator Program Award from both the US Air Force and US Army in 2016.