Curriculum Vitae (Click here for the PDF)
I am a PhD student in the Quantum Information group of Jens Eisert at Freie Universität Berlin, and a 2025 Google PhD Fellow in Quantum Computing, a programme that “recognizes outstanding graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields.”
Broadly, my research so far has been guided by the question: In our quantum world, how far can we push learning and computation? I explored this question across a broad range of systems central to physics and quantum computing, from qubits and noisy quantum circuits to bosonic and fermionic systems.
Looking ahead, I aim to advance quantum algorithms, learning, and quantum error correction and push quantum computing toward genuinely useful applications, particularly as increasingly capable AI models enable previously unimaginable ways of doing research and accelerate the search for such applications.
For a full list of publications, see my Google Scholar profile.
Short CV
- PhD in Quantum Information, Freie Universität Berlin, Nov. 2021–present. Advisor: Jens Eisert.
- Google Quantum AI, Summer Researcher, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2026. Mentor: Jarrod McClean.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Summer Researcher, NM, USA, 2024. Mentor: Marco Cerezo.
- MSc in Physics, joint programme of the University of Trento and SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies), Italy, 2019–2021. Graduated 110/110 cum laude.
- BSc in Physics, University of Pisa, Italy, 2016–2019. Graduated 110/110 cum laude.
📬 Feel free to reach out at antoniomele.p@gmail.com if you’d like to connect or discuss research ideas!