Ronak Ramachandran

I'm a second-year computer science PhD student at the University of Texas at Austin. My main advisor is Scott Aaronson, and my research interests include quantum complexity theory, quantum gravity, and neuroscience. I'm also currently being co-advised by Jonathan Pierce and Xuexin Wei for projects using C. elegans to better understand the nervous system. I'm affiliated with UT's Theory Group and Quantum Information Center.

Prior Education

University of Texas at Austin (2019-23)

- B.S. in Computer Science Honors (Turing Scholars Honors Program)
- B.S. in Mathematics
- Certificates: Quantum Information Science, Core Texts and Ideas (Jefferson Scholars Program)

Research

PDQMA = DQMA = NEXP: QMA With Hidden Variables and Non-collapsing Measurements
Scott Aaronson, Sabee Grewal, Vishnu Iyer, Simon C. Marshall, Ronak Ramachandran, [arXiv] (2024).
Identifying and Addressing Adversarial Stimuli in C. elegans
2023 NDSEG Research Proposal.
Topological Bulk Discretization
UT Tech Reports (2023), Poster at QIP (2024).

Other Fun Things

I like nature photography! Check out this album of the top 50 photos I took during a trip to Kenya in 2023.
I also like making music. Some friends and I wrote, sang, and produced a few songs.