I am the Srivani Family Associate Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. I am a member of the CS Theory group, the Data Science Institute, and the Columbia Quantum Initiative. My research focuses on the theoretical foundations of quantum computing, with a focus on complexity theory and cryptography.

Current Teaching

Spring 2026: COMS 6998 Machine Assisted Mathematics

Advising

Graduate students

Leo Orshansky (co-advised with Tal Malkin)
Saachi Mutreja
Natalie Parham
John Bostanci (PhD 2026 $\rightarrow$ Postdoc @ Simons Institute)
Adrian She (PhD 2024, co-advised with Toni Pitassi)
Hamoon Mousavi (PhD 2023 $\rightarrow$ Postdoc @ EPFL)
Gregory Rosenthal (PhD 2023, co-advised with Ben Rossman $\rightarrow$ Postdoc @ IQC Waterloo)
Arthur Mehta (PhD 2021 $\rightarrow$ Assistant Professor @ U. Ottawa)

Postdocs

Shaun Datta (Fall 2026 - )
Yao-Ting Lin (Fall 2026 - )
Alon Dogon (Simons Junior Fellow, Fall 2026 - )
Sabee Grewal (IBM Goldstine Fellow, Fall 2026 - )
Barak Nehoran (Fall 2025 - )
Uma Girish (Assistant Professor @ U. Toronto)
Cunlu Zhou (Assistant Professor @ U. of Sherbrooke)

Friends of the Group

Ben Foxman (Yale, long term visitor)
Kunal Marwaha (U Chicago, long term visitor)
Or Sattath (Ben Gurion University, sabbatical visitor AY 2026 - 2027)
Tomoyuki Morimae (Kyoto University, long term visitor)

Misc

CV
Directions to Computer Science Building
Nonlocal: A Quantum Computing Podcast