Biography

After obtaining my PhD from the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) in Singapore in 2015, I began my first postdoctoral position in October 2015 with Prof. Andrea Simoni’s group at the University of Rennes, France, where I worked on few-body collisions and developed numerical methods for calculating the s-wave scattering wavelength in optical lattices. From November 2016 to July 2020, I returned to CQT as a Research Fellow, focusing on quantum technologies involving ring resonators and chiral quantum optics. For the following 1.5 years, I held a Research Fellow position at Singapore Management University, where I worked on applying quantum machine learning (QML) to quantum finance. From May 2022-May 2025, I have been a Senior Scientist I at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), continuing my research in chiral quantum optics while also delving into more quantum computing-oriented topics, such as quantum control, quantum combs, and non-Markovian dynamics.

Education

• Sep 2004 – May 2008, Yerevan State University (YSU), Department of Physics, bachelor’s degree in physics and Pedagogics
• Sep 2008 – Dec 2008, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), courses of nanophysics,
  Dubna, Russia
• Sep 2008 – May 2010, YSU, Department of Physics, Chair of Theoretical Physics Master’s degree
• Aug 2011 – July 2015, PHD student at Centre for Quantum Technologies(CQT), (NUS)

Research interests

Over my academic career I have worked in several topics in quantum technologies, including Atomtronics, Quantum Optics, Open Quantum Systems, Quantum Machine Learning, Quantum Finance and Quantum Control.

Selected publications

• L. Amico, D. Aghamalyan, F. Auksztol, H. Crepaz, R. Dumke, and L. C. Kwek, “Superfluid qubit systems with ring shaped optical lattices,” Scientific reports, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 4298, 2014.
• L. Amico et al., “Roadmap on atomtronics: State of the art and perspective,” AVS Quantum, Science, vol. 3, no. 3, 2021.
• K. H. Lim, W.-K. Mok, J.-B. You, J. F. Kong, and D. Aghamalyan, “Exponentially faster preparation of quantum dimers via driven-dissipative stabilization,” Physical Review Research, vol. 6, no. 3, p. L032047, 2024.
• D. Aghamalyan, J.-B. You, H.-S. Chu, C. E. Png, L. Krivitsky, and L. C. Kwek, “Tunable quantum switch realized with a single Λ-level atom coupled to the microtoroidal cavity,” Physical Review A, vol. 100, no. 5, p. 053 851, 2019.