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Research Bio

Alp Sipahigil's research focuses microwave and photonic integrated quantum devices to advance quantum computation, communication and sensing. 

He is the Chang Hui Faculty Fellow and an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He has joint appointments as a Faculty Scientist at the Materials Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a supporting appointment at UC Berkeley Physics. Prior to joining Berkeley in 2021, he was an Institute for Quantum Information and Matter postdoctoral scholar at Caltech. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University in 2017 and his B.S. degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Bogazici University in 2010.

Research Expertise and Interest

solid-state devices and technology, quantum technologies

In the News

Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, Caltech to Build Quantum Network Testbed

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) will be home to a cutting-edge quantum network testbed, thanks to a new five-year, $12.5 million funding award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Led by personnel from Berkeley Lab’s Scientific Networking Division/ESnet, UC Berkeley, and Caltech, the R&D collaboration will also leverage quantum development efforts at Berkeley Lab and beyond.

Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring

  • Supervised Independent Study  [ELENG 199]  

  • Individual Research  [ELENG 299]  

  • Engineering Science Senior Thesis Research  [ENGIN 195B]  

  • Research  [PHYSICS 299]  

2025 Fall

  • Special Topics  [ELENG 194]  

  • Supervised Independent Study  [ELENG 199]  

  • Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering  [ELENG 290]  

  • Individual Research  [ELENG 299]  

  • Engineering Science Senior Thesis Research  [ENGIN 195A]  

  • Research  [PHYSICS 299]  

2025 Summer

  • Supervised Independent Study  [ELENG 199]  

  • Field Studies in Electrical Engineering  [ELENG 297]  

  • Individual Research  [ELENG 299]  

  • Supervised Independent Study  [PHYSICS 199]  

2025 Spring

  • Introduction to Quantum Computing  [CHEM C191]  

  • Introduction to Quantum Computing  [COMPSCI C191]  

  • Supervised Independent Study  [ELENG 199]  

  • Individual Research  [ELENG 299]  

  • Supervised Independent Study  [PHYSICS 199]  

  • Research  [PHYSICS 299]  

  • Introduction to Quantum Computing  [PHYSICS C191]  

  • Senior Honors Thesis Research  [PHYSICS H195B]