Chinmay Nirkhe

Assistant Professor,

University of Washington

Chinmay Nirkhe is an Assistant Professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. He is a member of the CS Theory and Quantum CS groups. His research lies at the intersection of computational complexity theory and quantum computation. Before joining UW, he was a research scientist at IBM Quantum. He received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and his B.S. from Caltech.

Program Visits

Summer Cluster on Quantum Computing 2026, Summer 2026, Visiting Scientist

Summer Cluster on Quantum Computing 2025, Summer 2025, Visiting Scientist

Quantum Algorithms, Complexity, and Fault Tolerance, Spring 2024, Visiting Scientist

Summer Cluster on Quantum Computing, Summer 2023, Visiting Scientist and Program Organizer

Summer Cluster in Quantum Computation, Summer 2021, Visiting Graduate Student

Probability, Geometry, and Computation in High Dimensions, Fall 2020, Visiting Graduate Student

Summer Cluster: Challenges in Quantum Computation, Summer 2018, Visiting Graduate Student