Emily Edwards

Research Interests

Science communication and visualization related to physics and engineering, informal STEM Education, science policy, public engagement

Bio

Emily Edwards is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Duke Quantum Center. She is primarily interested in science communication and informal STEM education, with a focus on increasing adult and youth interest in and engagement with quantum information science and engineering topics and technology.

Education

• B.S. Appalachian State University, 2002
• M.S. University of Maryland, College Park, 2008
• Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park, 2009

Positions

• Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Member of the Duke Quantum Center

Publications

• Liu T, Gonzalez-Maldonado D, Harlow DB, Edwards EE, Franklin D. Qupcakery: A Puzzle Game that Introduces Quantum Gates to Young Learners. In: SIGCSE 2023 - Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. 2023. p. 1143–9.
• Asfaw A, Blais A, Brown KR, Candelaria J, Cantwell C, Carr LD, et al. Building a Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program. IEEE Transactions on Education. 2022 May 1;65(2):220–42.
• Islam R, Campbell WC, Choi T, Clark SM, Conover CWS, Debnath S, et al. Beat note stabilization of mode-locked lasers for quantum information processing. Optics Letters. 2014 Jun 1;39(11):3238–41.
• Islam R, Senko C, Campbell WC, Korenblit S, Smith J, Lee A, et al. Emergence and frustration of magnetism with variable-range interactions in a quantum simulator. Science. 2013 Jan 1;340(6132):583–7.
• Korenblit S, Kafri D, Campbell WC, Islam R, Edwards EE, Gong ZX, et al. Quantum simulation of spin models on an arbitrary lattice with trapped ions. New Journal of Physics. 2012;14.
• Kim K, Korenblit S, Islam R, Edwards EE, Chang MS, Noh C, et al. Quantum simulation of the transverse Ising model with trapped ions. New Journal of Physics. 2011 Oct 1;13.
• Islam R, Edwards EE, Kim K, Korenblit S, Noh C, Carmichael H, et al. Onset of a quantum phase transition with a trapped ion quantum simulator. Nature communications. 2011 Jul;2:377.
• Edwards EE, Korenblit S, Kim K, Islam R, Chang MS, Freericks JK, et al. Quantum simulation and phase diagram of the transverse-field Ising model with three atomic spins. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 2010 Aug 27;82(6).
• Kim K, Chang MS, Korenblit S, Islam R, Edwards EE, Freericks JK, et al. Quantum simulation of frustrated Ising spins with trapped ions. Nature. 2010 Jun 3;465(7298):590–3.
• Edwards EE, Beeler M, Hong T, Rolston SL. Adiabaticity and localization in one-dimensional incommensurate lattices. Physical Review Letters. 2008 Dec 22;101(26).
• Williams SD, Edwards EE. Scalar relativistic study of the structure of rhodium acetate. In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2004. p. 67–74.