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Luca Nashabeh's award highlights the growing intersection of quantum computing and machine learning, specifically through the application of neural networks to model complex quantum states. His research on strain relaxation in graphene using advanced computational techniques underscores the increasing reliance on AI-driven methods to solve problems in condensed matter physics. This trajectory signals a deepening integration where classical algorithms assist in decoding the behavior of next-generation quantum materials.
Columbia’s Luca Nashabeh wins quantum-leap Churchill Scholarship to Cambridge

Columbia’s Luca Nashabeh, a Rabi Fellow and Goldwater Scholar, won a Churchill Scholarship to study at Cambridge University before MIT.
Luca Nashabeh of Columbia College will pursue physics at two Cambridge locations: the University of Cambridge in the UK as a Churchill Scholar, and then at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Nashabeh joined Columbia as a Rabi Fellow, an opportunity that “really opened the door to research for me,” and earned a…
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