Seven CQT group profiles list 10 or more research trainees; a third list none at all

Asked:
“What quantum computing labs are in CQT, how many papers does each of them produce, how many PhD students and postdocs do they currently have? How many qubits do they have to calculate on?”

CQT’s public group directory yielded 34 group profiles, single-sourced from the official directory in October 2026. Summing the profiles gives 149 PhD students and 97 postdoc-level researchers, but this is not a unique-person headcount: the Computer Science group is an umbrella that overlaps named PI groups, and affiliates are included. Per-lab paper counts are not published on a comparable basis, and qubits are not allocated per group — both are addressed below.

PhD students and postdocs per group profile

PhD studentsPostdocs (research-fellow roles)
The Computer Science umbrella group lists the most trainees (13 PhD, 9 postdocs) but overlaps named PI groups like Rahul Jain’s and Divesh Aggarwal’s. cqt.sg
Among single-PI experimental groups, David Wilkowski’s is largest with 16 trainees (7 PhD, 9 postdocs), reflecting his lead on the national neutral-atom processor project. cqt.sg
Seven of the 34 profiles list no PhD students or postdocs at all — mostly fellows and new or affiliate PIs, such as Artur Ekert and Kavan Modi. cqt.sg
Postdocs here means people listed as Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Postdoctoral Fellow or equivalent — not research assistants, associates, scientists, visitors or the group leader. cqt.sg

All 34 group profiles

Click a column header to sort. A zero means no such person is currently listed on the public profile, not independently verified absence.

GroupLeader(s)PhDPostdocsTotalNote
Computer Science GroupRahul Jain, Divesh Aggarwal, Patrick Rebentrost13922Umbrella group; overlaps named PI groups
Di Zhu GroupDi Zhu11516Includes CQT-affiliate members
David Wilkowski GroupDavid Wilkowski7916Includes CQT-affiliate members
Mile Gu GroupMile Gu7815Includes CQT-affiliate members
Gong Jiangbin GroupGong Jiangbin10414Includes CQT-affiliate members
Rainer Dumke GroupRainer Dumke7714Includes CQT-affiliate members
Weibo Gao GroupWeibo Gao6814Includes CQT-affiliate members
Manas Mukherjee GroupManas Mukherjee4913Includes CQT-affiliate members
Alexander Ling GroupAlexander Ling9312Includes CQT-affiliate members
Yvonne Gao GroupYvonne Gao9312Includes CQT-affiliate members
Steven Touzard GroupSteven Touzard7411Includes CQT-affiliate members
Marco Tomamichel GroupMarco Tomamichel4711
Valerio Scarani GroupValerio Scarani5510Includes CQT-affiliate members
Christian Kurtsiefer GroupChristian Kurtsiefer538
Dario Poletti GroupDario Poletti448Includes CQT-affiliate members
Kwek Leong Chuan GroupKwek Leong Chuan617
Divesh Aggarwal GroupDivesh Aggarwal426Includes CQT-affiliate members
Hoi-Kwong Lo GroupHoi-Kwong Lo426
Ping Koy Lam GroupPing Koy Lam426Includes CQT-affiliate members
Murray Barrett GroupMurray Barrett505
Ng Hui Khoon GroupNg Hui Khoon505Includes CQT-affiliate members
Dzmitry Matsukevich GroupDzmitry Matsukevich404
Kai Dieckmann GroupKai Dieckmann404
Ho Wen Wei GroupHo Wen Wei303
Dimitris G. Angelakis GroupDimitris G. Angelakis112
Nelly Ng Huei Ying GroupNelly Ng Huei Ying101
Dagomir Kaszlikowski GroupDagomir Kaszlikowski011
Antonios Varvitsiotis GroupAntonios Varvitsiotis000
Artur Ekert GroupArtur Ekert000
Jayne Thompson GroupJayne Thompson000
Kavan Modi GroupKavan Modi000
Kuan Eng Johnson Goh GroupKuan Eng Johnson Goh000Includes CQT-affiliate members
Timothy C H Liew GroupTimothy C H Liew000
Young-Wook Cho GroupYoung-Wook Cho000Includes CQT-affiliate members

Qubits: current hardware, planned hardware and partner access

Qubits at CQT are not allocated one fixed number per group, and unlike counts cannot be added into one total. The credible claims separate into what runs now, what is being built, and what researchers reach remotely.

Current20-qubit superconducting platform (CQT/NUS)

CQT owns and operates its established 20-qubit platform. careers.nus.edu.sg

Planned50+ qubit superconducting quantum computer

Scale-up of the superconducting platform; to be accessible to external users. careers.nus.edu.sg

PlannedTrapped-ion processor, NQPI (Mukherjee and Matsukevich)

Ytterbium and barium ions; hosted at CQT/NUS for the National Quantum Processor Initiative. No operational qubit count stated. cqt.sg

PlannedNeutral-atom processor, NQPI (Wilkowski)

Caesium atoms; setups at NUS and NTU. No operational qubit count stated. cqt.sg

Current lab platformAutomated atom-array setup, 225 traps (Loh Huanqian group)

Defect-free Rydberg atom arrays for quantum simulation, built and operated at CQT. cqt.sg

Current lab platformSmall trapped-ion computer (Matsukevich lab)

A 3-qubit trapped-ion machine operated in the lab. cqt.sg

Partner accessQuantinuum H2 and Helios

CQT researchers run experiments via Singapore's National Quantum Computing Hub; H2 has been used at 56 qubits. cqt.sg

Planned accessQuantinuum Helios system hosted in Singapore (98 qubits)

Installation expected to be completed in 2026 under the NQO-Quantinuum partnership. cqt.sg

Cloud accessIBM Quantum cloud machines

CQT researchers have used IBM systems through the cloud (e.g. 27-qubit IBM-Auckland, 5-qubit IBM-Lima) and IonQ (11 qubits). cqt.sg

Papers per lab: not published on a comparable basis

Why no per-lab paper count appears here.

The 216 publication-related claims found for named CQT people and groups mix lifetime totals (e.g. “more than 140 research papers” for Vlatko Vedral in a 2008 annual report), isolated single-paper announcements (such as the 2026 Nature atomic-clock paper from Murray Barrett’s team), group pages whose “recent papers” lists cover different periods (Yvonne Gao’s page lists three 2024 papers; Rainer Dumke’s most recent listed paper is from 2019), and third-party coverage. Some matches are not even CQT Singapore — TU Eindhoven’s “Coherence and Quantum Technology” group shares the acronym.

A meaningful comparison would require a defined window (for example calendar 2025), author disambiguation, and a bibliometric database query. Examples of the heterogeneity: cqt.sg, cqt.sg, cqt.sg, cqt.sg

Method: 34 group profiles scraped from CQT’s official public directory (cqt.sg), scanned October 2026; staffing is a live-directory snapshot, not payroll data. Postdocs counts people in research-fellow roles only. Hardware and access claims drawn from 166 structured claims across CQT pages, NUS job postings, lab sites and press; duplicate press echoes of the same system were collapsed and historical cloud-access demos before 2020 were cut for space. Per-lab paper counts were not reportable from 216 heterogeneous publication claims.

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