Lia Yeh is a Dowling Fellowship Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge. Her research formalizes the intersection of quantum computer architectures, quantum error correction, quantum graphical calculi, and models of quantum computation. Her broader research interests include quantum algorithms for physics and chemistry, quantum circuit synthesis and complexity, and quantum education.
In recognition of her doctoral research at the University of Oxford on the university's flagship Clarendon scholarship, she was awarded a Google PhD Fellowship. During her PhD, she worked half-time for three years as a Research Scientist at Quantinuum. In addition to her research, she is known for her contributions to non-profit and open-source initiatives, and to the founding and long-term development of the Quantum Science and Engineering Education Conference.