PhD Candidate in Theoretical Physics at William & Mary

Specializing in Quantum Information Science working in the Bentsen QIS Group. Also I dabble in a little bit of Algebraic Topology on the side.

Samuel Bevins

Research Interests

Quantum Information Science

Investigating quantum error correction and decoding algorithms.

Collaborators: Dr. Gregory Bentsen

Algebraic Topology

Studying the structure of cohomology rings of nilmanifolds associated with Dani-Mainkar Lie algebras, as well as L algebras associated with hypergraphs.

Collaborators: Dr. Marco Aldi, Eleftherios Chatzitheodoridis, Dr. Sergio Da Silva, Quincy Frias, Tomas Mejia Gomez

Balance Numbers for Graphs

Identifying bounds and algorithms for the balance number of a graph.

Collaborators: Yunus Bidav

Education

Ph.D. in Physics (In Progress)
The College of William & Mary
2024-Present
M.S. in Physics
The College of William & Mary
2024-2025
B.S. in Physics
Virginia Commonwealth University
2021-2023
B.S. in Pure Mathematics
Virginia Commonwealth University
2021-2023
A.S. in Science
Virginia Peninsula Community College
2019-2021