Dr Maria-Andreea Filip
College Position
Kim and Julianna Silverman Research Fellow
Other Positions

Visiting Scientist, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge

Degrees and Honours

MA, MSci, PhD

Research Interests

My research interests are in employing quantum computers to solve theoretical chemistry problems, in particular electronic structure. I focus on developing algorithms which combine stochastic computation with ground state projection techniques and quantum computing to efficiently find the energy levels of molecules. I am also interested in high-accuracy conventional quantum chemistry techniques, including Quantum Monte Carlo methods and transcorrelation theory.

Select Publications

1. H. G. A. Burton, M.-A. Filip; Excited state preparation on a quantum computer through adiabatic light-matter coupling, 2025, arXiv:2511.22324; https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2511.22324
2. M.-A. Filip, N. Fitzpatrick; Beyond asymptotic reasoning: the practicalities of a quantum ground state projector based on the wall-Chebyshev expansion, Quantum Sci. Technol., 2025, 11, 015027; https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ae2887
3. M.-A. Filip, E. M. C. Christlmaier, J. P. Haupt, D. Kats, P. Lopez Rıos, A. Alavi; Deterministic optimization of Jastrow factors, J. Chem. Phys., 2025, 163, 084107; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0284106
4. M.-A. Filip; Fighting noise with noise: a stochastic projective quantum eigensolver, J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2024, 20, 5964; https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.4c00295
5. Z. Zhao, M.-A. Filip, A. J. W. Thom; Rapidly convergent quantum Monte Carlo using a Chebyshev projector, Faraday Discuss., 2024, 254, 429; https://doi.org/10.1039/D4FD00035H