I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in the computer science department at the University of Oxford. I got my PhD in quantum information theory from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, advised by Barbara Terhal.
I’m interested in the complexity of computational tasks that arise in quantum many-body physics and in (quantum) algorithms that — where possible — solve them.
Previously, I studied (theoretical) physics at Delft University of Technology and at the University of Cambridge.
You can reach me at: maarten [dot] stroeks [at] gmail [dot] com.
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My publications/preprints (see also Google Scholar):
- Optimizing fermionic Hamiltonians with classical interactions.
Maarten Stroeks, Barbara M. Terhal & Yaroslav Herasymenko.
[Read paper here.]
Talk at TQC 2026. - Quantum Phase Estimation without Controlled Unitaries.
Laura Clinton, Toby S. Cubitt, Raul Garcia-Patron, Ashley Montanaro, Stasja Stanisic & Maarten Stroeks.
Published in PRX Quantum. [Read paper here.]
Talk at QCTiP 2025. - Complexity of Fermionic 2-SAT.
Maarten Stroeks & Barbara M. Terhal.
Published in Quantum. [Read paper here.]
Talk at TQC 2026. - Solving Free Fermion Problems on a Quantum Computer.
Maarten Stroeks, Daan Lenterman, Barbara M. Terhal & Yaroslav Herasymenko.
Published in Physical Review Research. [Read paper here.]
Talk at QIP 2025.
Talk at QCTiP 2025. - Optimizing sparse fermionic Hamiltonians.
Yaroslav Herasymenko, Maarten Stroeks, Jonas Helsen & Barbara M. Terhal.
Published in Quantum. [Read paper here.]
Talk at QIP 2023. - Spectral estimation for Hamiltonians: a comparison between classical imaginary-time evolution and quantum real-time evolution.
Maarten Stroeks, Jonas Helsen & Barbara M. Terhal.
Published in New Journal of Physics. [Read paper here.]
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You can find my PhD thesis here: [PhD Thesis].
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Recent talks:
- Optimizing fermionic Hamitonians with classical interactions
- Perimeter Institute Quantum Information Seminar, May 2026, Waterloo, Canada. [Recording available.]
- Lorentz Workshop on Automated Reasoning for Quantum Mechanics, July 2026, Leiden, The Netherlands.
- TQC 2026, September 2026, Sherbrooke, Canada.
- Complexity of Fermionic 2-SAT
- 2nd NRW Quantum Theoretical CS Workshop, December 2024, Paderborn, Germany.
- Perimeter Institute Quantum Information Seminar, March 2025, Waterloo, Canada. [Recording available.]
- Leiden University (LIACS) Seminar, July 2025, Leiden, The Netherlands.
- TQC 2026, September 2026, Sherbrooke, Canada.
- Solving Free Fermion Problems on a Quantum Computer
- QIP 2025, February 2025, Raleigh, United States. [Recording available.]
- University of Toronto, March 2025, Toronto, Canada.
- Phasecraft Quantum Algorithms Workshop, May 2025, London, United Kingdom.
- Workshop Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Advantage, September 2026, Vancouver, Canada.
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