Marko Rančić

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Marko Rančić

Bio

I was born in Niš, Serbia where I obtained a BSc and MSc degrees at the department of physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Niš in (2010) and (2012) respectively. My vibrant scientific career took me to Germany, where I obtained a Dr. rer. nat. at the University of Konstanz under the guidance of Prof. Guido Burkard in 2016. There I worked on theory of electron spin qubits. My path took me further to the University of Basel in Switzerland where I worked under the guidance of Prof. Daniel Loss starting from 2017. The focus of my work were semiconductor hole qubits and topological qubits. In 2019 I accepted an industrial group leader/manager role at TotalEnergies in Paris, France where I held a head of quanutum computing role in one of the biggest companies in the world. There I led a team of talented PhD students, postdocs and more senior researchers and together we scientifically investigated quantum algorithms and applied them to problematics in optimization, chemistry, physics and to some extent machine learning. Quite a lot of my work was centered around connecting quantum software to primitive quantum hardware and solving practical use cases. I also had various managerial responsibilities such as line management, budgeting, producing strategic document, contract/collaboration negotiations and maintained a buisness relation with startups, other coorporate partners and academic partners.

Since November 2023 I am the W1 (Junior) Professor in appled quantum computing at the University of Heidelberg. In my current role, I am looking into predominantly quantum algorithms, software and applications. Secondary I am also interested in quantum hardware and fundamental quantum information theory.

I enjoy collaborating with both theoreticians and experimentalists. I belive that there is a quantum revoluntion unraveling in front of our eyes and I am thrilled I have front row seats.

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I joined the university of Heidelberg on 3.11.2023.

Publications

2023

Yagnik Chatterjee, Zaid Allybokus, Marko J. Rančić and Eric Bourreau

A Hybrid Quantum-assisted Column Generation Algorithm for the Fleet Conversion Problem

arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.08267, 2023

@article{chatterjee2023hybrid,
  title = {A Hybrid Quantum-assisted Column Generation Algorithm for the Fleet Conversion Problem},
  author = {Chatterjee, Yagnik and Allybokus, Zaid and Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J. and Bourreau, Eric},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.08267},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.08267}
}

Baptiste Anselme Martin, Thomas Ayral, François Jamet, Marko J. Rančić and Pascal Simon

Combining Matrix Product States and Noisy Quantum Computers for Quantum Simulation

arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.19231, 2023

@article{martin2023combining,
  title = {Combining Matrix Product States and Noisy Quantum Computers for Quantum Simulation},
  author = {Martin, Baptiste Anselme and Ayral, Thomas and Jamet, Fran{\c{c}}ois and Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J. and Simon, Pascal},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.19231},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.19231}
}

Mohammad Haidar, Marko J. Rančić, Yvon Maday and Jean-Philip Piquemal

Extension of the trotterized unitary coupled cluster to triple excitations

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 127(15), 3543–3550, ACS Publications, 2023

@article{haidar2023extension,
  title = {Extension of the trotterized unitary coupled cluster to triple excitations},
  author = {Haidar, Mohammad and Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J. and Maday, Yvon and Piquemal, Jean-Philip},
  journal = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry A},
  volume = {127},
  number = {15},
  pages = {3543--3550},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {ACS Publications},
  url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpca.3c01753}
}

Mohammad Haidar, Marko J. Rančić, Thomas Ayral, Yvon Maday and Jean-Philip Piquemal

Open source variational quantum eigensolver extension of the quantum learning machine for quantum chemistry

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science, e1664, Wiley Online Library, 2023

@article{haidar2023open,
  title = {Open source variational quantum eigensolver extension of the quantum learning machine for quantum chemistry},
  author = {Haidar, Mohammad and Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J. and Ayral, Thomas and Maday, Yvon and Piquemal, Jean-Philip},
  journal = {Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science},
  pages = {e1664},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {Wiley Online Library},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.08798}
}

Yagnik Chatterjee, Eric Bourreau and Marko J. Rančić

Solving various NP-Hard problems using exponentially fewer qubits on a Quantum Computer

arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.06978, 2023

@article{chatterjee2023solving,
  title = {Solving various NP-Hard problems using exponentially fewer qubits on a Quantum Computer},
  author = {Chatterjee, Yagnik and Bourreau, Eric and Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J.},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.06978},
  year = {2023},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.06978}
}

Kevin J Sung, Marko J. Rančić, Olivia T Lanes and Nicholas T Bronn

Simulating Majorana zero modes on a noisy quantum processor

Quantum Science and Technology, 8(2), 025010, IOP Publishing, 2023

@article{sung2023simulating,
  title = {Simulating Majorana zero modes on a noisy quantum processor},
  author = {Sung, Kevin J and Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J. and Lanes, Olivia T and Bronn, Nicholas T},
  journal = {Quantum Science and Technology},
  volume = {8},
  number = {2},
  pages = {025010},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {IOP Publishing},
  url = {https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-9565/acb796/meta}
}

Marko J. Rančić

Noisy intermediate-scale quantum computing algorithm for solving an n-vertex MaxCut problem with log(n) qubits

Phys. Rev. Res., 5, L012021, American Physical Society, 2023

@article{PhysRevResearch.5.L012021,
  title = {Noisy intermediate-scale quantum computing algorithm for solving an $n$-vertex MaxCut problem with log($n$) qubits},
  author = {Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J.},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. Res.},
  volume = {5},
  issue = {1},
  pages = {L012021},
  numpages = {6},
  year = {2023},
  month = feb,
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L012021},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.L012021}
}

Wassil Sennane, Jean-Philip Piquemal and Marko J. Rančić

Calculating the ground-state energy of benzene under spatial deformations with noisy quantum computing

Phys. Rev. A, 107, 012416, American Physical Society, 2023

@article{PhysRevA.107.012416,
  title = {Calculating the ground-state energy of benzene under spatial deformations with noisy quantum computing},
  author = {Sennane, Wassil and Piquemal, Jean-Philip and Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J.},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. A},
  volume = {107},
  issue = {1},
  pages = {012416},
  numpages = {17},
  year = {2023},
  month = jan,
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.107.012416},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.107.012416}
}

2022

Gabriel Greene-Diniz, David Zsolt Manrique, Wassil Sennane, Yann Magnin, Elvira Shishenina, Philippe Cordier, Philip Llewellyn, Michal Krompiec, Marko J. Rančić and David Muñoz Ramo

Modelling carbon capture on metal-organic frameworks with quantum computing

EPJ Quantum Technology, 9(1), 37, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2022

@article{greene2022modelling,
  title = {Modelling carbon capture on metal-organic frameworks with quantum computing},
  author = {Greene-Diniz, Gabriel and Manrique, David Zsolt and Sennane, Wassil and Magnin, Yann and Shishenina, Elvira and Cordier, Philippe and Llewellyn, Philip and Krompiec, Michal and Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J. and Ramo, David Mu{\~n}oz},
  journal = {EPJ Quantum Technology},
  volume = {9},
  number = {1},
  pages = {37},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg},
  url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-022-00155-w}
}

Marko J. Rančić

Exactly solving the Kitaev chain and generating Majorana-zero-modes out of noisy qubits

Scientific Reports, 12(1), 19882, Nature Publishing Group UK London, 2022

@article{ranvcic2022exactly,
  title = {Exactly solving the Kitaev chain and generating Majorana-zero-modes out of noisy qubits},
  author = {Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J.},
  journal = {Scientific Reports},
  volume = {12},
  number = {1},
  pages = {19882},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK London},
  url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-24341-z}
}

Baptiste Anselme Martin, Pascal Simon and Marko J. Rančić

Simulating strongly interacting Hubbard chains with the variational Hamiltonian ansatz on a quantum computer

Phys. Rev. Res., 4, 023190, American Physical Society, 2022

@article{PhysRevResearch.4.023190,
  title = {Simulating strongly interacting Hubbard chains with the variational Hamiltonian ansatz on a quantum computer},
  author = {Anselme Martin, Baptiste and Simon, Pascal and Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J.},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. Res.},
  volume = {4},
  issue = {2},
  pages = {023190},
  numpages = {11},
  year = {2022},
  month = jun,
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.023190},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.023190}
}

Marko J. Rančić

Entangling spin and charge degrees of freedom in semiconductor quantum dots

Phys. Rev. A, 105, 032611, American Physical Society, 2022

@article{PhysRevA.105.032611,
  title = {Entangling spin and charge degrees of freedom in semiconductor quantum dots},
  author = {Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J.},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. A},
  volume = {105},
  issue = {3},
  pages = {032611},
  numpages = {5},
  year = {2022},
  month = mar,
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.105.032611},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.105.032611}
}

2021

F. N. M. Froning, M. J. Rančić, B. Hetényi, S. Bosco, M. K. Rehmann, A. Li, E. P. A. M. Bakkers, F. A. Zwanenburg, D. Loss, D. M. Zumbühl and F. R. Braakman

Strong spin-orbit interaction and g-factor renormalization of hole spins in Ge/Si nanowire quantum dots

Phys. Rev. Res., 3, 013081, American Physical Society, 2021

@article{PhysRevResearch.3.013081,
  title = {Strong spin-orbit interaction and $g$-factor renormalization of hole spins in Ge/Si nanowire quantum dots},
  author = {Froning, F. N. M. and Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, M. J. and Het\'enyi, B. and Bosco, S. and Rehmann, M. K. and Li, A. and Bakkers, E. P. A. M. and Zwanenburg, F. A. and Loss, D. and Zumb\"uhl, D. M. and Braakman, F. R.},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. Res.},
  volume = {3},
  issue = {1},
  pages = {013081},
  numpages = {13},
  year = {2021},
  month = jan,
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013081},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.013081}
}

2020

Fei Gao, Jian-Huan Wang, Hannes Watzinger, Hao Hu, Marko J Rančić, Jie-Yin Zhang, Ting Wang, Yuan Yao, Gui-Lei Wang, Josip Kukučka and others others

Site-controlled uniform Ge/Si hut wires with electrically tunable spin–orbit coupling

Advanced Materials, 32(16), 1906523, Wiley Online Library, 2020

@article{gao2020site,
  title = {Site-controlled uniform Ge/Si hut wires with electrically tunable spin--orbit coupling},
  author = {Gao, Fei and Wang, Jian-Huan and Watzinger, Hannes and Hu, Hao and Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J and Zhang, Jie-Yin and Wang, Ting and Yao, Yuan and Wang, Gui-Lei and Kuku{\v{c}}ka, Josip and others},
  journal = {Advanced Materials},
  volume = {32},
  number = {16},
  pages = {1906523},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {Wiley Online Library},
  url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201906523}
}

2019

Marko J. Rančić, Silas Hoffman, Constantin Schrade, Jelena Klinovaja and Daniel Loss

Entangling spins in double quantum dots and Majorana bound states

Phys. Rev. B, 99, 165306, American Physical Society, 2019

@article{PhysRevB.99.165306,
  title = {Entangling spins in double quantum dots and Majorana bound states},
  author = {Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J. and Hoffman, Silas and Schrade, Constantin and Klinovaja, Jelena and Loss, Daniel},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. B},
  volume = {99},
  issue = {16},
  pages = {165306},
  numpages = {9},
  year = {2019},
  month = apr,
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.99.165306},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.165306}
}

2018

Christoph Kloeffel, Marko J. Rančić and Daniel Loss

Direct Rashba spin-orbit interaction in Si and Ge nanowires with different growth directions

Phys. Rev. B, 97, 235422, American Physical Society, 2018

@article{PhysRevB.97.235422,
  title = {Direct Rashba spin-orbit interaction in Si and Ge nanowires with different growth directions},
  author = {Kloeffel, Christoph and Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J. and Loss, Daniel},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. B},
  volume = {97},
  issue = {23},
  pages = {235422},
  numpages = {25},
  year = {2018},
  month = jun,
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.97.235422},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.235422}
}

2017

Marko J. Rančić and Guido Burkard

Ultracoherent operation of spin qubits with superexchange coupling

Phys. Rev. B, 96, 201304, American Physical Society, 2017

@article{PhysRevB.96.201304,
  title = {Ultracoherent operation of spin qubits with superexchange coupling},
  author = {Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J. and Burkard, Guido},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. B},
  volume = {96},
  issue = {20},
  pages = {201304},
  numpages = {5},
  year = {2017},
  month = nov,
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.96.201304},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.201304}
}

2016

Marko J. Rančić and Dimitrije Stepanenko

Coherent manipulation of single electron spins with Landau-Zener sweeps

Phys. Rev. B, 94, 241301, American Physical Society, 2016

@article{PhysRevB.94.241301,
  title = {Coherent manipulation of single electron spins with Landau-Zener sweeps},
  author = {Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J. and Stepanenko, Dimitrije},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. B},
  volume = {94},
  issue = {24},
  pages = {241301},
  numpages = {5},
  year = {2016},
  month = dec,
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.94.241301},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.241301}
}

Marko J. Rančić and Guido Burkard

Electric dipole spin resonance in systems with a valley-dependent g factor

Phys. Rev. B, 93, 205433, American Physical Society, 2016

@article{PhysRevB.93.205433,
  title = {Electric dipole spin resonance in systems with a valley-dependent $g$ factor},
  author = {Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J. and Burkard, Guido},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. B},
  volume = {93},
  issue = {20},
  pages = {205433},
  numpages = {9},
  year = {2016},
  month = may,
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.93.205433},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.205433}
}

2014

Marko J. Rančić and Guido Burkard

Interplay of spin-orbit and hyperfine interactions in dynamical nuclear polarization in semiconductor quantum dots

Phys. Rev. B, 90, 245305, American Physical Society, 2014

@article{PhysRevB.90.245305,
  title = {Interplay of spin-orbit and hyperfine interactions in dynamical nuclear polarization in semiconductor quantum dots},
  author = {Ran{\v{c}}i{\'c}, Marko J. and Burkard, Guido},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. B},
  volume = {90},
  issue = {24},
  pages = {245305},
  numpages = {10},
  year = {2014},
  month = dec,
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.90.245305},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.245305}
}