Ivan Burenkov, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist, Joint Quantum Institute (UMD/NIST)
Email: ivan.burenkov@gmail.com
Work: (301) 975-8112 | Mobile: (240) 474-1589
Education
2009 - 2012
PhD, Department of Physics
Lomonosov Moscow State University
2003 - 2009
B.Sc. + M.Sc. (equivalent)
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Physics
Experience
2018 – present
Assistant Research Scientist
Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland and NIST, MD, USA
2015 – 2018
Post-Doctoral Associate
Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland and NIST, MD, USA
2014 – 2015
Senior Scientist
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
Achievements & Awards
- NIH Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge, Stage 1 Winner (2025).
- Record Improvement in Error Correction efficiency (40 dB below the classical limit).
- Metropolitan Synchronization: Picosecond-level synchronization of lasers over 120 km of deployed fiber.
- Novel Super-Resolution Imaging: Invented and demonstrated S-RIPE technique.
- Single-Biomarker Sensitivity demonstrated in the quantum-enhanced flow cytometer.
Patents & Inventions
- US Patent 12,387,129 (2025). Systems and methods for quantum-enabled error correction.
- US Patent 11,940,714 (2024). Ultra-low-noise, on-chip quantum devices.
- US Patent 11,768,147 (2023). Quantum flow cytometer.
- US Patent 10,382,141 (2019). Communication linker for communication linking.
- US Patent App. 2025/0225615 (2025). Super-resolution imaging via photon enumeration.
Selected Publications
- A Rahmouni, PS Kuo, YS Li-Baboud, IA Burenkov, ... "100-km entanglement distribution with coexisting quantum and classical signals in a single fiber". Journal of Optical Communications and Networking 16 (8), 781-787. (2024)
- IA Burenkov, A Semionov, G Hala, T Gerrits, ... "Synchronization and coexistence in quantum networks". Optics Express 31 (7), 11431-11446. (2023)
- IA Burenkov, MV Jabir, SV Polyakov. "Practical quantum-enhanced receivers for classical communication". AVS quantum science 3 (2), 025301. (2021)
- IA Burenkov, MV Jabir, A Battou, SV Polyakov. "Time-resolving quantum measurement enables energy-efficient, large-alphabet communication". PRX Quantum 1 (1), 010308. (2020)
- IA Burenkov, OV Tikhonova, SV Polyakov. "Quantum receiver for large alphabet communication". Optica 5 (3), 227-232. (2018)
- IA Burenkov, AK Sharma, T Gerrits, ... "Full statistical mode reconstruction of a light field via a photon-number-resolved measurement". Physical Review A 95 (5), 053806. (2017)