UCLA NarangLab

NarangLab is the academic research group led by Prineha Narang, which moved from Harvard University, where it was established in 2017, to UCLA in 2024; it is a university lab rather than a commercial vendor. The group develops first-principles and computational theory of quantum materials, modeling electron, phonon, and photon dynamics in solids and low-dimensional systems, including light-matter interactions in quantum photonic platforms. Its published work supports solid-state quantum information and sensing efforts, such as defect-based spin qubits and single-photon emitters, but the lab does not sell hardware or software.

AI-written profile · not yet reviewed · 16 September 2026

Headquarters: Los Angeles, California, USA
Status: Private

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Coverage

Quantum Zeitgeist15 September 2026

UCLA & Caltech use quantum-enhanced AI on NVIDIA GPUs to steer molecules

Researchers at UCLA’s NarangLab and Caltech, working with NVIDIA, used a Fourier Neural Operator to model molecular dynamics and design control sequences. The approach is described as quantum-informed AI running on NVIDIA GPUs.

OutlookPlausible

Fourier neural operators trained on molecular dynamics could enable design of control sequences for specific molecular systems without repeated expensive quantum chemistry simulations.

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Quantum Zeitgeist15 September 2026

NVIDIA helps UCLA steer molecules with AI trained on quantum physics

UCLA's NarangLab and NVIDIA researchers applied a Fourier neural operator to learn the quantum dynamics of molecular systems. They then used the trained model to design control sequences for steering complex molecular behaviour.

OutlookPlausible

If the learned operator transfers to larger or noisier molecular systems, this could enable rapid, GPU-accelerated design of control pulses for chemical dynamics and quantum simulation experiments within two years.

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