Senior Lecturer Education Education: PhD, Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology Postdoc, UC Riverside Research Research Areas: Physics Education Theoretical Physics Research Interests: STEM education, general relativity, quantum computing, nano 2026 January Graduate Prelim Exam: Document: 2026JanuaryPrelim_PART_1_CM_EM_actual_WithSoln.pdf (470.65 KB) Document: 2026JanuaryPrelim_PART_2_QM_actual_WithSoln.pdf (417.8 KB) Selected Publications Selected Publications: ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5752-9296 Latest publication (June 2026): "Modified Fronsdal coordinates for maximally extended Schwarzschild spacetime," Am. J. Phys. 94, 476–485 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0282904 Latest preprint (June 2026): "Strongly anisotropic Rytova-Keldysh interaction and the ground state of 2D excitons," arXiv:2606.23033 [cond-mat.mes-hall] Key Quantum Computing papers: A. Galiautdinov, "Generation of high-fidelity controlled-NOT logic gates by coupled superconducting qubits," Phys. Rev. A 75, 052303 (2007) A. Galiautdinov and J. M. Martinis, "Maximally entangling tripartite protocols for Josephson phase qubits," Phys. Rev. A 78, 010305(R) (2008) A. Galiautdinov, A. N. Korotkov, and J. M. Martinis, "Resonator–zero-qubit architecture for superconducting qubits," Phys. Rev. A 85, 042321 (2012) E. A. Sete, A. Galiautdinov, E. Mlinar, J. M. Martinis, and A. N. Korotkov, "Catch-Disperse-Release Readout for Superconducting Qubits," Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 210501 (2013) M. R. Geller, J. M. Martinis, A. T. Sornborger, P. C. Stancil, E. J. Pritchett, H. You, and A. Galiautdinov, "Universal quantum simulation with prethreshold superconducting qubits: Single excitation subspace method", Phys. Rev. A 91, 062309 (2015) Key GR papers: D. R. Finkelstein, A. Galiautdinov, J. E. Baugh, "Unimodular relativity and cosmological constant," J. Math. Phys. 42, 340–346 (2001) A. Galiautdinov and S. M. Kopeikin, "Post-Newtonian celestial mechanics in scalar-tensor cosmology," Phys. Rev. D 94, 044015 (2016) A. Galiautdinov and L. H. Ryder, "Neutron interference in the Earth's gravitational field," General Relativity & Gravitation 49, 82 (2017) Key Nano papers: A. Galiautdinov, "Anisotropic Keldysh interaction," Physics Letters A 383, 3167-3174 (2019) A. Galiautdinov and Y. Zhao, "Plasmonic properties of composition graded spherical nanoparticles in quasi-static approximation," J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 56 055102 (2023) A. Galiautdinov, “Feynman’s method in chiral nanorod-based metamaterial nanoplasmonics,” Phys. Scr. 98 125529 (2023) Courses Taught Courses Regularly Taught: PHYS 1010 PHYS 1111 PHYS 1112 PHYS 1211 PHYS 1212 PHYS 1252 PHYS 1311 PHYS 1312 PHYS 4201/6201 PHYS 4202/6202 PHYS 4980R PHYS 8011 PHYS 8201 PHYS 8202 PHYS 8900