Dr. Mykyta (Nikita) Onizhuk

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Education

• B.S. Chemistry, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (2017)
• M.S. Chemistry, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (2018)
• Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Chicago (2023)

Areas of Interest

• Study of paramagnetic defects for quantum information applications
• Developing approaches for calculation of coherence dynamics of spin qubits from first principles

Experience

• 2018-Present: Graduate Student, University of Chicago
• 2016-2018: Undergraduate Researcher, Kharkiv National University, Prof. V. Ivanov Group: Quantum-chemical modeling of silica acids; Alternative methods to construct linear regressions
• 2013-2016: Undergraduate Researcher, Kharkiv National University, Prof. Yuriy Kholin Group: Applications of grafted silica

Publications

• Mykyta Onizhuk and Giulia Galli.
  PyCCE: A Python Package for Cluster Correlation Expansion Simulations of Spin Qubit Dynamic
  Adv. Theory Simul. 2100254 (2021).
• Mykyta Onizhuk*, Siddhartha Sohoni*, Giulia Galli, Gregory Engel (*These authors contributed equally to this work).
  Spatial Patterns of Light-Harvesting Antenna Complex Arrangements Tune the Transfer-to-Trap Efficiency of Excitons in Purple Bacteria
  J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 12, 6967-6973 (2021).
• Krishnendu Ghosh, He Ma, Mykyta Onizhuk, Vikram Gavini, and Giulia Galli.
  Spin–spin interactions in defects in solids from mixed all-electron and pseudopotential first-principles calculations
  Npj Comput. Mater., 7, 1-8 (2021).
• M. O. Onizhuk and Giulia Galli.
  Substrate-controlled dynamics of spin qubits in low dimensional van-der-Waals materials
  Appl. Phys. Lett., 118, 154003 (2021).
• M. O. Onizhuk, Kevin C. Miao, Joseph P. Blanton, He Ma, Christopher P. Anderson, Alexandre Bourassa, David D. Awschalom, and Giulia Galli.
  Probing the coherence of solid-state qubits at avoided crossings
  PRX Quantum, 2, 010311 (2021).
• Alexandre Bourassa, Christopher P. Anderson, Kevin C. Miao, Mykyta Onizhuk, He Ma, Alexander L. Crook, Hiroshi Abe, Jawad Ul-Hassan, Takeshi Ohshima, Nguyen T. Son, Giulia Galli and David D. Awschalom.
  Entanglement and control of single quantum memories in isotopically engineered silicon carbide
  Nature Materials, 19, 1319-1325 (2020).
• M. O. Onizhuk, A. V. Panteleimonov, Y. V. Kholin, V. V. Ivanov.
  Dissociation Constants of Silanol Groups of Silic Acids: Quantum Chemical Estimations
  J. Struct. Chem. 59 (2), pp 261-271 (2018).
• M. O. Onizhuk, O. S. Tkachenko, A. V. Panteleimonov, V. V. Varchenko, K. Belikov, Y. V. Kholin
  Electrochemical oxidation of quercetin in aqueous and ethanol-water media with the use of graphite/chemically modified silica ceramic eletrode
  Ionics 24 (6), pp 1755-1764 (2018).