Natalie M Klco

Bio

https://nklco.yolasite.com/

Education

• B.S. Ohio University, 2015
• M.S. University of Washington, 2016
• Ph.D. University of Washington, 2020

Trainings & Certifications

• Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar, Fellow of the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology, INSTITUTE FOR QUANTUM INFORMATION AND MATTER (IQIM) 2020 - 2022 (2020 - 2022) California Institute of Technology

Positions

• Assistant Professor of Physics
• Member of the Duke Quantum Center

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

• David and Janet Vaughan Brooks Award. Arts & Sciences Council for outstanding achievements in undergraduate teaching. 2025

Courses Taught

• PHYSICS 714: Quantum Mechanics 1
• PHYSICS 627: Quantum Computing
• PHYSICS 495: Thesis Independent Study
• PHYSICS 493: Research Independent Study
• ECE 523: Quantum Computing

Publications

• Jiang J, Klco N, Di Matteo O. Non-Abelian dynamics on a cube: Improving quantum compilation through qudit-based simulations. Physical Review D. 2025 Oct 22;112(7):1u201322.
• Gao B, Klco N. Detecting spacelike vacuum entanglement at all distances and promoting negativity to a necessary and sufficient entanglement measure in many-body regimes. Physical Review A. 2025 Jul 30;112(1):1u201313.
• Datla PR, Zhao L, Ho WW, Klco N, Loh H. Statistical Localization in a Rydberg Simulator of $U(1)$ Lattice Gaugen Theory. 2025.
• Gao B, Klco N. Detecting spacelike vacuum entanglement at all distances and promotingn negativity to a necessary and sufficient entanglement measure in many-bodyn regimes. 2024.
• Gao B, Klco N. Partial-transpose-guided entanglement classes and minimum noise filtering in many-body Gaussian quantum systems. Physical Review A. 2024 Jun 1;109(6).
• Klco N, Beck DH. Identification of a natural fieldlike entanglement resource in trapped-ion chains. Physical Review A. 2024 Jun 1;109(6).
• Gao B, Klco N. Partial-transpose-guided entanglement classes and minimum noisen filtering in many-body Gaussian quantum systems. 2024.
• Klco N, Beck DH. Identification of a natural fieldlike entanglement resource inn trapped-ion chains. 2023.
• Bauer CW, Davoudi Z, Klco N, Savage MJ. Quantum simulation of fundamental particles and forces. Nature Reviews Physics. 2023 Jul 1;5(7):420u201332.
• Klco N, Beck DH. Entanglement structures in quantum field theories. II. Distortions of vacuum correlations through the lens of local observers. Physical Review A. 2023 Jul 1;108(1).
• Klco N, Beck DH. Entanglement Structures in Quantum Field Theories II: Distortions ofn Vacuum Correlations Through the Lens of Local Observers. 2023.
• Klco N, Beck DH, Savage MJ. Entanglement structures in quantum field theories: Negativity cores and bound entanglement in the vacuum. Physical Review A. 2023 Jan 1;107(1).
• Klco N, Roggero A, Savage MJ. Standard model physics and the digital quantum revolution: thoughts about the interface. Reports on progress in physics Physical Society (Great Britain). 2022 May;85(6).
• Ciavarella A, Klco N, Savage MJ. Some Conceptual Aspects of Operator Design for Quantum Simulations ofn Non-Abelian Lattice Gauge Theories. 2022.
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Hierarchical qubit maps and hierarchically implemented quantum error correction. Physical Review A. 2021 Dec 15;104(6).
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Entanglement Spheres and a UV-IR Connection in Effective Field Theories. Physical review letters. 2021 Nov;127(21):211602.
• Klco N, Beck DH, Savage MJ. Entanglement Structures in Quantum Field Theories: Negativity Cores andn Bound Entanglement in the Vacuum. 2021.
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Hierarchical Qubit Maps and Hierarchical Quantum Error Correction. 2021.
• Klco N, Roggero A, Savage MJ. Standard Model Physics and the Digital Quantum Revolution: Thoughtsn about the Interface. 2021.
• Ciavarella A, Klco N, Savage MJ. Trailhead for quantum simulation of SU(3) Yang-Mills lattice gauge theory in the local multiplet basis. Physical Review D. 2021 May 4;103(9).
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Entanglement Spheres and a UV-IR connection in Effective Field Theories. 2021.
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Geometric quantum information structure in quantum fields and their lattice simulation. Physical Review D. 2021 Mar 22;103(6).
• Ciavarella A, Klco N, Savage MJ. A Trailhead for Quantum Simulation of SU(3) Yang-Mills Lattice Gaugen Theory in the Local Multiplet Basis. 2021.
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Fixed-point quantum circuits for quantum field theories. Physical Review A. 2020 Nov 30;102(5).
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Geometric Quantum Information Structure in Quantum Fields and theirn Lattice Simulation. 2020.
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Systematically localizable operators for quantum simulations of quantum field theories. Physical Review A. 2020 Jul 22;102(1).
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Minimally entangled state preparation of localized wave functions on quantum computers. Physical Review A. 2020 Jul 17;102(1).
• Klco N, Savage MJ, Stryker JR. SU(2) non-Abelian gauge field theory in one dimension on digital quantum computers. Physical Review D. 2020 Apr 21;101(7).
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Fixed-Point Quantum Circuits for Quantum Field Theories. 2020.
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Systematically Localizable Operators for Quantum Simulations of Quantumn Field Theories. 2019.
• Klco N, Stryker JR, Savage MJ. SU(2) non-Abelian gauge field theory in one dimension on digital quantumn computers. 2019.
• Lu H-H, Klco N, Lukens JM, Morris TD, Bansal A, Ekstru00f6m A, et al. Simulations of subatomic many-body physics on a quantum frequency processor. Physical Review A. 2019 Jul 15;100(1).
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Digitization of scalar fields for quantum computing. Physical Review A. 2019 May 23;99(5).
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Minimally-Entangled State Preparation of Localized Wavefunctions onn Quantum Computers. 2019.
• Beane SR, Kaplan DB, Klco N, Savage MJ. Entanglement Suppression and Emergent Symmetries of Strong Interactions. Physical review letters. 2019 Mar;122(10):102001.
• Beane SR, Kaplan DB, Klco N, Savage MJ. Entanglement Suppression and Emergent Symmetries of Strong Interactions. 2018.
• Klco N, Dumitrescu EF, McCaskey AJ, Morris TD, Pooser RC, Sanz M, et al. Quantum-classical computation of Schwinger model dynamics using quantum computers. Physical Review A. 2018 Sep 28;98(3).
• Klco N, Savage MJ. Digitization of Scalar Fields for Quantum Computing. 2018.
• Klco N, Dumitrescu EF, McCaskey AJ, Morris TD, Pooser RC, Sanz M, et al. Quantum-Classical Computation of Schwinger Model Dynamics using Quantumn Computers. 2018.
• Beane SR, Klco N. Chiral corrections to the Adler-Weisberger sum rule. 2016.

In The News

• Natalie Klco, Connecting Physics to Quantum Computing (Nov 8, 2022 | Department of Physics)