Dmitry Abanin is professor of physics who joined the Princeton faculty in August of 2023. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2008. His scientific interests and areas of study include quantum simulation, quantum information and computing, condensed matter physics, and efficient classical algorithms for quantum systems. He has published over ninety peer-reviewed papers and has received numerous awards, including the recent Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher Award in 2023 and the ERC Consolidator Grant in 2020. He is currently on the graduate admissions committee for the new graduate program in Quantum Science and Engineering, which is a joint collaboration between the Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Departments.