William D. Oliver is jointly appointed the Henry Ellis
Warren (1894) Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and
Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He
serves as the Director of the Center for Quantum Engineering, Associate
Director of the Research Laboratory of Electronics, and Principal Investigator
with the Engineering Quantum Systems Group at the MIT campus. Oliver’s research
interests include the materials science, fabrication engineering, design and
measurement of superconducting qubits, as well as the development of cryogenic
packaging and control electronics. From 2003 to 2023, he also worked at the MIT
Lincoln Laboratory – most recently as Laboratory Fellow (2017–2023),
where he was instrumental in growing the quantum computing group to its present
levels. In February 2023, Oliver stepped down from this position to co-found
Atlantic Quantum, a quantum computing startup. Atlantic Quantum was acquired by
Google in October 2025.
Oliver is a Fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, and the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He serves on the National
Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee, the US Committee for Superconducting
Electronics, and as an IEEE Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC) Lead
Editor.
Oliver received his PhD degree in electrical engineering
from Stanford University, his MS degree in electrical engineering and computer
science from MIT, and a BS degree in electrical engineering and BA degree in
Japanese from the University of Rochester.