CV
Basics
| Name | Volkan Gurses |
| [email protected] | |
| Url | volkangurses.com |
| Summary | PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering and Physics studying the fundamental physical limits of technologies and developing devices that operate at these limits. |
Work
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2025.09 - Present Visiting Researcher
NVIDIA
Investigating the fundamental physical limits of computing and benchmarking current state-of-the-art against these limits.
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2025.06 - 2025.09 Research Intern
NVIDIA
Developed next-generation computer architectures, processors and interconnects for high-performance computing workloads. Investigated interfaces between classical and quantum computers.
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2025.01 - Present Founder, CEO
Matterware, Inc.
Founded an AI for chip design startup leveraging Fourier neural operators and large language models to accelerate chip design workflows. Raised >$500k in funding and won the Caltech Entrepreneurship Prize.
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2020.09 - Present Graduate Research Assistant
California Institute of Technology
Caltech Holistic Integrated Circuits Group, PI: Ali Hajimiri. Led projects in integrated photonics and electronics for quantum information science and high-performance computing.
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2017.01 - 2020.09 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Georgia Institute of Technology
Worked across four research groups (PIs: Hua Wang, Morris Cohen, Gregory Durgin, Lukas Graber) on mm-Wave circuits, low-frequency remote sensing, phased array transceivers, and high-voltage disconnect switches.
Education
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2022.09 - Present Pasadena, CA
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2020.09 - 2022.06 Pasadena, CA
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2016.08 - 2020.05 Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with Research Option
Awards
- 2025.12
Rising Star
Cell Press
- 2025.04
Caltech Entrepreneurship Prize
California Institute of Technology
- 2024.09
Broadcom Innovation Fund
California Institute of Technology
- 2023.01
Carver Mead New Adventures Fund
California Institute of Technology
- 2022.10
Google Ph.D. Fellowship Nominee
California Institute of Technology
- 2022.07
Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship Nominee
California Institute of Technology
- 2020.08
R. David Middlebrook Graduate Fellowship
California Institute of Technology
- 2020.04
Tau Beta Pi Fellowship
Tau Beta Pi
- 2020.03
Caltech EAS Division Fellowship
California Institute of Technology
- 2020.03
Roger P. Webb Undergraduate Research Award
Georgia Institute of Technology
- 2020.02
IEEE MTT-S Scholarship
IEEE MTT-S
- 2015.09
European Union Contest for Young Scientists, CERN Special Donated Prize
European Commission / CERN
Skills
| Research Areas | |
| Integrated circuits | |
| Quantum information science | |
| High-performance computing | |
| Machine learning | |
| Photonic-electronic integrated circuits |