CV

Basics

Name Volkan Gurses
Email [email protected] · [email protected]
Url https://volkangurses.com
Summary Recent PhD in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Caltech, Postdoctoral Researcher at MIT/Caltech, and Visiting Researcher at NVIDIA; founder of Foundation. I study the fundamental physical limits of information technologies and build integrated systems that approach them.

Work

  • 2026.06 - Present
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology / California Institute of Technology
    Studying the fundamental physical limits of technologies and building integrated systems that approach these limits.
  • 2026.06 - Present
    Founder and CEO
    Foundation Silicon, Inc.
    Building a semiconductor IP platform toward universal compute.
  • 2025.09 - Present
    Visiting Researcher
    NVIDIA
    Investigating the fundamental physical limits of computing and benchmarking current state-of-the-art against these limits.
  • 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.
  • 2025.01 - Present
    Founder and 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 placed third in the Caltech Entrepreneurship Prize (Bill Gross Business Plan Competition).
  • 2020.09 - 2026.06
    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.
  • 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

  • 2022.09 - 2026.06

    Pasadena, CA

    Doctor of Philosophy
    California Institute of Technology
    Electrical Engineering, Physics
  • 2020.09 - 2022.06

    Pasadena, CA

    Master of Science
    California Institute of Technology
    Electrical Engineering
  • 2016.08 - 2020.05

    Atlanta, GA

    Bachelor of Science
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Electrical Engineering with Research Option

Awards

Talks

  • 2025.12
    MIT EECS
    Invited seminar: Information technologies at the fundamental physical limits
  • 2025.12
    Harvard SEAS
    Invited seminar: Information technologies at the fundamental physical limits
  • 2025.10
    Stanford EE
    Invited seminar: Information technologies at the fundamental physical limits
  • 2025.06
    NVIDIA Research
    Invited seminar: Integrated photonic-electronic systems for classical and quantum information processing
  • 2024.08
    Caltech EE Seminar Series
    Invited talk: Integrated optoelectronic systems for wireless quantum technologies

Skills

Research Areas
Integrated circuits
Quantum information
High-performance computing
Machine learning