Sequoia Lab

Secure Quantum-era Integrated Architecture Lab

University of California, Merced

Lab Members

Our lab is composed of talented and dedicated researchers working on cutting-edge research problems in hardware security and post-quantum cryptography.

school Principal Investigator

Portrait of Dr. Qian Wang

Dr. Qian Wang

Assistant Professor, Dept. of EE

Research Interests

  • arrow_right Post-quantum Cryptos and hardware-intrinsic security primitives (PUF, NTT, FHE)
  • arrow_right Quantum computer emulation and simulation system
  • arrow_right Machine learning systems and security analysis
  • arrow_right Cyber-physical system and autonomous driving systems

Education

  • arrow_right Ph.D., 2019 — University of Maryland, College Park
  • arrow_right M.S., 2014 — Tsinghua University
  • arrow_right B.S., 2011 — Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

person PhD Students

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Ben Dong

PhD Student, EE

calendar_month Spring 2026
mail bdong@ucmerced.edu
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Hui Feng

PhD Student, EE

calendar_month Spring 2026
mail hfeng@ucmerced.edu