Pranav Gokhale, UChicago Pranav Gokhale is a PhD student at UChicago, studying quantum computer architecture under the guidance of Fred Chong. His current research interest is in quantum optimal control and resource allocation. Prior to graduate school, Pranav worked as a software engineer at Quora, the online Q&A community. He graduated from Princeton University in 2015 with a degree in computer science and physics.