Yes, I know and like Allan MacDonald!  I see him maybe a few times per year (would be happy to see him more :-) ).  Physicists here who I interact with more reguarly include Nick Hunter-Jones, Andreas Karch, Jacques Distler...

ScottAaronson

Since you’re both at the University of Texas at Austin, do you ever interact with Allan MacDonald or discuss quantum computing from a condensed matter perspective? Or are your fields/interests too far away from each other?

I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing theorist at UT Austin!  AMA

From @south_korea_ln 4:

> Since you’re both at the University of Texas at Austin, do you ever interact with Allan MacDonald or discuss quantum computing from a condensed matter perspective? Or are your fields/interests too far away from each other?