I’m an Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physicist at Nomad Atomics, helping to bring quantum sensors out of the lab and into the field. I’ve spent time as an R&D Software Engineer in the Cameras group at Blackmagic Design, and an Optical and Calibration Physicist at Cylite Optics. I have previously worked as a postdoc in quantum physics labs at The University of Melbourne and in the Joint Quantum Institute at The University of Maryland. I completed a PhD in physics at The University of Melbourne, and a Bachelor of Science (Science Scholar Program)(Honours) at Monash University.
Previous research focuses have included:
- Nonlinear and quantum optics, specifically the generation and application of squeezed states of light
- Atom cooling and trapping
- Ultra-bright electron and ion beam generation
- Ultrafast electron diffraction
- Biological photoacoustic imaging
I’m primarily an experimentalist by training, but I dabble in pen-and-paper theory, and dive headlong into computer programming and simulation. I love all things technical, and am the founder of Narwhal Devices where we are making high performance laboratory equipment using FPGAs.
Notes and publications
For a full list of my peer reviewed publications, see my Google Scholar profile. To view my research theses, and pedagogical notes about a range of physics topics, click on my notes page.