Jun 2021 – Sep 2025 · 4 yrs 3 mos

• Line Management: Solid State Physics Department Manager (approximately 40 people)
• Department Focus: advancing HRL's qubit device design, measurement, and analysis capability
• Project Management: Quantum Dot Spin Qubit Technology Lead

Jan 2019 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Line Management: Device Physics Group Lead (approximately 12 people)
• Project Management: Quantum Dot Spin Qubit Program Manager
• Proposal writing and negotiation
• Project planning and re-planning, resource prioritization
• Conceiving, negotiating, and executing on customer deliverables

Apr 2017 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Line Management: Materials and Device Physics Group Lead (approximately 18 people)
• Project Management: Quantum Dot Spin Qubit Deputy Program Manager, Quantum Dot Spin Qubit Program Manager
• Lead inventor and conceptual designer of scalable, world-leading quantum dot spin qubit design with reduced disorder, reduced charge noise, and increased valley splitting.
• World-class expert in the design and characterization of semiconductor quantum dot spin qubit devices.
• Regular presentation and reporting of research results and plans to customers.

Oct 2014 – Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Line Management: Materials Characterization Group Lead (approximately 12 people).
• Project Management: Qubit 1K measurement lead, then Qubit mK measurement lead and Device Design lead.
• Recruitment, performance management, and career development for technical staff. Regular presentation and reporting of research results and plans to customers.

Apr 2013 – Oct 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Spin Qubit Measurement Scientist. Conceived and implemented new measurement techniques and devices to direct connect qubit performance to growth, fabrication, operation, or design parameters.

Jan 2011 – Apr 2013 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Basel Area, Switzerland

• Research in coupling ultracold atomics systems (neutral atoms) to mechanical oscillators
• Research in using ultracold atomic ensembles to store and manipulate photons from solid-state sources (like quantum dots or defect centers)
• Supervised 3 PhD students and 1 Masters student
• Skills: laser cooling and trapping, UHV experimental setups, laser frequency and intensity locking, micromechanical oscillators, finite element simulations (ODE and PDE solvers)

Nov 2008 – Dec 2010 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Gaithersburg, MD

• Research in nano-photonics, nonlinear optics, and quantum optics
• First demonstration of single photon quantum frequency conversion
• Skills: nonlinear optics, electron beam lithography, nanophotonics and optical characterization techniques, software for experiment automation

Aug 2003 – Nov 2008 · 5 yrs 3 mos

• Research in semiconductor quantum optical systems, cavity quantum electrodynamics
• Skills: experimental design for optics, cryogenics, low-light detection, ultrafast laser sources, signal-to-noise optimization