Principal investigators
Prof. Brian Gerardot
Professor, RAEng Chair in Emerging Technology
David Brewster Building, room DB 2.11
Prof. Cristian Bonato
Professor, EPSRC Early-Career Fellow
James Nasmyth Building, room JN 2.17
Dr Mauro Brotons-Gisbert
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Scott Russell Building, room SR G.07
Dr Christiaan Bekker
Royal Academy of Engineering fellow
David Brewster Building, room DB 2.03
Project manager
Post-docs
Dr Harikumar K Chandrasekharan
Research Associate
Hari works on implementing efficient, robust and scalable interconnects between integrated quantum photonics chips and optical fibers and in the optimisation of the connectorisation methodology.
Earl Mountbatten Building, room EM G.24
Dr Zeeshan Babar
Research Associate
Zeeshan is working on the autonomous vdW assembly pilot line project.
David Brewster Building, room DB 2.10
Dr Ben Haylock
Research Associate
Ben is working on optimising spin-based quantum sensors in diamond and silicon carbide.
David Brewster Building, room DB 1.03
Dr Yashar Alizadeh
Research Associate
Yashar works on developing quantum memory protocols based on crystals stoichiometric in rare-earth ions with a focus on the use of laser-written waveguides
William Perkin Annex, room WPA G.05
Dr Pasquale Cilibrizzi
Research Associate
Pasquale studies single spins associated to near-infrared colour centres (divacancies, vanadium impurities) in silicon carbide.
David Brewster Building, room DB 2.40
Dr Muhammad Junaid Arshad
Experimental Officer for the Quantum Magnetometry Facility
Muhammad operates our Quantum Magnetometry Facility, using quantum sensors to study complex magnetic materials at low temperature.
David Brewster Building, room DB 2.40
PhD students
Stewart Wallace
PhD Student
Stewart works on machine learning algorithms to construct models of quantum systems from experimental data, in collaboration with Erik Gauger's theory group.
David Brewster Building, room DB 1.04
Finley Giles-Book
PhD Student
Finley is developing integrated quantum memories based on rare earth ion doped crystals for ultra-high efficiency quantum memories and non-destructive single photon detectors.
David Brewster Building, room DB 2.16
Keiran McGovern
EngD Student
Razorbill Instruments
Tatyana Ivanova
PhD Student
Tatyana is working on fabrication, characterisation, and tuning of 2D quantum materials.
David Brewster Building, DB 2.16
Issam Belgacem
PhD Student
Issam uses a single-spin quantum magnetometer to map complex magnetic texture in 2D heterostructures with nanoscale spatial resolution, in collaboration with the group of Prof Jean-Francois Roch in Paris.
David Brewster Building
Bibi Mary Francis
PhD Student
Bibi is working on quantum photonics with 2D semiconductors.
David Brewster Building, room DB 2.16
Alex Jones
PhD Student
Alex is developing and integrating on-chip photonic, microwave and electronic microstructures to create a scalable architecture for addressing spin qubits in silicon carbide.
David Brewster Building, room DB 2.40
Sheena Shaji
PhD Student
Sheena engineers scalable coherent coupling among semiconductor quantum dots to realise Dicke super-radiance and other exotic states of quantum light.
David Brewster Building, room DB 2.10
Frederik Brooke Barnes
PhD Student
Fred uses high-quality single photons from self-assembled III-V quantum dots, down-converted to the telecom range, to develop secure quantum key distribution
David Brewster Building, room DB 1.03
Sean Keenan
PhD Student
David Brewster Building, room DB 2.16
Daniel Forbes
PhD Student
Dan is developing an automated solution to assemble 2D heterostructures with high accuracy, yield and speed.
David Brewster Building, room DB 2.40
Master students
Malte Kroj
Master's student
Malte works on Fourier-transform spectroscopy of single quantum emitters.
David Brewster Building, room DB 2.16
Former members
Former members can be found here.