MSPQC Faculty
Mark Saffman
Position title: Johannes Rydberg Professor
Email: msaffman@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 265-5601
Websites: Saffman Lab, Quantum Information, Atomic Physics
Research Interests: Atomic physics; quantum computing with neutral atoms; quantum optics; entanglement; nonlinear optics; solitons; pattern formation
Josiah Sinclair
Position title: Carl J. and Brynn B. Anderson Assistant Professor of Physics
Email: josiah.sinclair@wisc.edu
Websites: Home Page, Sinclair Lab
Research Interests: I am an experimental physicist researching atomic physics platforms for quantum computing. My research focuses on harnessing the power of nonlocal entanglement to build scalable modular fault-tolerant quantum computers and distributed quantum sensors with atom arrays and optical cavities. I am also interested in quantum error correction in distributed architectures, quantum foundations, and teaching quantum mechanics.
We are a new research group focusing on exploring novel 2D quantum materials and their van der Waals heterostructures. We are particularly interested in studying exotic 2D magnetism, 2D superconductivity, and topology by using various techniques, such as nanodevice fabrication, magneto-optics, quantum transport, thermoelectrics, optoelectronics, optical spectroscopy and microscopy.
Maxim G Vavilov
Position title: Professor, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Program and Academic Affairs
Email: vavilov@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-5425
Websites: Home Page, Condensed Matter
Thad Walker
Position title: Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Email: tgwalker@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-4093
Websites: The Atom Trainers, Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Research Interests: Quantum information using Rydberg Atoms; Spin-exchange optical pumping; Magnetometry
Benjamin Woods
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email: bwoods6@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-0192
Website: Home Page
Research Interests: Spin qubits in semiconductor quantum dots, semiconductor-superconductor hybrids, topological superconductivity, Hamiltonian engineering
Deniz Yavuz
Position title: Professor, MSPQC Director
Email: yavuz@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-9399
Websites: Yavuz Lab, Atomic Physics
Research Interests: Quantum and nonlinear optics with emphasis to ultrafast physics and quantum interference effects such as slow light and stopped light
