about me

I'm Kristi Beck, an atomic physicist fascinated by the quantum world. My research interests include quantum control and applying the techniques of laser cooling and trapping to quantum computing, quantum-limited measurement and quantum simulation. I've explored these interests in a variety of experimental systems (see my papers), including ions trapped in RF potentials, thermal atoms in an optical resonator, superconducting qubits (my current work) and degenerate gases of ultracold atoms.

I'm currently a research scientist in the Physics Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). My former positions include:

• Senior Scientist, IonQ, Inc. (2018-2020)

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Trapped Ion Quantum Computing Group (UMD), Prof. Chris Monroe (2016-2018)

• Atoms and Photons Group (MIT), Prof. Vladan Vuletic (2010-2016)

• Quantum Nanoelectronics Lab (University of California at Berkeley), Prof. Irfan Siddiqi (2012)

• Quantum Optics and Cold Atoms Group (Cambridge University, now at the University of Bonn), Dr. Michael Köhl (2009-2010)

• Advanced Integrated Photonics Group (Bell Labs, Alcatel Lucent), Dr. David Neilson (2009)

• Cooling and Trapping Group (University of Rochester), Prof. Nick Bigelow (2006-2009)

• Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Cathode Strip Chamber (CSC) Track Finder (TF) Level 1 Trigger (L1T) Group (CERN), Prof. Darin Acosta (2008)

• Time and Frequency Division (NIST), Dr. Chris Oates (2007)

• picoForce Laboratory (Georgia Institute of Technology, now at CUNY and City College of New York), Prof. Elisa Riedo (2006)