Biosketch

I grew up in Syracuse NY, attending Manlius Pebble Hill school until graduation in 2010. I was fortunate to be able to take piano lessons from age 7, and take a wide variety of arts courses during my schooling, in addition to being given a strong foundation in science and mathematics. The University of Rochester offered an opportunity to grow both scientifically and musically; I completed my undergraduate studies there in 2014, obtaining a B.S. in physics, and a B.A. in music (emphasis on jazz piano). I continued on into the physics department's graduate program at UR that same fall; my subsequent studies with Prof. Andrew N. Jordan focused on quantum measurement, and I completed my PhD on the subject in the spring of 2021. My next research chapter took me to California, where I worked as a post-doc in the group of Prof. K. Birgitta Whaley (at UC Berkeley). My research there emphasized topics at the intersection of quantum dissipation, measurement, control, and algorithms. I now reside in the Boston area with my wife, working as a researcher at MIT Lincoln Lab. In addition to maintaining my interest in music through various ensembles and recording projects, I also seek to devote some of my free time to hiking / backpacking, tennis, reading, and photography.


Links (Internal & External)

Physics:

Physics Research Interests and Publications

K. B. Whaley research group publications 

A. N. Jordan research group publications

Quantum Measurement: Theory and Practice. a textbook by A. N. Jordan and I. A. Siddiqi 

Find me on ResearchGate 

Find me on LinkedIn 

Find me on GitHub 

Music:

Musical Interests and Active Projects

Listen: Personal Space Man 

Dave Wright's Music and Art 

Listen: Claude Bennington's Fever Dream

Other:

Photography 

Find me on Instagram

In the news 


plewalle.quantum@gmail.com