The Fall 2022 Physics Careers Seminar Series Starts Sept. 2 With Dr. Will Morong

The Fall 2022 Virtual Physics Careers Seminar series starts on Friday, Sept. 2 with a talk by alumnus Dr. Will Morong, who will talk about "How to Succeed in (Quantum) Business Without Really Trying" at 12:00 noon in 222 Loomis. Details of Dr. Morong's seminar are given below.

Time: 12:00 noon on Friday, September 2, 2022

Location: 222 Loomis. A Zoom link will also be forwarded to the Illinois Physics Grad Student email list. For a copy of the link, please contact Lance Cooper (slcooper@illinois.edu).

Title: How to Succeed in (Quantum) Business Without Really Trying

Speaker: Dr. Will Morong, Postdoctoral Fellow, Joint Quantum Institute, College Park, Maryland

Abstract: I was never especially interested in having a career. In this talk, I will give a brief accounting of my resulting path, and some of the principles that have guided my decision-making at key points, emphasizing both the advantages and the weaknesses of my approach.

Bio: Dr. William Morong is a postdoctoral associate at the University of Maryland and Joint Quantum Institute, where he works in the trapped-ion quantum information group of Prof. Christopher Monroe. Prior to this, he completed his PhD studying the dynamics of ultracold atoms in optical lattices at the University of Illinois with Prof. Brian DeMarco. Starting in Fall 2022, he will be moving to a permanent position in the quantum technology space. 

You can see the rest of the Fall 2022 Virtual Physics Careers Seminar series here: https://physics.illinois.edu/calendar/careers-seminar