Spring 2023 Physics Careers Seminar Series Opens With Alumna Dr. Kristina Meier from Los Alamos National Laboratory

The Spring 2023 Physics Careers Seminar series opens on Thursday, January 19 with a talk by alumna Dr. Kristina Meier from Los Alamos National Laboratory, who will talk about "Quantum (& Space) Research at Los Alamos National Laboratory" at 11:00 a.m. in 276 Loomis. Details of Dr. Meier's seminar are given below.

Time: 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2023

Location: 276 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: Quantum (& Space) Research at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Speaker: Dr. Kristina Meier, Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Abstract: Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) is famously known for its beginnings as a part of the Manhattan Project during WW2, but did you know that LANL has a long history in quantum communication? that LANL had space missions before NASA was even formed? that you can be on a team that builds instruments for the Mars Rover while going skiing on your lunch break? During this career seminar, I will introduce LANL and discuss the work being done in Quantum Technology with a little satellite work on the side. I will also share my opinions on why I think LANL is a great place to be a postdoc.

Bio: Kristina is a Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory leading the development of a program for long-range quantum sensing and quantum-enhanced security. She is a part of the Intelligence & Space Research group and hopes to one day put a quantum dot source on a satellite. She received her PhD in Physics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2021, with Prof. Paul Kwiat as her advisor. At UI, she worked on waveguide sources of polarization-entangled photons for space-based quantum protocols. In her free time, she enjoys hiking in the mountains surrounding Los Alamos, NM and knitting.

You can see the rest of the Spring 2023 Physics Careers Seminar series here: https://physics.illinois.edu/calendar/careers-seminar