Drouin

Before joining the Kaufman Group, Jack completed his undergraduate degree in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins. There, he quickly became fascinated with many-body physics, leading him to work in experimental condensed matter under Prof. Collin Broholm. Using neutron scattering, he investigated quantum magnetism and superconductivity and even tried to synthesize some novel materials. His path to AMO began the first time he heard about optical tweezers. After two years of imaging materials with scattering, the opportunity to catch individual atoms in the catch was too good to pass up. For his senior year, Jack began working in AMO under Prof. Chris Overstreet by building an injection-locked 399nm laser system for use in Yb atom interferometry.  At JILA, Jack is happy to continue working with Yb and explore its application in quantum error correction and simulation of spin systems.