Nikolai Lauk

Nikolai Lauk received the graduation degree from the University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany. He worked on optical quantum memories and optical-to-microwave quantum transducer protocols using rare-earth-ion-doped crystals with the University of Kaiserslautern. He is a Scientist with the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. His research interests include theoretical aspects of quantum networks, in particular modeling diverse quantum networking protocols for implementations in various platforms. He later joined the Group of Christoph Simon, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, where he developed implementation proposals for entanglement-based quantum networks using single defects in transparent crystals, and superconducting devices. As a Postdoctoral Scholar and Intelligent Quantum Networks and Technologies Fellow with Maria Spiropulu, California Institute of Technology, he has been working on modeling photonic quantum networks and other quantum information projects involving quantum transduction and fundamental physics.