Join us!
We enjoy working with creative and motivated people from around the world, in a collaborative environment where everyone can feel free to try, fail, ask questions, and learn.
Our group focuses on collaborative and precision technology development for experimental gravitational physics, from the kilometer-scale LIGO gravitational-wave detectors to precision table-top fundamental physics experiments. We are building new labs and experiments that involve quantum-optical and highly stabilized laser systems, precision electronics, optimal control systems, and vacuum systems, with opportunities to contribute directly to the LIGO observatories.
Prospective postdocs: Please email the PI with your research interests and CV. We especially welcome candidates from across the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, and candidates with backgrounds in atomic physics, precision measurements and interferometry, quantum optics, or broadly in epxerimental physics. I'm also happy to explore potential postdoctoral fellowship opportunities, such as the Miller Fellowship.
Incoming and current Berkeley PhD students: We are actively recruiting graduate students to work with us on LIGO instrumentation, squeezed light, and atom interferometry. Please reach out to the PI directly - happy to chat!
Prospective Berkeley PhD students: We are recruiting PhD students for Fall 2026!
Please apply to the Berkeley Physics PhD program, and note your interest in our group, which spans experimental astrophysics, AMO, and quantum science. Details on applying Berkeley's Physics PhD here: https://physics.berkeley.edu/academic/graduate-degree/graduate-admissions.
Undergraduate and visiting students (e.g. undergraduates, post-bacs, or masters students): Our availability fluctuates throughout the year, and we anticipate having openings starting Summer 2026!
Please email the PI with a brief resume/CV, your availability, in what capacity you hope to work with us, and what interests you in joining our group. Regarding availability, we can only accept students with >10 hours available weekly during semesters, or full-time over the summer.