Team
Principal Investigator
Victoria Xu – Assistant Professor
Berkeley Physics | CV |
vax [at) berkeley [dot) edu
Ph.D. Physics, UC Berkeley
B.S. Physics, UC Santa Barbara
Berkeley Physics | CV |
vax [at) berkeley [dot) edu
Ph.D. Physics, UC Berkeley
B.S. Physics, UC Santa Barbara
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Maryrose Barrios
mbarrios [at) berkeley [dot) edu
Research areas: LIGO instrumentation, squeezed light
mbarrios [at) berkeley [dot) edu
Research areas: LIGO instrumentation, squeezed light
Graduate Students
Katie Gray
katiegray [at) berkeley [dot) edu
Research areas: tunable frequency-dependent squeezing, squeezed light
katiegray [at) berkeley [dot) edu
Research areas: tunable frequency-dependent squeezing, squeezed light
Celeste Virador
celeste [at) berkeley [dot) edu
Research areas: tunable frequency-dependent squeezing, tunable filter cavity
Summer 2026 rotation student
celeste [at) berkeley [dot) edu
Research areas: tunable frequency-dependent squeezing, tunable filter cavity
Summer 2026 rotation student
Aditi Anand
aditibanand [at) berkeley [dot) edu
Starting Fall 2026!
aditibanand [at) berkeley [dot) edu
Starting Fall 2026!
Undergraduate Students
Max Umminger
Pi^2 Scholar, Summer 2026
(Grad mentor: Katie)
Pi^2 Scholar, Summer 2026
(Grad mentor: Katie)
Jaime Alvarez
jaime_alvarez [at) berkeley [dot) edu
Research areas: squeezed light
jaime_alvarez [at) berkeley [dot) edu
Research areas: squeezed light
Visitors
Valeria Rocha
Mascots
Vulpix (Pixie)
woof [at) you [dot) edu
Research interests: human joy, smallest laser doggles, sturdiest lamb chops
woof [at) you [dot) edu
Research interests: human joy, smallest laser doggles, sturdiest lamb chops