Dr. Francisco Elohim Becerra received his M.S. in 2005 and his Ph.D. in 2009 in Physics at the Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Avanzados, Mexico. He performed his Ph.D. research at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) at the University of Maryland in the area of quantum optics with atomic ensembles. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, from 2010 to 2013 performing research in quantum measurements and nonconventional detection methods. In 2013, he joined the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico (UNM) as an Assistant Professor. His current research involves quantum measurements of light for efficient communications, and quantum optics and atom-photon interfaces for long distance quantum communication.

Marco Rodriguez Garcia is a CQuIC Postdoctoral Fellow in theoretical quantum information science (QIS). Marco's research encompases quantum statistics applied to quantum metrology, quantum optics, and quantum information processing, and implementations in photonic and atomic systems.

Hari's research focuses on the investigation of quantum measurements based on photon counting for continuous variable states and coherent states of light for applications in communications, metrology, and information processing. Optimized measurements include non-Gaussian, photon counting, measurements with sensitivities below the quantum noise limit, and generalized non-projective measurements for quantum information processing.

Current: Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO

PhD in Physics, UNM May 2018

Dissertation:

Studies of Light Generation with Four-Wave Mixing in a Cold Atomic Ensemble

Studies on the Generation and Detection of Orbital Angular Momentum Based on Beam-Shaping Techniques