QSUM Research Group

QSUM Group 2025

August 2025

Current Members

  • Brynle Barrett

    Brynle Barrett

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (Physics)
    Group Leader

  • Philippe Trottier

    Philippe Trottier

    RF SPECIALIST (Physics)
    Electronics guru

  • Tim Hunt

    Tim Hunt

    PhD CANDIDATE (Physics)
    Development of a quantum gravimeter using cold-atom interferometry

  • Cristian Ramirez Rodriguez

    Cristian Ramirez Rodriguez

    MSc CANDIDATE (Physics)
    Painted optical potentials for rapid evaporative cooling

  • Owen Doty

    Owen Doty

    MSc CANDIDATE (Physics)
    A field-deployable laser system for a portable quantum gravimeter

  • Tyler Dickieson

    Tyler Dickieson

    MSc CANDIDATE (Physics)
    A real-time control system for cold atom experiments based on the ARTIQ ecosystem

  • Tanner Hall

    Tanner Hall

    BScEP CANDIDATE (Engineering Physics)
    Construction of low-noise electronics for a monitoring vibrations from a mechanical accelerometer

Former Members

  • Kamal Shalaby

    Kamal Shalaby

    MSc (Physics)
    Summer student 2021, 2022;
    Honour’s student 2022-23;
    MSc student 2023-25.
    Projects: A tunable frequency-offset-locked laser system for cooling neutral atomic gases; Laser locking circuit using a microcontroller.

  • Chayse Worden

    Chayse Worden

    BSc (Physics)
    Summer student 2025;
    Honour’s student 2025-26.
    Projects: Construction of temperature-stabilized diode laser enclosures; Investigation of laser-locking techniques with an electro-optic modulator.

  • Brennan LeBlanc

    Brennan LeBlanc

    BScSWE (Software Engineering)
    Summer student 2024, 2025.
    Projects: A Python-based GUI for cold-atom image capture and analysis; Laser locking circuit using an analog lock-in amplifier.

  • Allie Dunfield

    Allie Dunfield

    BSc CANDIDATE (Physics)
    Summer student 2025.
    Project: Modelling of magnetic coils for generating uniform magnetic fields.

  • Sam Moir

    Sam Moir

    BSc (Physics)
    Summer student 2022, 2023;
    Honour’s student 2022-23.
    Project: Design of quadrupole coils and optical delivery system for a 2D+ magneto-optical trap.

  • Hailey Holland

    Hailey Holland

    BScE (Electrical Engineering)
    Summer student 2023.
    Project: Compact modular temperature servo and display using an STM32 microcontroller.

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    Dante Battilana

    BSc (Physics)
    Summer student 2022.
    Project: A temperature control and display module for diode lasers and frequency-doubling crystals

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    Doyeon Kim

    BSc (Physics)
    Summer student 2021.
    Project: Development of power distribution electronics and mechanical hardware for cold-atom experiments.

Group Photos

October 2024

Group Sept 2023

September 2023

February 2023