Jake is a postgraduate student at the University of Queensland currently undertaking his PhD under the supervision of postdoctoral research fellow Dr. Mark Baker. 

His project aim is to prototype, characterise and benchmark a rotation sensor based on matter-wave Sagnac interferometry with 87Rb BECs.

Jake hopes to produce the first Sagnac measurements of the Earth's rotation with BECs. 

Qualifications: 
PhB (Hons), Australian National University, Australia
Research Facilities: 
The Atom Optics Laboratory
Research themes: 
Quantum Measurement & Control

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