Congratulations to Melissa Guidry, PhD! Melissa is a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Jelena Vuckovic’s Nanoscale and Quantum Photonics Lab. Melissa’s primary research interest involves understanding and engineering the quantum states of multimode nonlinear optics via integrated photonics. 

 

The Boeing Quantum Creators Prize recognizes early-career researchers for work that moves the field of quantum information science and engineering in new directions. The program began in 2021 and expanded in 2023 thanks to a new commitment from Boeing. Prize awardees participate in the annual Quantum Creators Prize Symposium, receive a monetary honorarium, a certificate, and reimbursed travel to the annual Chicago Quantum Summit.