Congratulations Constantin Dory (PhD candidate)! He has been selected as a 2019 Microsoft Research PhD Fellow. Constantin is part of the Nanoscale and Quantum Photonics Lab.

Constantin investigates color centers in diamond and silicon carbide to utilize them as quantum bits and single photon sources for quantum information processing, which will enable exponential speed-up in a wide range of computing applications. To integrate color centers on a chip, he's breaking new grounds in fabrication and design techniques to develop efficiently integrated photonics. Artificial intelligence and machine learning-based algorithms design the circuits of the future by engaging the full parameter space. To realize these designs using diamond and silicon carbide (materials that are new to photonics), Constantin developed fabrication methods in the Stanford Nanofabrication Facilities. He characterizes these devices at cryogenic temperatures in quantum optics labs and utilize them as spin-photon interfaces, or to generate nonclassical light. His current efforts are on developing large-scale quantum optical experiments involving several color centers entangled in a quantum circuit. Ultimately, he hopes to make progress toward the applications of color centers in universal quantum computers, quantum repeaters, and quantum transducers.

From the Microsoft Research Blog, Constantin states, "The Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship gives me the opportunity to take my research to the highest level by supplementing my Stanford experience with a perspective that only a global player such as Microsoft can provide. A close bond with Microsoft will allow me to learn how my research may be relevant to immediate industrial applications and what I should be focusing on during my PhD to make the most meaningful impact."

Please join us in congratulating Constantin on his tremendous achievement!

Excerpted from

• Microsoft Research Blog, "Winning combination: 2019 Microsoft Research Ada Lovelace and PhD Fellowships support top talent", January 17, 2019
• Microsoft Research PhD Fellows