Dorian Gangloff

gangloff@mit.edu

“The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety” - Goethe

 
 
  1.     Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fall 2010 to Present

        Center for Ultracold Atoms & Research Laboratory of Electronics

        Ph.D. Candidate in Atomic & Optical Physics in the group of Vladan Vuletic (Completed Physics Qualifiers)

        Associate Member of the Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Science & Engineering Program (iQuISE)

  1.     University of British Columbia, Fall 2005 to Spring 2010

        BASc in Engineering Physics, Electrical Engineering Option

        Graduated Wesbrook Scholar, for academic excellence and contributions to the UBC community

 

Education

  1.    Publications

  2. 1.    Karpa, L., Bylinskii, A., Gangloff, D., Cetina, M., and Vuletic. V.
        Long-lived Localization of a Continuously Cooled Ion in a Optical Lattice. to be submitted to PRL.

  3. 2.    Cetina, M., Bylinskii, A., Karpa, L., Gangloff, D., et al.
        One-Dimensional Array of Ion Chains Coupled to an Optical Cavity. submitted to NJP.

  4. 3.    Zhang, J., Gangloff, D., Moussa, O., & Laflamme, R. (2011).
        Experimental quantum error correction with high fidelity. Physical Review A, 84(3), 1-4

  5. 4.    Lindner, B., Gangloff, D., Longtin, A., & Lewis, J. E. (2009).
        Broadband coding with dynamic synapses. The Journal of neuroscience, 29(7), 2076-88.

  6.     Talk Presentations

  7. 1.    Gangloff, D. Optical Trapping of Ions.
        Talk given at a weekly iQuISE seminar. Spring 2012.

  8. 2.    Gangloff, D. Quantum Teleportation.
       
    Public talk given as part of the MIT Open House, April 2011.

  9. 3.    Gangloff, D. Correcting Quantum Errors: Fighting Decoherence in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
        Oral presentation given at the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference, UBC, March 2010.
        Garnered one of top conference prizes for exceptional presentations.

  10.    Poster Presentations

  11. 1.    Gangloff, D., Bylinskii, A., Karpa, L. et al. (2012) A Collective Ion-Photon Interface. Poster presented at the DARPA QUEST Meeting, Charleston SC, April 2012.

  12. 2.    Bylinskii, A., Karpa, L., Gangloff, D. et al. (2011) A Collective Ion-Photon Interface. Poster presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Atomic Physics, Mount Snow VT, June 2011.

  13. 3.    Gangloff, D., and Longtin, A. (2008) Information Transmission in Models of Synapses Exhibiting Stochastic Short-Term Plasticity. Poster presented at the Rising Stars of Research National Under- graduate Science & Engineering Research Poster Competition, UBC, August 2008

Research Activities

Current Community Activities

  1.     Member of the MIT Physics REFS, a group of students trained in mediation and “conflict coaching” who aim to provide a listening ear to students in the department on various issues such as qualifiers and advising

  2.     Physics representative at the MIT Graduate Student Council, co-leading a Physics graduate student task-force on improving Advising within the Physics department

  3.     Member of the Physics Graduate Student Council, organizing Panel discussions on effective research methods for Physics students, as well as an annual Physics students musical performance show.

  4.     Research group Environment, Health & Safety representative

  5.     Seminar Manager for the iQuISE program

BioStats

  1.     Born in London (UK) in April 1986, grew-up in France, and spent 10 years in British Columbia (Canada)

  2.     Speaks fluent French, English, and rudimentary German, Spanish, and Russian

  3.     Enjoys reading political science and philosophy, playing the acoustic guitar, vegetarian cooking, and hiking

Past Community Activities

  1.     President of the UBC Engineering Physics Student Association, supervised the organization and improvement of all social, networking, and professional events and services for 250 Engineering Physics students.

  2.     Participated in numerous academic and political committees within the UBC Faculty of Applied Science, including one overlooking $100,000 in funding to various student teams, events, and conferences

  3.     Oversaw several Engineering Physics curriculum feedback and review committees

  4.     Managed and taught in a Physics tutoring program for first-year engineering students that brought ~200 students to several 3-hour exam preparation sessions every semester

Professional Experience

  1.     Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo, Canada (2009). Research Assistant.

  2.     Center for Neural Dynamics at the University of Ottawa, Canada (2008). Research Assistant.

  3.     Nanoplus GmbH in Würzburg, Germany (2007). Electrical Engineering Apprentice