Graduate Student
Nikhil Kotibhaskar

Position: PhD (2019 - 2024), MSc (2017-19)
Email: nkotibhaskar@uwaterloo.ca
Extention: x30172
office: QNC B213
Current Institution: Quantinuum
Previous Institution: U Waterloo (MSc, 2017-19), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2016-17)
Nikhil wrote his thesis on programmable XY simulations, precise optical sensing, and building a segmented ‘blade’ ion trap for quantum simulation. Previously, he co-developed a ‘four-rod’ ion trap for his MSc thesis in the same group. Nikhil holds an undergraduate degree in Mechatronics from Sastra University in India and worked in the ion trapping lab at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).