Jacob P. Covey

Jake Covey is an assistant professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a member of the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center and the Chicago Quantum Exchange. His research focuses on arrays of alkaline-earth(-like) atoms (AEAs) for quantum science applications including metrology, computing, and communication. He contributed to the first realizations of AEAs in optical tweezer arrays, “atom array optical clocks,” and high-fidelity Rydberg-mediated entanglement. He is working to extend these capabilities to develop quantum computing and networking protocols with nuclear spin qubits of fermionic AEAs.