Program Manager
Defense Sciences Office
Mukund Vengalattore, Ph.D., joined DARPA in May 2022 as a program manager in the Defense Sciences Office.
His interests include harnessing principles of quantum science and non-equilibrium quantum dynamics to create new capabilities in the broad areas of quantum-enhanced sensors; positioning, navigation and timing (PNT); quantum information science and related quantum technologies.
Prior to joining DARPA, Vengalattore was in the physics department at Cornell University where he led an experimental research program in the areas of ultracold quantum gases, optomechanics and hybrid quantum systems. His work includes the use of quantum measurement backaction to create novel forms of quantum behavior, 'noise-engineering' techniques to enhance the sensitivity and coherence of quantum sensors, and the creation and study of robust out-of-equilibrium states of matter in isolated quantum systems.
Vengalattore is a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship and the Merrill Outstanding Educator award.
Education
- Ph.D., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- B.S., Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Programs
- APAQuS: Automated Prediction Aided by Quantized Simulators
- MeasQuIT: Measurement-based Quantum Information and Transduction
- NaPSAC: NanoWatt Platforms for Sensing, Analysis and Computation
- ONISQ: Optimization with Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum devices
- OpTIm: Optomechanical Thermal Imaging
- PhENOM: Photon-Efficient Nanoscale Optical Metrology
- ROCkN: Robust Optical Clock Network
- SAVaNT: Science of Atomic Vapors for New Technologies (and EQSTRA expansion)
- SUNSPOT: Sources for Ultraviolet Nuclear Spectroscopy of Thorium
- SynQuaNon: Synthetic Quantum Nanostructures