Hi, my name is Nathan! I am a PhD student studying Physics at the University of California, Davis working under Dr. Marina Radulaski. Our group studies novel solid-state quantum emitters in nanophotonic devices. I am particularly interested in using these technologies to develop quantum networks and quantum simulations.Before starting my graduate studies, I worked with Dr. Hartmut Haeffner and Dr. Erhan Saglamyurek at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the QUANT-NET project, a quantum application network testbed for novel entanglement technology. In my role, I demonstrated frequency stabilization of lasers via ultra-low expansion cavities and a commercially available precision wavelength meter, used for single-photon generation from an ion-cavity system. I also contributed to trapping ions in a novel 3D-printed ion trap.As an undergraduate, I worked in the Quantum Networking and Transduction lab at NIST Boulder under Dr. Tasshi Dennis. At NIST, I contributed to designing an optical homodyne detection scheme to reconstruct the quantum state of a two-mode squeezed light source.