Joe Spencer

Quantum Business Affairs Lead QuIC

Inventor, innovator, writer and outreach enthusiast. Currently Interested in quantum technologies, high energy lasers, radar/lidar and space science with a passion for commercialisation of technology.

Interests:

- atomic clocks and time keeping for sensing and GNSS applications.

- quantum sensors

- quantum computing hardware

- scalability of quantum using systems engineering

I graduated from Southampton with a 1st (with hons) in Physics with a year in experimental research in 2012.

From 2012-2016 I studied for my PhD in physics. My PhD focused on characterisation of nanowires (2 atoms in diameter) embedded within Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. I also use similar techniques on nanowires (2nm) made by eletro-depositing a material from a super critical fluid state into an array of pores. I specifically use Raman spectroscopy to characterise vibrational modes in these nanowires and investigate the effects of quantum confinement on vibrational and electronic transition energies of the structures.

Specialties I have are:

Radar/Lidar

Defence Quantum technology

Raman spectroscopy

Nanotechnology

Carbon Nanotubes

Graphene

Nano scale fabrication and characterisation

Optical spectroscopy

Space science

Atomic clocks

Timekeeping

Sensing technology

Road mapping