Ravitej Uppu

Ravitej Uppu joined the University of Iowa as an Assistant Professor at the start of 2021. His research group, Quantum Light Control Lab, works on developing deterministic emitter-photon interfaces for applications in quantum technology. After his PhD on nano-optics and disordered systems at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research-India, Ravi expanded into quantum optics during his postdoctoral stays in the Netherlands and Denmark. At the University of Twente (Netherlands), he explored light transport in ordered and disordered nanostructures for developing novel quantum information protocols such as, programmable multimode quantum correlations and quantum-secure cryptography. Upon moving to the Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks (Hy-Q), first as a postdoctoral fellow and subsequently an Assistant Professor, his research evolved towards nanophotonic light-matter interactions and led to scalable single-photon sources that could realize quantum advantage demonstrations. His current research at the University of Iowa builds on this diverse and international experiences to create novel applications in quantum-enhanced imaging and simulation by bringing together quantum emitters, nanophotonics, and statistical optics.