Connor Dempsey

Education & Awards

• B.S. Engineering Physics, Cornell University 2017
• M.Eng. Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2018
• Quantum Foundry Associate

Bio

Connor earned his B.S. and M.Eng. from Cornell University where he studied electrical transport properties of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides using 4 point probe techniques and the hall effect. Post-graduation he worked at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory developing circuits for testing satellite electronics. He joined the Palmstrøm group in the summer of 2018 when he came to UCSB to pursue his Ph.D. in the Electrical Engineering department. Connor currently researches AFM/FM interfaces on III-V semiconductors for the realization of Majorana fermions. In his spare time, Connor is an avid fencer. Currently, he competes for the UCSB fencing team.

Research

• MBE Growth of III-V materials
• Deposition of superconductors onto semiconductors
• Physics of superconductor/semiconductor hybrid systems
• Material systems for topological quantum computing