Henry Hunt

Henry Hunt is a PhD student in theoretical and experimental physics advised by Professor Benjamin Lev. His research interests are in closed loop quantum control theory for analog quantum simulators, with a focus on systems of atoms in optical cavities. Analogue quantum systems with feedback have the potential to form new non-equilibrium phases of matter and offer a new approach to quantum computation less dominated by analogies to digital circuits. During his first year and a half as a graduate student, he contributed to the experimental discovery of a spin glass phase of Rb87 atoms inside of a confocal cavity, along with senior graduate students Ronen Kruze, Brendan Marsh, and David Atri-Schuller. He earned his BA in Physics and Mathematics at the University of Chicago where he was advised by Sergei Nagaitsev and designed part of the networking and temperature control system for the MAGIS 100 atomic interferometer.