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Education

• Ph.D., Physics, University of New Mexico, 2018
• M.S., Physics, University of New Mexico, 2013
• B.S., Physics with Mathematics minor, California Polytechnic State University, 2011

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Research

Exper. investigation of coherent processes of atomic ensembles for generation of entangled states of light & matter in high dimensions, & information transfer b/w atoms & photons.

Bio

Andrew (Andy) Ferdinand graduated from Cal Poly State University in 2011, where he worked in the area of laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms, and "Saturated Absorption for a Magneto-Optical Atom Trap as a Step toward Atomic Dipole Traps in a Diffraction Pattern from a Circular Aperture".