People

Group Leader

Dr Patrick M Ledingham

  • From Jul 2024: Associate Professor in the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) and Group Leader of the Hybrid Quantum Networks Laboratory, University of Southampton, UK.
  • From Mar 2022 – Jun 2024: Associate Professor in Physics and Group Leader of the Hybrid Quantum Networks Laboratory, University of Southampton, UK.
  • Jul 2020 – Feb 2022: Lecturer in Quantum, Light and Matter and Group Leader of the Hybrid Quantum Networks Laboratory, University of Southampton, UK.
  • Dec 2014 – Jun 2020: Postdoctoral Researcher/Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow/Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in the Ultrafast Quantum Optics Group, Prof. I. A. Walmsley, University of Oxford, UK.
  • Jul 2011 – Oct 2014: Research Engineer/Postdoctoral Researcher in the Quantum Photonics with Solids and Atoms Group, Prof. H. de Reidmatten, Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO), Spain.
  • Feb 2008 – Jun 2011: PhD in Physics in the Otago Quantum Optics Group, Dr Jevon Longdell, University of Otago, NZ. Thesis Title: “Optical Rephasing Techniques with Rare Earth Ion Dopants for Applications in Quantum Information Science“,
  • Mar 2004 – Oct 2007: Bachelor of Science in Physics (First Class Honours), University of Otago, NZ.

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Dr Nicholas Klokkou

  • From May 2024: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Hybrid Quantum Networks Laboratory and the Lasers and Terahertz Laboratories, University of Southampton, UK.
  • May 2022 – Feb 2024: Senior Research Assistant / Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Lasers and Terahertz Laboratories, University of Southampton, UK.
  • July 2016 – April 2022: PhD in Optoelectronics in the Integrated Photonics Devices Group and Terahertz Laboratories, Prof. James S. Wilkinson and Prof. Vasilis Apostolopoulos, University of Southampton, UK.
      Thesis Title: “Integrating Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy with Microfluidic Platforms and Machine Learning for Protein Hydration Studies”
  • Oct 2011 – June 2016: Master of Physics, University of Southampton, UK.

Dr Vanderli Laurindo Junior

  • From Nov 2022: Senior Research Asst in Quantum Light Source in the Hybrid Quantum Networks Laboratory, University of Southampton, UK.
  • Mar 2018 -Dec 2022: PhD in Physics in the Semiconductor Nanostructures Group, Dr Marcio Daldin Teodoro, Federal University of Sao Carlos, BR. Thesis Title: Spin relaxation in nanostructures semiconductors 0 and 2D.
  • Aug 2014- Nov 2016: MSc in Plasma Physics, Douglas Marcel Leite, Aeronautics Institute of Technology, BR, Dissertation Title: Synthesis of TiO2 nanostructures by plasma process.  
  • Aug 2009 – Mar 2014: Licenciatura (BSc) in Physics, Federal University of Espirito Santo, BR.

Dr Ori Mor

  • From Aug 2022: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Hybrid Quantum Networks Laboratory, University of Southampton, UK
  • Jan 2016-Sep 2021: PhD (Supervisors: Profs. Barak Dayan and Abraham Shanzer), Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
  • Oct 2013-Dec 2015: MSc (Supervisors: Profs. Barak Dayan and Abraham Shanzer), Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

PhD Students

Michael Lenard Hernandez Utto

From Oct 2025: PhD Student in the Hybrid Quantum Networks Laboratory, University of Southampton, UK. Proposed thesis title: “Integrated Photonic Interface for Rare-Earth Ion Quantum Technologies“

Oct 2021 – May 2025: Master of Physics at The University of Bath, UK.

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Summer Students

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Former Members

Dr Zakary Schofield

Zak graduated Summer 2025 with thesis entitled: Single-photon-level atomic frequency comb quantum memory in warm rubidium vapour

Oct 2020 – Sept 2024: PhD Student in the Hybrid Quantum Networks Laboratory, University of Southampton, UK. Proposed thesis title: “Quantum Photonic Memory for Telecommunication Networks”

Oct 2016 – May 2020: Master of Physics, Loughborough University, UK

Elizabeth Bondoc

Elizabeth will join the group as a PhD student Jan 2026

July 2024: – August 2024 Summer student in the Hybrid Quantum Networks Lab working on laser frequency locking to rubidium vapour cells.

Alice Christian-Edwards

Alice has joined the ORC to begin her PhD research, Oct 2023

From Oct 2022: MPhys with a Year of Experimental Research, University of Southampton, UK. Final year project: “Storage of Quantum Light in Hot Rubidium Vapour”

Oliver Green

Ollie has joined the University of Bristol’s Quantum Engineering CDT , 2021 cohort, to begin his PhD research

Oct 2017- May 2021: MPhys with a Year of Experimental Research, University of Southampton, UK. Final year project: “Towards an Autler-Townes Splitting Based Quantum Memory in Warm Rubidium Vapour”