Nicholas Yama is an IC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Quantum Devices Group at UC Berkeley, where he works with Alp Sipahigil on electro-optic devices for quantum transduction. He earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington in 2025 where he was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2020.
Research
Emerging quantum technologies require precise control of light at the single-photon level. My research explores light-matter interactions and how they can be engineered to enable strong nonlinear eRects for applications in quantum technologies. Currently, we are investigating methods for engineering devices with enhanced electro-optic interactions for quantum transduction between microwave and optical photons.