Shimon Kolkowitz

Shimon Kolkowitz is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, affiliated with the College of Engineering's Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics and the Department of Physics. His research spans quantum technologies, atomic precision measurements, and materials science.

• Primary Affiliation: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
• Additional Affiliation: Physics

His work focuses on quantum sensing using nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond, optical lattice clocks for fundamental physics tests, and quantum error correction. Key subfields include erasure conversion, spin-lattice relaxation, nanoscale covariance magnetometry, dark matter detection, and gravitational redshift experiments. Recent publications highlight advancements in parallel NV center control, sub-nanometer diamond surface analysis, and decoherence mitigation for quantum clocks.

Notable contributions include a NSF CAREER Award (2022) for developing atom-based gravitational wave detection and dark matter searches. His lab designs scalable quantum systems, such as silicon-based light extractors for NV centers and multiplexed optical lattice clocks, aiming to test relativity and explore ultralight dark matter models.

• NSF CAREER Award (2022)

His research combines experimental atomic physics with quantum engineering to address fundamental questions in physics and develop high-precision measurement tools.