Dr. Russell’s research is currently focused on the development of quantum noise-limited amplifiers.
He is a member of the Axion Dark Matter eXperiment's (ADMX) cold electronics team lead by James Buckley at WUSTL, which is responsible for the design, fabrication, and testing of superconducting quantum noise-limited parametric amplifiers and other cryogenic devices. He is also a co-founder of Gateway Quantum Electronics, a WUSTL spin-out dedicated to the development and commercialization of quantum computing and sensing hardware.
PREVIOUS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Center for Quantum Sensors, Washington University in St. Louis, MO — 2019 - 2022
As a postdoctoral scholar Dr. Russell lead the development of terahertz single-photon detectors based on antenna-coupled graphene Josephson junctions. These detectors, which have potential applications in astrophysics and the search for axion dark matter, are being developed in collaboration with researchers at Raytheon BBN, Pohang University of Science and Technology, and the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Henriksen Lab, Washington University in St. Louis, MO — 2014 - 2019
Working with Dr. Erik Henriksen, Dr. Russell designed and constructed a system for performing broadband infrared spectroscopy and electronic transport measurements on microscopic two-dimensional materials subjected to high magnetic fields inside a dilution refrigerator. To date this system has been used to explore electron-electron interactions in the cyclotron resonance of high-mobility encapsulated graphene, infrared photoresponses in monolayer graphene, and cyclotron resonance in bilayer graphene.
