Prof. Keith Schwab
Founder
(and chief solderer)
Keith is a quantum physicist and Professor of Applied Physics at Caltech. He is an expert in experimental physics and ultra-sensitive measurement, with over 25 years of laboratory experience. He has made contributions in the areas of low temperature physics, quantum physics, nano-science, and has published 11 articles in the journals Science and Nature, with over 10,000 citations.
Outside the laboratory, Keith enjoys photography, backpacking, and piloting sailplanes cross country in the mountains.
1990 BA in Physics, Univ. of Chicago
1997 PhD in Physics, Univ. of California Berkeley
1997-2000 Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech
2000-2006 Senior Physicist, National Security Agency
2006-2009 Professor of Physics, Cornell University
2009-present Professor of Applied Physics, Caltech