Casey Kim

Bio:

Casey earned his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Cornell University. There, he worked with Darrell Schlom on the molecular-beam epitaxy (MBE) synthesis and characterization of high-temperature superconducting cuprates and low-temperature transport of superconducting strontium ruthenate, Sr2RuO4. His interest in synthesis and characterization of condensed matter systems led him to pursue his Ph.D. in Materials at UCSB, where he joined the group of Ania Jayich and is co-advised by Chris Palmstrøm and Kunal Mukherjee. Casey’s work at UCSB focuses on the growth of single-crystalline diamond thin films as a host material for color centers such as nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center. In addition, he is working on growth, characterization, and fabrication of superconducting thin films for quantum information processing applications with the Palmstrøm group’s cryogenic MBE. In his spare time, Casey enjoys working out at the gym and going out for a walk.