Congratulations Karl Blodgett: Off to Quantinuum!

Congratulations to Karl Blodgett, who is leaving the Hood Lab to join Quantinuum! During his time as a postdoc, Karl made key contributions to our ultracold atoms program, including high-fidelity imaging of single lithium atoms with over 2000 consecutive images without loss (Phys. Rev. Lett., 2023) and narrow-line electric quadrupole cooling of single cesium atoms (Phys. Rev. A, 2025). Karl’s experimental expertise in optical tweezers and laser cooling has been invaluable to the group. We wish him all the best as he brings his skills to the trapped-ion quantum computing team at Quantinuum!