Dr. Michael Bradley

Biography

Michael Bradley earned an Honours B.Sc. in Applied Physics from the University of New Brunswick and a Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a thesis entitled 'A sub-ppb measurement of the mass of 133Cs and a new determination of the fine-structure constant.' After completing his Ph.D., he spent years working in R&D labs at Axcelis Technologies, where he developed new plasma ion implantation systems for silicon chip processing. In 2003, he joined the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics at the University of Saskatchewan, establishing a CFI & NSERC-funded semiconductor plasma processing research lab. He also worked at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures in Sèvres, France, where he built a prototype for a proposed new superconducting Watt Balance. Currently, he is a Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, leading an active research group in the Plasma Physics Laboratory, focusing on the development of precision measurement techniques using ion traps and superconductors, as well as applications of plasmas in materials processing and nanofabrication. Recently, he was awarded the Canada-UK Joint Quantum Technology grant for the development of a compact diamond-NV centre magnetometer.

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