{"656039":{"#nid":"656039","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Second-Year Aulden Jones Selected for International Research Training Experience","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aulden-keating-jones\/\u0022\u003EAulden Jones\u003C\/a\u003E, a second-year physics student at Georgia Tech, has been selected to join the inaugural cohort of students and postdocs for the Summer 2022 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5fa47b77db1d6742148dbb73\/t\/60dd0ca77d08046ac1bbd7b2\/1625099432269\/IRTEAnnouncement_v6.0.pdf\u0022\u003EInternational Research and Training Experience (IRTE) in Quantum Materials \u0026amp; Devices\u003C\/a\u003E at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nims.go.jp\/eng\/\u0022\u003ENational Institute for Materials Science\u003C\/a\u003E (NIMS) in Tsukuba, Japan. The program is part of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.globalquantumleap.org\/\u0022\u003EGlobal Quantum Leap\u003C\/a\u003E (GQL), an international consortium funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation to advance nanofabrication infrastructure and quantum technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is the latest in a series of research collaborations Jones has participated in during his time at Georgia Tech. Since 2021, he has worked as an undergraduate research assistant with Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/martin-mourigal\u0022\u003EMartin Mourigal\u003C\/a\u003E, whose \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/mourigal.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Elab\u003C\/a\u003E focuses on the spectroscopy of quantum materials. In Mourigal\u0026rsquo;s lab, Jones is studying experimental condensed matter physics and the properties of materials at low temperatures, which are dominated by quantum effects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Aulden joined my group during his \u003Cem\u003Efirst\u003C\/em\u003E semester at Georgia Tech after we met during a talk I gave for new students in the College of Sciences,\u0026rdquo; said Mourigal. \u0026ldquo;In a short period, Aulden has developed into a tenacious experimentalist equally at ease with work in the machine shop and more abstract aspects of the quantum theory.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo build on his work with Mourigal, Jones spent the summer of 2021 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a research intern at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cint.lanl.gov\/about.php\u0022\u003ECenter for Integrated Nanotechnologies\u003C\/a\u003E (CINT) through \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/national-laboratories\/sandia\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s alliance with Sandia National Laboratories\u003C\/a\u003E. While there, he began a project on implementing Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Spectroscopy at millikelvin temperatures with CINT scientists Michael Lilly and Andy Mounce, which turned into a long-term collaboration between CINT and Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;ESR is an experimental technique that is widely used throughout chemistry and physics to characterize materials and molecules, but also to study qubits such as nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamonds, which have very fascinating properties and applications in solid-state devices and quantum computing, in addition to other technologies,\u0026rdquo; Jones explained.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThese experiences made Jones a natural candidate for the IRTE in Quantum Materials and Devices. During the program, he will spend 10 weeks completing a structured research project with NIMS Senior Scientist \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/samurai.nims.go.jp\/profiles\/teraji_tokuyuki?locale=en\u0022\u003ETokuyuki Teraji\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;My current project has been about developing a compact ESR set-up from the ground up, so this will be a natural follow through, since I\u0026rsquo;ve now become familiar with the fundamentals of the technique,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;The project I will be working on at NIMS will allow me to now use ESR to study the electron spin of NV centers.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to building on his past and current research, Jones is also looking forward to learning about research from an international perspective.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I want to take this opportunity to get a sense for what research is like in the international community. To be a global collaborator and conduct research across cultures,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;Living in Japan will be such a different experience than living in the U.S., but the research process is the same. It will be incredibly exciting to explore the similarities and differences of how things are done while still working in a similar area of research. I want to learn in more ways than one. Not just research and quantum materials, but also learning culturally and as a person in general.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor additional information on future opportunities offered by GQL, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/globalquantumleap.org\u0022\u003Eglobalquantumleap.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJones\u0026rsquo; work at Georgia Tech has been supported by NSF-DMR-1750186. The Global Quantum Leap program is support by NSF-OISE-2020174.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInformation included in this article is accurate as of March 1, 2022 and may change as a result of Covid-19.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Jones will travel to Tsukuba, Japan, in Summer 2022 to work with researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJones will travel to Tsukuba, Japan, in Summer 2022 to work with researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jones will travel to Tsukuba, Japan, in Summer 2022 to work with researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science."}],"uid":"34760","created_gmt":"2022-03-04 14:20:47","changed_gmt":"2022-03-04 14:20:47","author":"Laurie Haigh","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"656038":{"id":"656038","type":"image","title":"Aulden Jones","body":null,"created":"1646403221","gmt_created":"2022-03-04 14:13:41","changed":"1646403408","gmt_changed":"2022-03-04 14:16:48","alt":"Aulden Jones working in the lab","file":{"fid":"248705","name":"Jones in the lab.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jones%20in%20the%20lab.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jones%20in%20the%20lab.png","mime":"image\/png","size":373509,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jones%20in%20the%20lab.png?itok=qOJvkkJb"}}},"media_ids":["656038"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/mourigal.gatech.edu\/","title":"Mourigal Lab"}],"groups":[{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laurie.haigh@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELaurie Haigh\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}