Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowships
The fellowship is awarded to postdoctoral fellows with a track record of innovation activities. Innovation activities refers to translating research results into societal impact. Working with non-academic research partners, creating a start-up, working with innovation organizations and engaging with government and not for profit organizations on policy development are all examples of innovation activities.
The 2022-2023 Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Sourabh Kumar, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Dr. Sourabh Kumar is a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Calgary, with an expertise in both theoretical and experimental quantum optics, working in assistant professor Daniel Oblak’s Quantum Cloud (QCloud) Lab. Dr. Kumar's research primarily focuses on developing quantum technologies for long-distance quantum networks.