Mitch Peaks

Mitch Peaks is a highly skilled physicist currently serving as a Postdoctoral Associate at Duke University since April 2024. Previously, Mitch held positions at Riverlane as a Senior Quantum Control Engineer and Quantum Control Engineer from November 2021 to April 2024. Mitch's academic experience includes being an Associate Tutor at the University of Sussex, where responsibilities included teaching courses in Mathematical Methods for Physics, Properties of Matter, and Scientific Computing, alongside research in trapped-ion quantum computing focused on high fidelity quantum logic gates. Mitch's educational background features a Doctor of Philosophy in Physics from the University of Sussex and a Master of Physics with Mathematics from the University of Hull. Prior to academia, Mitch gained experience as a Customs Entry Clerk at Expeditors, where the focus was on processing Customs Entries for air and ocean imports.