Ofer Naaman

Ofer Naaman is a physicist with extensive experience in superconducting electronics and quantum information. Naaman's career includes roles as an Advisory Engineer at Northrop Grumman from November 2009 to January 2018, focusing on superconducting electronics and magnetic memory. At NIST Boulder from January 2004 to July 2007, Naaman served as a Research Associate, specializing in single electron transistors and quasiparticle dynamics in superconducting devices. Since January 2018, Naaman has held dual positions as a Senior Staff Research Scientist and Research Scientist at Google, concentrating on Quantum AI. Prior experience also includes a postdoctoral position at UC Berkeley from July 2007 to November 2009, working on superconducting qubits and nonlinear dynamics in superconducting circuits. Naaman earned a B.Sc. in Physics from Tel Aviv University (1993-1998) and a PhD in Physics from UC San Diego (1999-2003).