Mickey McDonald

Mickey McDonald is a Principal Quantum Engineer at Atom Computing, with experience starting from July 2019. Previously, Mickey held the roles of Senior Quantum Engineer and Quantum Engineer at the same company. In addition, Mickey is a Game Designer at Kickstarter, where the tabletop game "Brave New Worlds: A Race for Discovery!" successfully funded in May 2019. Prior to these roles, Mickey served as a Postdoctoral Scholar in Physics at The University of Chicago and a Graduate Researcher in AMO Physics at Columbia University, where significant contributions to studies and publications, including photodissociation dynamics of Sr2, were made. Mickey's academic background includes a PhD and MPhil from Columbia University and a BA in Physics from Cornell University.