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Yogeshwar B. Kale

Birmingham,UK

Summary

Accomplished professional with expertise in quantum sensor development and TRL advancement, driving innovation through strategic project leadership and industry collaboration. Proven track record in facility development, lab management, and consortium coordination, ensuring regulatory compliance and effective stakeholder engagement. Skilled in technology transfer, IP generation, and commercialisation, leveraging advanced tools such as ARTIQ, Python, LabVIEW, COMSOL, CAD designing, Origin, Mathematica, and Matlab to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Committed to advancing technological frontiers while fostering knowledge transfer and governance excellence.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
2013
2013
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Senior Research Fellow, Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Timing

University of Birmingham
02.2018 - 06.2025
  • MiniClock Project (Dstl), DSTLX-1000095040, EP/M013294/1, share within £35.5 M: Led development of world’s most compact (till date) deployable Sr optical lattice clock (
  • IqClock (EU), FETFlag-iqClock-EC 820404, £10 M: Led OLC Work Package; delivered transportable and lab-grade clocks, achieving first spectroscopy milestone. Liaised with 15 pan-European partners: BT as industry adopter.
  • ICON (UKRI), EP/W003279/1, £1.5 M: Led international campaigns with RIKEN, PTB, and NPL for high-precision time transfer. Managed planning, execution, and dissemination.
  • TOCK, 22IEM01, share within €2.6 M & POSSIBLE, EP/Y005082/1, EP/Y00521X/1, £0.6 M: Task leader for development of next-gen portable optical clocks and national/ international level optical clock validations / comparisons.
  • Presented findings at international conferences, increasing profile of institution.
  • Collaborated with range of National / International academics on interdisciplinary projects.

Research Associate

University of Strathclyde
02.2016 - 01.2018
  • Developed quantum microwave clocks and Quantum gyroscopes using cold Rb atoms.
  • Grating Magneto-optical Trap (GMOT) technology has been used for microwave clock for reduced footprint.
  • Fresnel Zonal Plates (FZPs) are used to generate ALL optical trap potential for cold-atom based Quantum gyroscope

Postdoctoral Fellow

RRCAT
06.2013 - 06.2015
  • Company Overview: DAE Fellowship
  • Developed cold and warm Kr atom experiments for quantum precision metrology and Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA) applications.
  • First demonstration of Ultra-narrow quantum Interferences in Krypton atoms and its application for the development of quantum techniques

Education

Ph.D. - Physics

University of Mumbai & BARC

M.Sc. - Physics

University of Mumbai

B.Sc. - Physics

University of Mumbai

Skills

  • Quantum Sensor Development
  • TRL Advancement
  • Facility development
  • Lab Management
  • Industry Collaboration
  • Commercialization
  • Strategic Project Leadership
  • Governance
  • Stakeholder Coordination
  • Consortium Coordination
  • Technology Transfer
  • Knowledge Transfer
  • IP Generation
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • ARTIQ
  • Python
  • LabVIEW
  • COMSOL
  • CAD designing
  • Origin
  • Mathematica
  • Matlab

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Timeline

Senior Research Fellow, Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Timing

University of Birmingham
02.2018 - 06.2025

Research Associate

University of Strathclyde
02.2016 - 01.2018

Postdoctoral Fellow

RRCAT
06.2013 - 06.2015

M.Sc. - Physics

University of Mumbai

B.Sc. - Physics

University of Mumbai

Ph.D. - Physics

University of Mumbai & BARC

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