diff --git a/content/members/Chung-You-Shih.md b/content/members/Chung-You-Shih.md
index ab4fe01b..6a9292fa 100644
--- a/content/members/Chung-You-Shih.md
+++ b/content/members/Chung-You-Shih.md
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
---
title: "Dr. Chung-You (Gilbert) Shih"
orcid: "0000-0002-7561-6833"
-date: 2017-09-01T00:00:00-00:00
+date: 2024-01-09T00:00:00-00:00
draft: false
image: "images/people/c5shih.jpg"
-tenure: "Research Assistant (Oct 2023 - )"
+tenure: "MSc (2017-19), PhD (2019-23) Research Assistant (Oct 2023 - Jan '24)"
office: "QNC B213"
extention: "x30172"
email: "c5shih@uwaterloo.ca"
previousInstitution: "U Waterloo (PhD (2019-23), MSc (2017-19)), National Taiwan University (BSc)"
-currentInstitution:
+currentInstitution: "software developer in industry"
tags:
- - "RA"
+ - "alumn"
+ - "grad"
- "c5shih"
---
diff --git a/content/members/Gail-Bender.md b/content/members/Gail-Bender.md
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+---
+title: "Gail Bender"
+date: 2024-03-01T21:16:17-04:00
+draft: false
+image: " "
+tenure:
+office: "QNC 4123"
+extention: "x37379"
+email: "g3bender@uwaterloo.ca"
+previousInstitution:
+currentInstitution:
+tags:
+ - "adminAssistant"
+ - "g3bender"
+---
+
+In her role as IQC Research Finance Coordinator, Mr. Gail Bender is the administrative assistant for the group.
+
+https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/contacts/gail-bender
diff --git a/content/members/Michele-Roche.md b/content/members/Michele-Roche.md
index 6a0a83f7..487b9471 100644
--- a/content/members/Michele-Roche.md
+++ b/content/members/Michele-Roche.md
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ email: "m2roche@uwaterloo.ca"
previousInstitution:
currentInstitution:
tags:
- - "adminAssistant"
- - "m2roche"
+ - "m2roche"
---
In her role as IQC Research Finance Coordinator, Michele is the administrative assistant for the group.
diff --git a/content/members/Rajibul-Islam.md b/content/members/Rajibul-Islam.md
index 2ebb62aa..e7e6cd1a 100644
--- a/content/members/Rajibul-Islam.md
+++ b/content/members/Rajibul-Islam.md
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Associate Professor, Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics a
[UW Physics and Astronomy profile](https://uwaterloo.ca/physics-astronomy/people-profiles/k-rajibul-islam), [IQC Profile](https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/profiles/kazi-rajibul-islam), CV
-Affiliate Scientist, TRIUMF and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
+Affiliate, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
+
+Co-founder, [Open Quantum Design](https://openquantumdesign.org/)
[Academic Tree](https://academictree.org/physics/tree.php?pid=172624)
@@ -36,13 +38,15 @@ Affiliate Scientist, TRIUMF and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Teaching
* PHYS 701 (Graduate Quantum Physics, Fall '22)
-* PHYS 234 (Quantum Physics I, Winter 2019, '20, '21, '22)
-* PHYS 393 (Physical Optics, Winter 2020, '22)
+* PHYS 234 (Quantum Physics I, Winter 2019, '20, '21, '22, '24)
+* PHYS 393 (Physical Optics, Winter 2020, '22, '24)
* PHYS 256 (Geometrical and Physical Optics, Fall 2017, '18, '22)
Outreach
-Dr. Islam is actively involved with several science outreach efforts. His activities at IQC include developing demonstration experiments (such as a 'dust ion trap') and conducting lab visits especially for young students. He is a co-founder of [bigyan.org.in](https://bigyan.org.in), a leading online science outreach platform in the Bengali (বাংলা) language. Bigyan (বিজ্ঞান, means science in Bengali) initiatives have been highlighted in Indian national media (such as [NDTV](https://www.ndtv.com/education/national-science-day-origami-paper-microscopes-to-be-given-to-rural-schools-by-bengali-science-porta-1664177) and [IndiaBioscience](https://indiabioscience.org/columns/indian-scenario/bigyan-org-in-a-science-outreach-platform-by-researchers-in-bengali)).
+Dr. Islam is actively involved with several science outreach efforts.
+ His activities at IQC include developing demonstration experiments (such as a 'dust ion trap') and conducting lab visits especially for young students.
+ He is a co-founder of [bigyan.org.in](https://bigyan.org.in), a leading online science outreach platform in the Bengali (বাংলা) language. Bigyan (বিজ্ঞান, means science in Bengali) initiatives have been highlighted in Indian national media (such as [NDTV](https://www.ndtv.com/education/national-science-day-origami-paper-microscopes-to-be-given-to-rural-schools-by-bengali-science-porta-1664177) and [IndiaBioscience](https://indiabioscience.org/columns/indian-scenario/bigyan-org-in-a-science-outreach-platform-by-researchers-in-bengali)).
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diff --git a/content/members/Xinghe-Tan.md b/content/members/Xinghe-Tan.md
index 0e4dee5a..0fc1f59e 100644
--- a/content/members/Xinghe-Tan.md
+++ b/content/members/Xinghe-Tan.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ image: images/people/h3tan.jpg
office: null
previousInstitution: Queen's University
tags: [Hawking Tan, grad]
-tenure: MSc student (Jan 2022-)
+tenure: MSc (2022-'24), PhD (2024 - )
title: Xinghe Tan
---
-Xinghe (Hawking) is a Master's student in Prof. Islam's group. He is working on open-source quantum computer (Quantum ION). He completed his Bachelor's degree at Queen's University.
+Xinghe (Hawking) is a PhD student on the QuantumION project. He finished his MSc from the same group in Jan 2024. He completed his Bachelor's degree at Queen's University.
diff --git a/content/publications/2022-Ali-Binai-Motlagh-MSc-thesis.md b/content/publications/2022-Ali-Binai-Motlagh-MSc-thesis.md
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+---
+title: "Robust Optical Engineering for a Trapped Ion Quantum Computer"
+authors: [[ "Ali BInai-Motlagh, MSc thesis", "ali.binai-motlagh"]]
+link: "https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/18710"
+journal: "University of Waterloo [Thesis link]"
+volume:
+issue:
+date: 2022-09-02T00:00:00-00:00
+draft: false
+arXiv:
+tags:
+ - "Thesis"
+---
+
+Trapped ions are one of the leading platforms for the implementation of quantum information processing (QIP),
+ exhibiting one of the highest reported quantum gate and measurement fidelities. The challenge for the platform
+ now is to maintain these high quality operations while expanding the system size beyond the ∼10-30 qubits that
+ are available in today’s devices. Currently we are near completion of the construction of our trapped ion quantum
+ computer that will incorporate multiple isotopes of barium as qubits/qudits. Barium has several favourable properties
+ that make it the ideal ion for QIP and the aim of our device in the near future is to develop this species into
+ the premiere ion for QIP. The device in the future is hoped to serve as a cloud based resource for the Waterloo
+ research community, fostering collaborations between algorithms, error correction and atomic physics researchers,
+ that is ultimately hoped to expedite the development of trapped ion QIP. This thesis discusses the robust optical
+ engineering that went into the construction of this trapped ion quantum computer. We describe the details of the
+ continuous wave optical subsystems used for ion initialization, cooling, and measurements of the quantum states,
+ including the imaging system used to collect ion fluorescence. In addition, this thesis discusses the unique individual
+ addressing system that we have designed and built for performing single and two-qubit gates based on Raman transitions.
+ With this system we attain a relative intensity crosstalk between neighbouring ions on the order of 1e−4.
+ This is comparable to the best currently available implementations but our system provides additional optical
+ frequency and phase control knobs that allow for more control over quantum simulation and computation experiments.
+ Finally we will discuss the trap, its associated electronics and the vacuum system that houses our ions and atomic source.
diff --git a/content/publications/2024-Greenberg-microgram-ablation-paper.md b/content/publications/2024-Greenberg-microgram-ablation-paper.md
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+---
+title: "Microgram BaCl_2 Ablation Targets for Trapped Ion Experiments"
+authors: [['Noah Greenberg'], ['Akbar Jahangiri Jozani','a2jahang'], ['Collin JC Epstein'], ['Xinghe Tan','Hawking Tan'], ['Rajibul Islam', 'krislam'], ['Crystal Senko']]
+link: ""
+journal: ""
+volume: ""
+issue: ""
+date: 2024-02-06T00:00:00-00:00
+DOI:
+draft: false
+arXiv: "2402.06632"
+tags:
+ - "QITI"
+image: "images/publications/2024-Greenberg.png"
+---
+
+**Abstract:** Trapped ions for quantum information processing has been an area of intense study due to the extraordinarily high
+ fidelity operations that have been reported experimentally. Specifically, barium trapped ions have been shown to have
+ exceptional state-preparation and measurement (SPAM) fidelities. The 133Ba+ (I=1/2) isotope in particular is a promising candidate
+ for large-scale quantum computing experiments. However, a major pitfall with this isotope is that it is radioactive and
+ is thus generally used in microgram quantities to satisfy safety regulations. We describe a new method for creating microgram
+ barium chloride (BaCl_2) ablation targets for use in trapped ion experiments and compare our procedure to previous methods. We outline
+ two recipes for fabrication of ablation targets that increase the production of neutral atoms for isotope-selective loading of barium ions.
+ We show that heat-treatment of the ablation targets greatly increases the consistency at which neutral atoms can be produced
+ and we characterize the uniformity of these targets using trap-independent techniques such as energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS)
+ and neutral fluorescence collection. Our comparison between fabrication techniques and demonstration of consistent neutral fluorescence
+ paves a path towards reliable loading of 133Ba+ in surface traps and opens opportunities for scalable quantum computing with this isotope.
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