Hudson Loughlin

Hudson is a PhD candidate in LIGO Labs studying quantum optics and precision measurement. His research focuses on understanding fundamental limits to time and distance measurements from thermal and quantum fluctuations and how these limits can be evaded by manipulating the measuring devices’ quantum states. Prior to MIT, he received a A.B. in Physics from Princeton University where he worked on co-magnetometry in the Romalis group, quantum dots in the Petta group, and circuit QED in the Rodriguez group. Over the summers Hudson worked on optics for the LISA space mission at NASA GSFC and quantum optics at MITRE. Between Princeton and MIT, he worked as a quantitative analyst and trader at DC Energy, where he traded financial transmission rights in the PJM Interconnection. Hudson currently works with Professor Matthew Evans on technology development for LIGO.