Jamie Vovrosh
Biography
Dr Jamie Vovrosh is the quantum sensing and PNT lead at QinetiQ. He is an active member of the UK’s quantum community and is a member of the UK’s Quantum Technology Hub for Sensing and Timing. During his career he has amassed a wealth of knowledge in the design, building, optimisation, testing and evaluation of quantum and non-quantum sensors. Prior to joining QinetiQ, during his time at the University of Birmingham he led the development of the portable quantum technology-based gravity gradiometers as part of the atom interferometry team. Projects he worked on during this time included the Dstl Gravity Imager Project, which developed the first portable atom interferometry gravity gradiometer in Europe, as well as a number of collaborative projects aiming to develop industrial prototype cold atom gravity gradiometers. These projects included the Industry Strategy Challenge Fund flagship project Gravity Pioneer, where he acted as the technical authority at the University of Birmingham, providing scientific expertise for 12 industry and academic partners in their aim of realising advanced industry quantum gradiometer prototypes. His work on the development of cold atom gravity sensors was recognised with an Edmund optics educational award in 2018. Before joining the University of Birmingham he conducted his PhD at the University of Southampton. During his PhD he focused on developing optically levitated nanoparticle based sensors.
