Neil Zimmerman
Research Physicist at NIST
Greenbelt, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolNeil Zimmerman is a research physicist with over three decades of experience in nanoelectronics, electrical metrology, and quantum information, currently leading quantum network strategy and research at NIST. He has initiated multiple high-visibility programs—ranging from silicon single-electron device reliability to single-atom devices—helping secure roughly $11M in funding and supervising about 15 graduate students and postdocs. His work on semiconducting quantum dots and decoherence in silicon qubits has produced ~60 publications (h-index 22) and sustained collaborations with top labs worldwide. Skilled at translating complex technologies for non-experts, he combines deep technical judgment with program-building acumen, recently coordinating a multi-year NIST Grand Challenge to distribute entanglement across local and long-distance nodes. Based in Greenbelt, MD, he also brings an astronomer’s perspective from his GitHub profile, reflecting broad scientific curiosity beyond his core quantum expertise.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Physics at Cornell UniversityBachelor's degree, Physics, cum laude, Bachelor's degree, Physics, cum laude at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (27)
propagation9
radial8
spacex8
telescope8
james8
simulation8
astronomy7
orbital-mechanics7
dm7
science7
python7
segment7
space6
astrodynamics6
astrology6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nasa/exoscene
May 2019 - Apr 2021
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 58 commits in 1 year 11 months
roman-corgi/Roman-CGI-Data-Challenge-Tutorials
Apr 2020 - Nov 2021
Tutorial notebooks and data sets for the WFIRST Exoplanet Imaging Data Challenge
Contributions:28 commits, 23 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 7 months
data-setswfirstexoplanetimagingnotebooks
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