About me
David Allcock is Director of Science, North America at
Oxford Ionics where he leads the US-based teams with a
focus on our Quantum Science & Engineering initiatives.
Allcock received a PhD in Atomic & Laser Physics from the
University of Oxford, where he worked alongside Oxford
Ionics' co-founders, Dr Chris Ballance and Dr Tom Harty,
on the technology that underpins the company's quantum
computers. Allcock has also spent several years at the
forefront of quantum computing research at the National
Institute of Technology and Standards (NIST) Boulder,
widely known as the birthplace of trapped-ion quantum
computing, and most recently as an Assistant Professor at
the University of Oregon.
