Connor Dempsey

Dr. Connor Dempsey received a B.S. and M.Eng. in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University. Immediately after graduating, he worked at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory developing electronics for testing spacecraft. He went on to earn a Ph.D. from UC Santa Barbara in 2024. His doctoral research focused on semiconductor quantum wells and superconductor–semiconductor systems for topological quantum computation applications, culminating in the development of the world's highest-mobility InAs quantum well grown on InP. He now works at Chiplytics in Washington, advancing the field of Power Spectrum Analysis to help customers verify chip authenticity and detect counterfeit devices.