Vikash Kumar is a CONNECT PhD researcher at Trinity College Dublin under the joint supervision of Prof. John Donegan and Prof. Dan Kilper.

Vikash has a background in Physics and Quantum Information and Computation. He completed my B.Sc. in Physics from MGSU Bikaner, India, in 2020, and subsequently pursued a M.Sc. in Quantum Information and Computation at the esteemed Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, in 2022.

Vikash’s research interests lie in Quantum Optics, Quantum Information Theory and Quantum Communication. His Master’s thesis was based on “CHSH violation in generated Bell’s state”. During his Master’s, Vikash had the privilege of participating in various summer schools and internships in India, where he learned about the field of quantum physics.

Currently, his Ph.D. project focuses on “optical comb generation for quantum communication.”