Neil studied quantum entanglement with Shohini Ghose during his B.Sc. studies at the University of Waterloo before joining Wolfgang Tittel’s group at the University of Calgary for his graduate work. In Calgary, he developed rare-earth-ion-doped crystals for quantum communication and signal processing applications. As a postdoctoral scholar, he worked on projects in quantum optics with Maria Spiropulu at Caltech and nanophotonics with Marko Lončar at Harvard. Neil continues to advance these areas of work as a Research Scientist.