Curriculum Vitae

Work Experience

Staff Data Scientist — Moat Metrics, Spokane, WA (Jun 2024 – Mar 2026)

Research Data Scientist — Aon PLC, Spokane, WA (Sep 2021 – Jun 2024)

Senior Research Associate (Postdoctoral) — Duke University, Durham, NC (Jun 2019 – May 2021)

Senior Research Associate (Postdoctoral) — University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (Jun 2018 – Jun 2019)

Research Assistant (PhD Candidate) — University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (Jun 2010 – Jun 2018)

Education

PhD in Physics — University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (2018)

BS in Physics — Washington State University, Pullman, WA (2009)

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Chen, T., Kim, J., Kuzyk, M., et al. (2022). Stable turnkey laser system for a Yb/Ba trapped-ion quantum computer. IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering, 3, 1–8.

  2. Hao, H., Kuzyk, M. C., Ren, J., et al. (2019). Electromagnetically and optomechanically induced transparency and amplification in an atom-assisted cavity optomechanical system. Physical Review A, 100(2), 023820.

  3. Li, X., Kuzyk, M. C., & Wang, H. (2019). Honeycomblike phononic networks of spins with closed mechanical subsystems. Physical Review Applied, 11(6), 064037.

  4. Kuzyk, M. C. & Wang, H. (2018). Scaling phononic quantum networks of solid-state spins with closed mechanical subsystems. Physical Review X, 8(4), 041027.

  5. Kuzyk, M. C. & Wang, H. (2017). Controlling multimode optomechanical interactions via interference. Physical Review A, 96(2), 023860.

  6. Dong, C., Fiore, V., Kuzyk, M. C., Tian, L., & Wang, H. (2015). Optical wavelength conversion via optomechanical coupling in a silica resonator. Annalen der Physik, 527(1–2), 100–106.

  7. Kim, J., Kuzyk, M. C., Han, K., Wang, H., & Bahl, G. (2015). Non-reciprocal Brillouin scattering induced transparency. Nature Physics, 11(3), 275.

  8. Jiang, X., Wang, M., Kuzyk, M. C., et al. (2015). Chip-based silica microspheres for cavity optomechanics. Optics Express, 23(21), 27260–27265.

  9. Kuzyk, M. C., van Enk, S. J., & Wang, H. (2013). Generating robust optical entanglement in weak-coupling optomechanical systems. Physical Review A, 88(6), 062341.

  10. Fiore, V., Dong, C., Kuzyk, M. C., & Wang, H. (2013). Optomechanical light storage in a silica microresonator. Physical Review A, 87(2), 023812.

  11. Dong, C., Fiore, V., Kuzyk, M. C., & Wang, H. (2013). Transient optomechanically induced transparency in a silica microsphere. Physical Review A, 87(5), 055802.

  12. Dong, C., Fiore, V., Kuzyk, M. C., & Wang, H. (2012). Optomechanical dark mode. Science, 338(6114), 1609–1613.

  13. Fiore, V., Yang, Y., Kuzyk, M. C., et al. (2011). Storing optical information as a mechanical excitation in a silica optomechanical resonator. Physical Review Letters, 107(13), 133601.

  14. Frank, B. B., Laporta, P. R., Breiten, B., Kuzyk, M. C., et al. (2011). Comparison of CC triple and double bonds as spacers in push–pull chromophores. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011(23), 4307–4317.

  15. Shafei, S., Kuzyk, M. C., & Kuzyk, M. G. (2010). Monte Carlo studies of the intrinsic second hyperpolarizability. JOSA B, 27(9), 1849–1856.

  16. Kuzyk, M. C. & Kuzyk, M. G. (2008). Monte Carlo studies of the fundamental limits of the intrinsic hyperpolarizability. JOSA B, 25(1), 103–110.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Riesebos, L., Bondurant, B., Whitlow, J., Kim, J., Kuzyk, M., et al. (2022). Modular software for real-time quantum control systems. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), 545–555.

Patents

  • Wang, H. & Kuzyk, M. C. (2021). Phononic quantum networks of solid-state spins with alternating and frequency-selective waveguides. US Patent 11,113,622.

  • Bahl, G., Kim, J., Wang, H., & Kuzyk, M. (2017). System and method for Brillouin scattering induced transparency. US Patent 9,594,267.

Awards & Honors

  • Marthe E. Smith Memorial Science Scholarship (2012)
  • Weiser Sr Teaching Assistant Award (2016)
  • The Optical Society Quantum Optical Science & Technology Technical Group Outstanding Poster Presentation Award (2017)