Nathalie de Leon

Nathalie de Leon is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University. Her research focuses on Applied Physics, Materials & Devices, Photonics, and Quantum Engineering. The de Leon group investigates quantum hardware using color centers in wide bandgap materials, such as NV centers in diamond, to develop scalable quantum devices and explore fundamental quantum optics and many-body physics. Her work spans interdisciplinary areas including optics, photonics, nanofabrication, and cryogenics. She is affiliated with the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and associated with the Department of Physics.

Nathalie de Leon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, specializing in quantum information processing, quantum networks, nanoscale sensing, materials science, and nanophotonics. Her research explores materials challenges for quantum computing hardware, novel material platforms for superconducting qubits, and nanophotonic devices for quantum phase switching and single-atom interactions. She investigates nuclear magnetic resonance detection of single proteins, visible-frequency metasurfaces, and coupling trapped atoms to nanoscale optical cavities. Her work also includes semiconductor qubits, strain-induced self-organization in VO2 nanobeams, and efficient spin-state readout in diamond. De Leon's research bridges nanotechnology and quantum physics to advance quantum technologies.