Tristan Valenzuela
Quantum Sensors and Technology Programme Lead
Email address:
tristan.valenzula@stfc.ac.uk
Tristan Valenzuela is the Quantum Sensors programme lead at RAL Space, as well as group leader Quantum Technology researchers and a UKRI Individual Merit Fellow. He and his team develop quantum sensors with cold atoms for space applications.
Before joining RAL Space in 2014, Tristan led the atom interferometry activities at the University of Birmingham. He has held numerous post-doctoral research positions and has a PhD from Mainz University.
Quantum Sensors and Technology Programme
The Quantum Sensors and Technology programme develops space‑deployable quantum sensors and supporting technologies for applications in Earth observation, planetary science, space weather and fundamental physics. Our work focuses on cold‑atom accelerometers, optically pumped magnetometers, Rydberg RF sensors and quantum memories, enabling new measurement capabilities from orbit.
