Dr. Krishna Rupavatharam is the Director of Spectrum Lab, at Montana State University (MSU) and a Research Professor at the Dept. of Physics. His research interests span diverse areas of photonics including microwave signal processing, coherent lidar and digital holography, quantum information processing and nanooptics. Krishna also functions as the CTO of QCORE, a center for developing, advancing and commercializing quantum technologies at MSU. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Montana Photonics and Quantum Alliance and is a consultant for several photonics companies.