Aggie Branczyk
👋 Hi, I’m Aggie! I’m a Physicist in the Wild 🦘
After my PhD, I spent 10 years in academia doing quantum research, then 4 years in quantum tech (things move ~2.5x faster in industry, so let’s call it even!)
Now I’m building a company that combines the intellectual freedom and curiosity of academia with the innovation and real-world impact of industry.
It’s not a startup. It’s a lifestyle business.
Aggie Branczyk Enterprises is my platform for exploring various ventures—from reserach and quantum tech to career training for PhDs—all aimed at finding the perfect intersection of my interests and market needs. Each project is a step toward creating a sustainable and fulfilling career that aligns with my passions and values.
If you’re interested in creating a life and work that feels right for you, or if you’re just curious to see how this experiment unfolds, check out my Substack.
Some other things I’ve made (or am working on) which you might like:
- Academics in the Wild: A community for physicists and mathematicians on a nonlinear career adventure beyond academia.
- Physicists in the Wild podcast: Interviews with physicists who left academia (audio)
- DRiP: A framework for doing research in public
- Python module for designing the domain configuration of a nonlinear crystal to approximate a desired phase-matching function.
- My lectures on quantum theory from my time at Perimeter Institute
- Various scientific talks that I’ve given (some more here and here)
- My course on scientific writing
- A list of my scientific publications on google scholar
- My PhD thesis: Non-classical states of light (pdf)
Email me at aggiebranczyk@gmail.com. Tell me something about yourself.