Niko Reed

Graduate Student

Ph.D. Candidate Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, 2021-Present
B.S. Physics and Mathematics, University of Delaware, 2021

nikoreed@umd.edu

Fun Fact: Niko loves to hike! Niko’s most notable hike so far was Torres del Paine in Patagonia, Chile (see picture)!

Publications

Principles and Techniques for Agentic Research in Experimental Physics. Niko R. Reed, Declan M. Daly, Andrew J. Beling, Jordan D. Giandrea, Ronald L. Walsworth, John W. Blanchard, and Daniel Ang. arXiv:2610.17193 (2026). PDF
BibTeX
@article{Reed2026, sort_date = {2026-10-12}, sort_date_type = {arxiv-submitted}, title = {Principles and Techniques for Agentic Research in Experimental Physics}, author = {Niko R. Reed and Declan M. Daly and Andrew J. Beling and Jordan D. Giandrea and Ronald L. Walsworth and John W. Blanchard and Daniel Ang}, journal = {arXiv:2610.17193}, year = {2026}, month = {October}, eprint = {2610.17193}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, primaryclass = {physics.comp-ph}, url_link = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.17193}, url_pdf = {/files/2026/10/2610.17193.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, nmr-mri, ml-agentic} }

arXiv
Direct Measurement of the Singlet Lifetime and Photoexcitation Behavior of the Boron Vacancy Center in Hexagonal Boron Nitride. Richard A. Escalante, Andrew J. Beling, Daniel G. Ang, Niko R. Reed, Justin J. Welter, John W. Blanchard, Cecilia Campos, Edwin Coronel, Klaus Krambrock, Alexandre S. Leal, Paras N. Prasad, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Advanced Optical Materials (2026). link PDF supplement
BibTeX
@article{Escalante2026, sort_date = {2026-07}, sort_date_type = {journal-issue}, author = {Escalante, Richard A. and Beling, Andrew J. and Ang, Daniel G. and Reed, Niko R. and Welter, Justin J. and Blanchard, John W. and Campos, Cecilia and Coronel, Edwin and Krambrock, Klaus and Leal, Alexandre S. and Prasad, Paras N. and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, title = {Direct Measurement of the Singlet Lifetime and Photoexcitation Behavior of the Boron Vacancy Center in Hexagonal Boron Nitride}, journal = {Advanced Optical Materials}, year = {2026}, month = {June}, doi = {10.1002/adom.71351}, url_link = {https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adom.71351}, url_pdf = {/files/2026/07/Advanced-Optical-Materials-2026-Escalante-Direct-Measurement-of-the-Singlet-Lifetime-and-Photoexcitation-Behavior.pdf}, url_supplement = {/files/2026/06/adom71351-sup-0001-suppmat.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing}, eprint = {2504.05289}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv

Prospects for Ultralow-Mass Nuclear Magnetic Resonance using Spin Defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride. Declan M. Daly, Niko R. Reed, Stephen J. DeVience, Zechuan Yin, Johannes Cremer, Andrew J. Beling, John W. Blanchard, and Ronald L. Walsworth. arXiv:2505.00383v1 (2025). PDF
BibTeX
@article{DALY2025, sort_date = {2025-05-01}, sort_date_type = {arxiv-submitted}, title = {Prospects for Ultralow-Mass Nuclear Magnetic Resonance using Spin Defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride}, author = {Declan M. Daly and Niko R. Reed and Stephen J. DeVience and Zechuan Yin and Johannes Cremer and Andrew J. Beling and John W. Blanchard and Ronald L. Walsworth}, journal = {arXiv:2505.00383v1}, year = {2025}, month = {5}, day = {1}, eprint = {2505.00383}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, primaryclass = {quant-ph}, url_link = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.00383}, url_pdf = {/files/2025/05/2505.00383v1.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, nmr-mri} }

arXiv
Machine learning for improved current-density reconstruction from two-dimensional vector magnetic images. Niko R. Reed, Danyal Bhutto, Matthew J. Turner, Declan M. Daly, Sean M. Oliver, Jiashen Tang, Kevin S. Olsson, Nicholas Langellier, Mark J.H. Ku, Matthew S. Rosen, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Appl. 23, 034035 (2025). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{REED2025, sort_date = {2025-03-17}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {Machine learning for improved current-density reconstruction from two-dimensional vector magnetic images}, author = {Reed, Niko R. and Bhutto, Danyal and Turner, Matthew J. and Daly, Declan M. and Oliver, Sean M. and Tang, Jiashen and Olsson, Kevin S. and Langellier, Nicholas and Ku, Mark J.H. and Rosen, Matthew S. and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Appl.}, volume = {23}, issue = {3}, pages = {034035}, numpages = {16}, year = {2025}, month = {Mar}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevApplied.23.034035}, day = {17}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.23.034035}, url_pdf = {/files/2025/03/2025_Reed_PRApplied.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, ml-agentic}, eprint = {2407.14553}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv

Niko Reed

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