Oot and Aboot

I’m Canadian. Since moving to the US, I’ve learned that Americans think we say “oot and aboot.” For the record, it’s more like “oat and aboat” — but I won’t fight it. Hover over the photos for context.

QuICS Seminar, right before going to the best dining hall in the country (Mar 4, 2026)

My new group's a bit bigger than my last one (Nov 24, 2025)

When Ray and Kaius first met, one of my favourite photos (Nov 26, 2024)

Kaius isn't a fan of the book (Sep 26, 2024)

Receiving the John Brodie (May 21, 2024)

YQI Talk, Yale (Jan 16, 2024)

I was on CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks (Dec 30, 2023)

On the set of Oppenheimer (Sep 21, 2023)

From my semester as a visiting student in Sarang's group, Princeton (Sep 14, 2023)

Dinner with Raymond Laflamme and John Preskill (Aug 1, 2023)

I had the pleasure of organizing Ray's birthday conference, University of Waterloo (Jul 17, 2023)

RQS annual workshop, University of Maryland (Jun 22, 2023)

InfoQ Seminar, Institut Quantique (Mar 28, 2023)

Visiting Xiaoliang Qi's Group, Stanford (Feb 24, 2023)

After my Redwood seminar, Berkeley (Feb 22, 2023)

CQIQC seminar, University of Toronto (Feb 3, 2023)

RQS seminar, University of Maryland (Aug 2, 2022)

Post talk hike, Telluride (Jul 22, 2022)