Jack Postlewaite received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2018. During his undergraduate studies, he engaged in research in both computational materials science and biophotonics instrumentation. He later earned an M.S. in Optical Sciences with an emphasis in Quantum Information Science and Engineering from the University of Arizona. Currently, Jack is pursuing a PhD in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland, College of Engineering. His research focuses on quantum communications, quantum information theory, and quantum computing. Specifically, he is exploring quantum-enhanced deep space communications using continuous variable (CV) quantum computing resources.