James Gates is a Professorial Fellow at Southampton's ORC, specialising in photonic fabrication for quantum technologies. Research: (1) low-loss glass waveguide fabrication for photonic quantum computing and sensing (EPSRC UPROAR and PURE projects); (2) fabrication innovations for superconducting and ion trap quantum computing; (3) atom trap photonic integration. PI of major EPSRC quantum technology grants; Co-I of QCS Hub and CDT in Quantum Technology Engineering. Key fabrication enabler for quantum photonic sensors.