People
The core staff within Bristol’s QECDT have been hand-picked for their research excellence as well as their ability to communicate that knowledge to others in a practical setting.
The management team
- Dr Jorge Barreto
CDT Director
With a background in physics, Dr. Barreto has a broad experience in silicon fabrication technologies, and more recently systems integration. His work aims to establish the feasibility limits of quantum platforms using currently available technologies. - Dr Carrie Weidner
Lecturer in Quantum Engineering
Dr. Weidner is trained as a physicist and applied mathematician. She comes to Bristol with extensive experience with and research interest in experimental cold atom physics and quantum control, as well as quantum education and outreach. - Dr Robert Hicks
CDT Industry Engagement Manager
Rob acts as the primary point of contact for all industry engagement matters in relation to the QE-CDT. Prior to joining the CDT, Rob worked as a Portfolio Manager within the Artificial Intelligence team at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). - Sorrel Johnson
CDT Manager
Sorrel comes to the CDT from the Student Funding office where she has managed postgraduate funding for the University for 15 years. After obtaining her degree, she spent 5 years living in London before returning to her home city of Bristol. - Lin Burden
Postgraduate Administrator
Lin provides administrative support for the Centre's students and staff as well as being first port of call for enquiries.
The core academic team
Supported by numerous supervisors from the University of Bristol as well as a wider group of industrial external partners, the core team within the QECDT covers the key disciplines of engineering, physics, mathematics and computer science:
- John Rarity
Professor of Optical Communication Systems
- Noah Linden
Professor of Theoretical Physics in the School of Mathematics
Noah has made major contributions to quantum information theory and quantum computation, including work on the foundations of quantum computation, quantum computational architectures, non-locality and entanglement. For example, he rigorously established the role of multi-partite entanglement as a resource for quantum computational speed-up; provided widely used tools for the study of quantum non-locality; and provided significant new insights into quantum mechanical features of thermodynamics. He is currently Director of the Bristol Quantum Information Institute: the Institute is the umbrella organisation for all quantum information and technology activities in the University of Bristol, across the entire spectrum from theory, experiment and training to commercialisation. - Ruth Oulton
Professor of Quantum Photonics
Ruth is a Professor of Quantum Photonics and EPSRC Quantum Technologies Fellow in the Quantum Engineering Technology Labs, in Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Her research interests centre around the use of solid-state quantum emitters that interact with light, for quantum technology applications. - Ashley Montanaro
Professor of Quantum Computation
Ashley has worked in the field of quantum computing for almost 20 years, specialising in the design of quantum algorithms and other aspects of the theory of quantum computation. He is co-founder of the quantum software startup Phasecraft, whose goal is to get the most out of near-term quantum computers. - Krishna Coimbatore Balram
Associate Professor in Photonic Quantum Engineering
Krishna's primary research interest is the development of novel nanofabricated device platforms for manipulating light and sound waves at the nanoscale and engineering controlled interactions between them, and other solid state systems. - David May
Professor of Computer Science
Previous PhD supervisors
Alastair Sinclair, Principal Research Scientist, NPL
Anthony Laing, Associate Professor in Physics, University of Bristol
Chris Erven, Honorary Lecturer, University of Bristol
Colin Campbell, Reader in Mathematics for Information Technology, University of Bristol
Daryl Beggs, Lecturer at the University of Cardiff, University of Cardiff
Dylan Mahler, Experimental Physicist, Xanadu
Edmund Harbord, Lecturer in Quantum Communication Technologies, University of Bristol
Eleanor Rieffel, Senior Research Scientist and QuAIL Lead, NASA Ames Research Center
Fernando Gonzalez-Zalba, Senior Research Scientist, Hitatchi Cambridge Laboratory
Jonas Rademacker, Professor of Physics, University of Bristol
Jonathan Matthews, Associate Professor in Quantum Technology, University of Bristol
Josh Nunn, Reader, Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials, University of Bath
Josh Silverstone, Senor Research Associate, University of Bristol
Kenneth McEwan, DSTL
Mark Thompson, CTO, PsiQuantum
Mete Atature, Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge
Paul Skrzypczyk, Royal Society Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of Bristol
Rafaele Santagati, Quantum Computing Scientist, Boringer Ingelheim
Roger Colbeck, Professor, University of York
Tony Short, Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol
Will McCutcheon, Research Associate, Heriot Watt
Winfried Hensinger, Professor, University of Sussex
Mehul Malik, Professor, Heriot-Watt
Sabine Wollmann, Postdoctoral Fellow, Heriot Watt
Bob Coecke, Professor, Oxford
Konstantinos Meichanetzidis, Senior Research Scientist, Cambridge Quantum Computing
Daniel Oi, Senior lecturer, Strathclyde
Ahsan Nazir, Reader, Manchester
Jake Iles-Smith, Presidential Fellow, Manchester
Christian Karglund Andersen, Professor, TuDelft
Aleks Kissinger, Associate Professor, Oxford
Sam Staton, Professor, Oxford
Martha Lewis, Lecturer, University of Bristol
Siddarth Joshi, Lecturer, University of Bristol
Stephen Clark, Lecturer, University of Bristol
Mike Blake, Lecturer, University of Bristol
Martin Cryan, Professor, University of Bristol