People

The Directors, lead academics and support staff for NQIT, located across nine universities in the UK.

Ian Walmsley
Prof Ian Walmsley
NQIT Hub Director
Dominic O'Brien
Prof Dominic O'Brien
Co-Director (Systems Engineering), Work Package 9 - Capabilities and support
Evert Geurtsen
Evert Geurtsen
Co-Director for User Engagement
Samson Abramsky
Prof Samson Abramsky
Work Package 8 Leader - Hybrid classical/quantum computing
Mete Atature
Prof Mete Atature
Elected Fellow of the Turkish National Science Academy and of the Institute of Physics
Jonathan Barrett
Dr Jonathan Barrett
Work Package 5 Leader - Secure communications and verification
Almut Beige
Dr Almut Beige
Reader and Head of the Theoretical Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds
Simon Benjamin
Prof Simon Benjamin
Work Package 0 Leader - Architectures, standards and systems Integration, Associate Director (Partnerships)
Martin Booth
Professor Martin Booth
Professor of Engineering Science
Justin Coon
Professor Justin Coon
Associate Professor
Animesh Datta
Dr Animesh Datta
Work Package 6 Leader - Networked quantum sensors
Martin Dawson
Prof Martin Dawson
Director of Research, Institute of Photonics and Head of Centre, Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics
Jacob Dunningham
Dr Jacob Dunningham
Reader in Physics, University of Sussex
Corin Gawith
Corin Gawith
Principal Research Fellow at the University of Southampton
Michael Gutmann
Dr Michael Gutmann
Work Package 10 Leader - Quantum Optimisation and Machine Learning & Senior Lecturer in Machine Learning, University of Edinburgh,
Winni Hensinger
Prof Winfried Hensinger
Professor of Quantum Technologies, University of Sussex
Peter Horak
Dr Peter Horak
Associate Professor
Dieter Jaksch
Prof Dieter Jaksch
Work Package 7 Leader - Quantum digital simulation
Marina Jirotka
Prof Marina Jirotka
Responsible Innovation
Elham Kashefi
Professor Elham Kashefi
Associate Director (Applications)
Alexey Kavokin
Professor Alexey Kavokin
Chair of Nanophysics and Photonics at the University of Southampton
Matthias Keller
Dr Matthias Keller
Reader in Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Axel Kuhn
Prof Axel Kuhn
Work Package 2 Leader - Atom-photon interfaces
Dr Peter Leek
Dr Peter Leek
Principal Investigator, Superconducting Quantum Devices Group, University of Oxford
David Lucas
Prof David Lucas
Work Package 1 Leader - Ion trap node engineering, Associate Director (Hardware)
Gavin Morley
Dr Gavin Morley
Associate Professor, University of Warwick
Peter Mosley
Dr Peter Mosley
Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials at the University of Bath
Josh Nunn
Dr Joshua Nunn
Work Package 3 Leader - Photonic network engineering
Hannah Rowlands
Hannah Rowlands
NQIT Communications Manager
Jason Smith
Prof Jason Smith
Work Package 4 Leader – Solid state node engineering, Associate Director (Skills and Training)
Peter Smith
Prof Peter Smith
Associate Director (Fabrication)
Rupesh Srivastava
Dr Rupesh Srivastava
Technology Associate
Dr Ian Watson
Dr Ian Watson
Research Team Leader