Almut Beige is Head of the Theoretical Physics Group and a Reader in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leeds. Moreover, she currently chairs the next International Conference on Quantum Information Processing and Communication (QIPC 2015) [http://www.qipc2015.leeds.ac.uk] 13-18 September 2015 in Leeds. Up to now, Almut published more than 70 scientific papers, has an h-factor of 23 and more than 2000 citations listed on ISI Web of Science. In recent years,  she developed several strategies to manipulate open quantum systems [1,2,3,4] using measurements and dissipation for applications in quantum computing and networking. She also wrote articles revisiting field quantisation schemes and the scattering of light through two-sided optical cavities [5]. Most relevant for this project is her work on interconnecting atomic qubits in distant cavities [2,6].

[1] A. Beige, D. Braun, B. Tregenna and P. L. Knight, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1762 (2000).

[2] Y. L. Lim, A. Beige and L. C. Kwek, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 030505 (2005).

[3] J. Metz, M. Trupke and A. Beige, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 040503 (2006).

[4] G. Vacanti and A. Beige, New J. Phys. 11, 083008 (2009).

[5] T. M. Barlow, R. Bennett and A. Beige, J. Mod. Opt. 62, S11 (2015).

[6] E. S. Kyoseva, A. Beige and L. C. Kwek, New J. Phys. 14, 023023 (2012).