Announcing IOP Publishing’s International Quantum Award winners
The winners of IOP Publishing’s International Quantum Technology Early Career Scientist Award and International Quantum Technology Emerging Researcher have been announced.
The awards recognise researchers who to have displayed significant achievement and exceptional promise for future contributions to the field of quantum science and technology with an expectation for longer term impact on the field and community.
Quantum research and technology is evolving rapidly, and fresh perspectives are key to the development of a field that connects many disciplines such as quantum chemistry and meteorology.
The winners were chosen by a committee of eight leading quantum specialists who selected the work for their exceptional promise for the future of quantum research and technology and the expectation for longer term impact on the field and the quantum science community.
International Quantum Technology Early Career Scientist Award
Feihu Xu from the University of Science and Technology of China, has been awarded this year’s International Quantum Technology Early Career Scientist Award for his seminal contributions to quantum communication and quantum network, including the security of practical quantum cryptography, large-scale quantum network and high-speed quantum communication.
Highly commended in this category:
- Kevin Satzinger, Google Quantum AI team, United States of America
- Florian Meinert, 5th Institute of Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany
- Mehul Malik, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
International Quantum Technology Emerging Researcher Award
Annabelle Bohrdt from the University of Regensburg, has been chosen as the winner of the International Quantum Technology Emerging Researcher Award for her work on developing novel approaches to analyse strongly correlated quantum matter using snapshots of quantum states.
Highly commended in this category:
- Hui Wang, University of Science and Technology of China, China
- Armin Tavakoli, Lund University, Sweden
- Daniil Lukin, Stanford University, United States of America
Both winners have been invited to give a special award lecture, and submit a perspective related to their work to the IOPP journal Quantum Science and Technology. The award lecture will take place on the 25th of May and people interested in attending the lectures can register their interest here.