Our people

Our people

Centre Director

Professor Gavin Brennen

Gavin Brennen joined the faculty in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Macquarie University in 2007 and is a CI in the ARC Centre for Excellence in Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS). He leads a theory research group working on many body quantum information, quantum simulation & computation, including implementations of quantum technologies with AMO and superconducting systems. Gavin hails from Fairbanks, Alaska and completed his PhD studies at the University of New Mexico, followed by work as a post-doc at NIST Gaithersburg, and Senior Scientist at IQOQI, Innsbruck.

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

 NameContact Details
Dominic Berry
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
ARC Future Fellow
E6B-7 Wally's Walk 2.408
E: dominic.berry@mq.edu.au
T: +61 (2) 9850 6370
Gavin Brennen
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Professor, ARC CoE EQuS
E6B-7 Wally's Walk 2.611
E: gavin.brennen@mq.edu.au
T: +61 (2) 9850 4445

Daniel Burgarth
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
E6A-9 Wally's Walk 248
E:daniel.burgarth@mq.edu.au
Alexei Gilchrist
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Associate Professor, ARC CoE EQuS
E6A-9 Wally's Walk 2.409
E: alexei.gilchrist@mq.edu.au
T: +61 (2) 9850 4443

Rich Mildren
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Professor, ARC Future Fellow,
Winner of the 2017 Eureka prizes
E6B-7 Wally's Walk 2.715
E: rich.mildren@mq.edu.au
T: +61 (2) 9850 8965

Michael Steel
Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth
Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS)
Professor
E6B-7 Wally's Walk 2.713

E: michael.steel@mq.edu.au
T: +61 (2) 9850 8916

Daniel Terno
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Associate Professor
E6A-9 Wally's Walk 248

E: daniel.terno@mq.edu.au
T: +61 (2) 9850 4162


Thomas Volz
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer
E6A-9 Wally's Walk 248
E: thomas.volz@mq.edu.au
T: +61 (2) 9850 8261

Partner Members from Other Departments

 NameContact Details

David Inglis
Department of Engineering
7 Wally's Walk, Room 127
E: david.inglis@mq.edu.au
T: +61 (2) 9850 9144

Advisor Board

Prof. Jason Twamley (Univ of Okinawa, Japon)
Prof. Fedor Jelezko (Univ. of Ulm, Germany)
Dave Wecker (Microsoft Inc.)
Ray O. Johnson (Technology Innovation Inst.)

Members

Prof Gavin Brennen, MAPS
A/Prof Daniel Burgath, MAPS
Dr. Dominic Berry (Future Fellow), MAPS
Prof Alexei Gilchrist, MAPs
Prof Rich Mildren (Future Fellow), MAPS
Prof Mike Steel, MAPs
A/Prof Daniel Terno, MAPS
A/Prof Thomas Volz, MAPS
Prof Peter Turner, MAPS
Prof Jason Twamley, Honorary Affiliate

Post-docs

Name Area of expertise
Pedro Contino Da Silva Costa
Honorary Associate
E6A-9 Wally's Walk 242
E: pedro.costa@mq.edu.au
  • Quantum algorithms, Quantum Walks,
  • Quantum Cellular Automata,
  • Quantum Optimization Algorithms,
  • Quantum Field Theory

Eric Howard
Honorary Associate
E6A-9 Wally's Walk 2.405
E: eric.howard@mq.edu.au

  • Theoretical condensed matter physics, topological quantum systems, many-body information
  • Quantum computing, quantum thermodynamics and quantum machine learning
  • Quantum Gravity, tensor network holography, AdS/CFT, renormalization and black hole theory
Mattias Johnsson
Honorary Associate
E6A-9 Wally's Walk 242
E:mattias.johnsson@mq.edu.au
  • Bose Einstein condensates, particularly with regard to the creation of squeezed and entangled atomic states
  • Nitrogen and silicon vacancy systems, and their use in tests of decoherence and many body quantum mechanics
  • Development of quantum sensors, using BECs, NV centres in diamond, and opto- and magneto-mechanical systems, with a particular interest in gravimetry
  • Developing XMDS2, a fast and scalable open source software framework for the solution of coupled multidimensional partial differential equations, including stochastic variants
Cyril Laplane 
Honorary Associate 
E6A-9 Wally's Walk 242
E:  cyril.laplane@mq.edu.au
  • Quantum optics
  • Optical centers in solid
  • Quantum information
Sarath Raman Nair
Honorary Associate
E6A-9 Wally's Walk 242
E: sarath.raman.nair@mq.edu.au
  • Quantum optics with diamond colour centers,
  • Light-matter interaction in fibre cavities,
  • Laser threshold magnetometry.
Reece Roberts
Honorary Associate
E6A-9 Wally's Walk 242
E: reece.roberts@mq.edu.au
  • Quantum optical control of optically levitated nanopartices for ultra-sensitive detection and metrology.
  • Quantum sensing and metrology using colour centres in Diamonds and other crystals (nitrogen vacancy, silicon-vacancy, rare earth ions etc.).
Lorenzo Scarpelli
Honorary Associate
E6A-9 Wally's Walk 242
E: lorenzo.scarpelli@mq.edu.au
  • Quantum polaritonics with III-V semiconductors and two-dimensional materials
  • Single-photon nonlinearities
  • Low-temperature fibre-cavity quantum electrodynamics
Mikolaj Schmidt
Honorary Associate
E6B-7 Wally's Walk 2.407
E:mikolaj.schmidt@mq.edu.au
  • Quantum optics in nanoscale systems
  • Plasmonic and dielectric micro cavities
  • Non-linear optics in waveguides

Students

Name                            Current research project  

Daniel Blay
PhD Student
E6B-7 Wally's Walk 2.437
E: daniel.blay@mq.edu.au

Theory of frequency state translation and multi-colour interference in the quantum multimode regime.

Lyra Cronin
PhD Student
E6B-7 Wally's Walk 2.401
E: lyra.cronin@hdr.mq.edu.au

Applications of novel maser technology with nitrogen vacancy centres in diamond

Anirban Dey
PhD Student
9 Wally's Walk 
E: anirban.dey@students.mq.edu.au

Generalized adiabatic theorem for more robust quantum control.

Jemy Geordy
PhD Student
9 Wally's Walk
E: jemy.geordy@hdr.mq.edu.au

Bayesian estimation of blinking in nano-diamond color centres

Alexander Hahn
PhD Student
E6B-7 Wally's Walk 2.401
E: alexander.hahn@students.mq.edu.au

Robust Quantum Control in the Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) era

Daniel George
PhD Student
E6B-7 Wally's Walk 2.401
E: dan.george@hdr.mq.edu.au

Covariant descriptions of bandlimited quantum field theory using wavelets

Sebastian Murk
PhD Student
E6B-7 Wally's Walk 2.401
E: sebastian.murk@hdr.mq.edu.au

Study of implications arising from a background-independent theory of quantum gravity

Omar Raii
PhD Co-joint with Imperial College London
E: said.raii17@imperial.ac.uk

Topological Quantum Control

Louis Tessler
PhD Student
E6B- 7 Wally's Walk 2.401
E: IIAOPSW@gmail.com

Optimising Quantum Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimisation

Elisabeth Wagner
PhD Student
9 Wally's Walk
E:elisabeth.wagner@students.mq.edu.au

Unitary and Non-Unitary Quantum Cellular Automata

James White
PhD Student
E6B-7 Wally's Walk 2.401
E: james.white1@students@mq.edu.au

Development of optofluidic microchips for the sorting of bright nanodiamonds

Zsolt Szabo
PhD Student
9 Wally's Walk
E: zsolt.szabo@students.mq.edu.au

Getting error-resilient new qubits to work

Riddhi Ghosh
PhD Student
9 Wally's Walk
E: riddhi.ghosh@students.mq.edu.au

Wick rotation and quantum control

Visitors

DateNameLocation
25 January - 28 January 2022Dr. Jason PyeUniversity of Waterloo
19 February - 28 February 2020Dr Sundance Bilson Thompson University of Adelaide
13 - 21 December 2018Ajit SrivastavaEmory University
3 Nov - 29 November 2018Alexia AuffevesInstitut Neel - CNRS
3 Nov - 5 December 2018Maxime RichardInstitut Neel - CNRS
23 July - 26 November 2018Mr Jacob Gade Koefoed Technical University of Denmark, DK
10 August - 11 September 2018Prof Brian Dolan National University of Ireland Maynooth, IR
5 August - 15 August 2018Prof Jon Dowling Louisiana State University, USA
1 August - 29 August 2018Mishkat BhattacharyaRochester Institute of Technology, USA
20 July - 5 August 2018Dr James Butler Gemological Institute of America, USA
12 July 2018Dr Nicholas RubinRigetti Quantum Computing, USA
11 July -13 July 2018Dr Ryan BabbushGoogle, AUS
31 May - 1 June 2018Dr Niccolo Somaschi Quandela, FR
28 April - 11 May 2018Prof Rob MannUniversity of Waterloo
10 September - 6 October 2017Dr Marco Ornigotti University of Rostock, Germany
06 August - 19 August 2017Prof Jon DowlingLouisiana State University, USA
2010-2017Distinguished visitor Prof. Gabriel Molina-TerrizaMaterial Physics Center CFM (UPV/EHU), Spain
04 March 2017 - 4 March 2018Dr James CresserUniversity of Glasgow, Scotland
15 February - December 2017Dr Jan Jeske RMIT University 
23 November – 18 December 2015Dr Alexia AuffevesFrench National Centre for Scientific Research, France
15 November -5 December 2015 A/Prof Sile Nic ChomaicOjinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
 15 November -5 December 2015 A/Prof Thomas BuschOjinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
 8 November – 18 December 2015 Dr Maxime RichardFrench National Centre for Scientific Research, France
18 October – 25 October 2015Prof Fedor JelezkoUniversity of Ulm, Germany
18 October – 25 October 2015Prof Jon DowlingLouisiana State University, USA
12 July – 25 July 2015Prof Jon DowlingLouisiana State University, USA
15 April 2016 - 15 Dec 2017Mr Nathan McMahonUniversity of Queensland, AUS
4-10 April & 1-12 July 2015Prof Rob MannUniversity of Waterloo Canada

Alumni

Post-docs
NameArea of expertise
Ramil Nigmatullin
  • Noise resilient quantum computation and simulation
  • Non-equilibrium statistical physics and phase transitions
  • Ion Coulomb crystal theory
Yuval Sanders
  • Analysis and design of quantum computer algorithms
  • Characterisation, verification and validation of quantum systems
Students
NameThesis titleYear of completion
Babatunde AyeniStudies of braided non-abelian anyons using anyonic tensor networksPhD 2017
Matthew Van BreugelExploring coherence properties and collective effects in nanodiamonds containing color centersPhD 2019
Blay DanielAn integrated Raman-free photon sourceMRes 2015
Bradach CarloThe properties of nitrogen-vacancy centres in nanodiamondPhD 2012
Brodutch AharonLocality and the flow of quantum informationPhD 2012
Buese AlexanderQuantum control and measurments of plasmonic nanostructuresPhD 2016
Chaboyer ZacharyReconfigurable laser-written photonic circuits for non-classical opticsPhD 2017
Cirio MauroEngineered quantum systems: magnetomechanics, quantum algorithms for statistical systems, and emergent many body phenomenaPhD 2014
Conquest OliverNano-scale Raman Thermometry of Diamond.MRES 2018
Connor StewardInstrument Characterisation for Optical Activity Measurements in the Non-Paraxial RegimeMRes 2018
Delanty MichaelCollective effects in engineered quantum systemsPhD 2012
Demarie TomassoGeometrical and Topological Aspects of Quantum Information systemsPhD 2014
Dinani HosseinQuantum phase estimation in noisy systemsPhD 2016
Stephen DunnBrownian Motion of Magnetically Microsystems in VacuumMRES 2017
Facer ChrisQuantum master equations: classical noise, coarse graining , and heat exchangePhD 2014
Fernandez-Corbaton IvanHelicity and duality symmetry in light matter interactions: Theory and applicationsPhD 2012
Fraser BrandonQuantum Cellular AutomataBSc. Honours 2007
Freckleton J.A Multiparty Quantum Parrondo Game With Applications to Secure ComputationBSc. Honours 2007
Geordy JemyBayesian estimation of blinking in nano-diamond color centresMRES 2019
Gleeson RhiannonLight propagation in "slow light" moving media: a playground for exploring relativistic analogies in the laboratoryBSc. Honours 2008
Guff Thomas

Quantum thermodynamics and quantum measurements

PhD 2019
Hagan BryteDiscretising Quantum Field Theory with WaveletsMRES 2018
Helt LukeTheoretical Integrated Quantum OpticsPostdoc 2017
Inam FarazFundamental characterisation of nanodiamond NV centre spontaneous emissionPhD 2014
Javaherian ClaraQuantum transport and switching in long-ranged coupled quantum systemsPhD 2016
Matthew JoliffeMany body physics with coloured centred diamondsPhD 2019
Maria KieferovaQuantum OptimizationPhD 2019
Lehman LauriStatistical effects in anyonic quantum walksPhD 2013
Linjordet TrondAdiabatic transition from cluster state to surface codeMS 2013
Lombardo DanielHybrid Quantum Systems in Cavity QED and OptomechanicsMRES 2015
Meany ThomasLaser written integrated photonics for quantum information sciencePhD 2014
McMahon Nathan PhD 2018
Motes KeithRoutes Towards Optical Quantum Technology - New Architectures and ApplicationsPhD 2016
Muhieddine OmarA room-temperature diamond maserMRES 2020
Nabomita Roy MuktySuper absorption of light in spin ensemblesMRES 2018
Nagle IanQuantum Information and GravityPhD 2020
Paz-Silva GerardoOn quantum computing with reduced requirementsPhD 2011
Joannes PiotrowskiTowards quantum aspects of Brillouin scattering in integrated nanoscale optical waveguidesMRES 2018
Reece RobertsResonant dipole forces in optical levitationPhD 2018
Said RessaQuantum Information Processing Tasks and Applications in DiamondPhD 2011
Schoenfeldt JohannControl and Engineering of Optical Nonlinearilities in Multi-Level Quantum SystemsPhD 2011
Smith AlexanderDetectors, Reference Frames, and TimePhD 2018
Tabacchini AndreaExperimental implementations of multidimensional multi-photon statesPhD 2017
Tessler LouisA Quantum Algorithm for time-dependent Partial Differential EquationsMRES 2020
Tischler NoraTowards quantum metrology for nanoscatterersPhD 2016
Wood ChrisNon-completely positive maps: properties and applicationsBSc. Honours 2008
Wood AndrewExploring the Physics of Mechanically Tunable Microcavity PolaritonsPhD 2019
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