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Recently we welcomed and are welcoming several new members to our group. These members have kindly provided the following biographies
Gabriel Molina-Terriza (Snr Lecturer)
 
Biography:
I graduated from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Barcelona, Spain in 1997. I obtained a Ph.D. from the Laboratory of Photonics of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, (Barcelona, Spain) in 2002. The title of my thesis was "Optical vortices: Fundamentals and Applications" and for this work I was awarded with the "Ph.D. special prize" from the University. I did a two year post-doc in the group of Prof. Zeilinger at the University of Vienna (Austria), where I was awarded two consecutive Fellowships: the Lise Meitner Fellowship (funded by the Austrian Science Foundation) and the Marie Curie Fellowship (funded by the European Union). Afterwards, I got a research fellow position in the Institute of Photonic Sciences, first funded by the Ramon y Cajal program and then by the ICREA foundation. My lines of work are related with Quantum Optics, Quantum Information and the emerging field of Singular Optics.
Sean Barrett (Research Fellow)
Biography:
I completed a B.A./M. Sci. with a specialization in theoretical condensed matter physics at Cambridge in 1999, and subsequently undertook a Ph.D. in the semiconductor physics group at Cambridge between 1999-2002 (Thesis title: "Decoherence and measurement in solid state quantum computers."). Between 2003 and 2006 I held postdocs at HP labs in Bristol and at the University of Queensland. Between 2006-2009 I was an EPSRC postdoctoral fellow in theoretical physics at Imperial College in London, before joining the MQ Research Centre for Quantum Science and Technology in May 2009.
My central research interest is in figuring out how to build practical quantum computers. This has involved research that has spanned several fields, from quantum dots and defects in semiconductors and diamond, to atom / photon systems, and superconductors. Recently my interests have focused on making quantum computers robust to noise and other imperfections, including both "software" approaches (using error correcting codes) and "hardware" approaches (e.g. topologically ordered systems, physically protected qubits).
Dian Utami (Research Fellow)
Biography:
My research interests are in condensed matter field, quantum electro-mechanical systems, mesoscopic transport, quantum optics and quantum computation & information field.
Finding quantum signatures in macroscopic scaled object is the focus of my recent theoretical research. By applying quantum optics method in the condensed matter area, I investigate the curious interaction between electrical and vibrational degree of freedom. When a quantum conductor is coupled to a resonator, its transport behaviour is modified. More interestingly, when coupled to a qubit, the macroscopic resonator can even show some quantum behaviour, such as energy quantization and entanglement.
I graduated my PhD in Physics in 2006 and Msc. in Mathematics in 2002 from the University of Queensland, Australia. I then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the McGill University in Canada until 2008 and pursued my career further at National Taiwan University until mid 2009.
I enjoy photography and dancing tango in my spare time
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