Professor Andrew White, PhD    Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow

	Biography

Professor Andrew White's research interests are in the field of quantum information, quantum optics, and all aspects of quantum weirdness. For details please see http://quantum.info/ .

Prof. Andrew White was raised in a Queensland dairy town, before heading south to the big smoke of Brisbane to study chemistry, maths, physics and, during the World Expo, the effects of alcohol on uni students from around the world. Deciding he wanted to know what the cold felt like, he first moved to Canberra, then Germany—completing his PhD in quantum physics—before moving on to Los Alamos National Labs in New Mexico where he quickly discovered that there is more than enough snow to hide a cactus, but not nearly enough to prevent amusing your friends when you sit down. Over the years he has conducted research on various topics including shrimp eyes, nuclear physics, optical vortices, and quantum computers. He likes quantum weirdness for its own sake, but his current research aims to explore and exploit the full range of quantum behaviours—notably entanglement—with an eye to engineering new technologies and scientific applications.

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		QT Lab Photon experiment in the Quantum Technology Lab
		Professor Andrew White