Howard M. Wiseman

Howard M. Wiseman

Infobox Scientist
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caption = Howard Mark Wiseman
birth_date = 19 June, 1968
birth_place = Brisbane, Australia
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fields = Physicist
workplaces = Griffith University
University of Queensland
University of Auckland
alma_mater = University of Queensland
doctoral_advisor = Gerard J. Milburn
academic_advisors = Dan Walls
doctoral_students = Jay Gambetta
Dominic Berry
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known_for = Quantum feedback
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Howard Mark Wiseman (born 19 June 1968) is a theoretical quantum physicist notable for his work on quantum measurements, quantum feedback control, quantum information, fundamental questions in quantum mechanics, and open quantum systems. [http://www.science.org.au/events/frontiers2003/wiseman.htm]

Early life

Wiseman was born in Brisbane, Australia and received his B.Sc.(Hons) in Physics from the University of Queensland in 1991. He completed his PhD in physics under Gerard J. Milburn at the University of Queensland in 1994, with a thesis entitled "Quantum Trajectories and Feedback." [ [http://library.uq.edu.au/search~S7?/awiseman%2C+h/awiseman+h/1%2C9%2C24%2CB/frameset&FF=awiseman+howard+mark&1%2C1%2C Wiseman's thesis] ]

Career

After his PhD, undertook a postdoc under Dan Walls at the University of Auckland. Since 1996 he has held Australian Research Council research fellowships. He is currently Professor and Federation Fellow at Griffith University, where he is the Director of the Centre Quantum Dynamics. He is also a Program Manager in the ARC Centre for Quantum Computer Technology.

Honors

His awards include the Bragg Medal of the Australian Institute of Physics, the Pawsey Medal of the Australian Academy of Science and the Malcolm Macintosh Medal of the Australian Federal Science Ministry. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

See also

* "Quantum Aspects of Life" (book)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~s285238/ Wiseman's homepage]
* [http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~s285238/Pedigree/Academic_Pedigree.html Wiseman's scientific genealogy]
* [http://www.genealogy.ams.org/id.php?id=114536 Wiseman's math genealogy]
* [https://grants.innovation.gov.au/scienceprize/Pages/Doc.aspx?name=previous_winners/MM2003Wiseman.htm Wiseman's MacIntosh medal]
* [http://qwiki.stanford.edu/wiki/Howard_Wiseman Wiseman's Qwiki profile]


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