Artur Ekert
1961
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Poland, United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: Polish
educated at: Jagiellonian University, Wolfson College, University of Oxford
occupation: physicist, university teacher, quantum physicist
award received: Hughes Medal, Maxwell Medal and Prize, Fellow of the Royal Society, Clarivate Citation Laureates
student of: David Deutsch
official website: www.arturekert.com/home
Artur Konrad Ekert (born 19 September 1961) is a British-Polish professor of quantum physics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, professorial fellow in quantum physics and cryptography at Merton College, Oxford, Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professor at the National University of Singapore and the founding director of the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT). His research interests extend over most aspects of information processing in quantum-mechanical systems, with a focus on quantum communication and quantum computation. He is best known as one of the pioneers of quantum cryptography. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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