Michael J. Biercuk

Michael J. Biercuk is Professor of Quantum Physics and Quantum technology at the University of Sydney, and the CEO and Founder of Q-CTRL, a venture-capital-backed quantum technology company. In his academic role he is a Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems.

He held a research fellowship in the Ion Storage Group at NIST, Boulder and has served as a full-time technical consultant to DARPA, helping to steer government investments in quantum information advanced computer architectures. Biercuk is a TEDx speaking alumnus, winner of the 2015 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Career Researcher and the 2011 NMI prize for excellence in measurement science. Provided by Wikipedia