Professor Ian Walmsley is a leading figure in quantum optics and ultrafast photonics whose research centres on preparing, probing, and controlling quantum states of light and matter, with a particular emphasis on their application in quantum technologies.. He developed the SPIDER technique (Spectral Phase Interferometry for Direct Electric-field Reconstruction), enabling precise characterisation of femto- and attosecond light pulses. His group works on high-fidelity quantum sources, quantum memories and advanced detectors, combining photons and atoms to build large entangled states with applications in simulation, computation and machine learning. He has also led major quantum technology initiatives in the UK (e.g. NQIT) and serves on national advisory bodies shaping quantum strategy. Professor Walmsley has been appointed Director of the Oxford Quantum Institute (OQI) and has also been named a member of the National Quantum Strategic Advisory Board (SAB)*, which advises the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). He also chairs the Strategic Advisory Committee of the National Quantum Computing Center.
David Stuart
MRC Professor of Structural Biology
I use the techniques of X-ray crystallography and X-ray microscopy to study the structural biology of viruses.
Jin-Chong Tan
Professor of Engineering Science
I lead the Multifunctional Materials & Composites (MMC) Lab, where we develop nanoporous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)
Robert Taylor
Professor of Condensed Matter Physics
I am interested in the optical properties of materials, particularly in the areas of nanotechnology and quantum computing.
Sarah Thomas
Associate Professor
My research interests are Photonic quantum technologies, Quantum networks, Light-matter interactions, Quantum memories
Alice Thorneywork
Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry and Royal Society University Research Fellow
Our research interests lie in the areas of experimental soft matter and nanoscale systems
Claire Vallance
Professor of Physical Chemistry
We employ novel time-of-flight imaging methods to study photon-induced and electron-induced molecular fragmentation processes and to carry out chemically-resolved imaging of surfaces.
Ian Walmsley
Director of the Oxford Quantum Institute
Research interests: Quantum information and computation; quantum materials; quantum optics and ultra-cold matter
Ben Williams
Associate Professor of Engineering Science
My research group develops and applies linear and non-linear optical diagnostic techniques to solve problems in thermofluids including heat transfer, mixing and combustion.
