Prof. (Emeritus) Artur Konrad Ekert
ArturProfessor of quantum physics, the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Profile
Senior Professor by Special Appointment
Appointment Period: 2020-2023
Education
- Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
- Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- D.Phil. in Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1991
Experience
- Professor of Quantum Physics, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2006–present
- Lee Kong Chian Centennial Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2006–present
- Distinguished Fellow (formerly Founding Director), Centre for Quantum Technologies, Singapore, 2020–present; Founding Director, 2007–2020
- Adjunct Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan, 2020–present
- Professorial Fellow in Quantum Physics and Cryptography, Merton College, Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1994–present
- Leigh-Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2002–2006
- Professor of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1998–2002
- Royal Society Howe Fellow, Royal Society, 1993–2000
- Junior Research Fellow; Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1991–1994
Honors and Awards
- Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, 2025
- Royal Society Milner Award, 2024
- Micius Quantum Prize, 2019
- Singapore Public Administration Medal (Silver), 2017
- Elected Fellow (FRS), Royal Society, 2016
- Hughes Medal, Royal Society, 2007
- Descartes Prize, European Union, 2004
- Maxwell Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, 1995
Research Interests
- Quantum cryptography
- Quantum computation
- Quantum communication
- Quantum entanglement and non-locality
- Quantum information processing
- Foundations of quantum mechanics
Faculty
Exact Sciences
Framework of visit
Senior Professors by Special AppointmentPeriod of visit
Current YearSelected Publications
- Ekert, A. K. “Quantum cryptography based on Bell’s theorem.” Physical Review Letters (1991)
- Ekert, A. K., Rarity, J. G., Tapster, P. R. “Experimental quantum cryptography.”
- Ekert, A. K., et al. “Quantum computation and universal quantum gates.”
- Ekert, A. K., et al. “Decoherence-free subspaces and noiseless encoding.”
- Ekert, A. K., et al. “Quantum state estimation and quantum information theory”
