Tim Spiller
Professor of Quantum Information Technologies

Profile

Career

MA PhD CPhys FInstP

2014-:
School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York UK

• Professor in Quantum Information Technologies,
• Director, York Centre for Quantum Technologies

2009-2014:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds UK

• Professor of Quantum Information, 
• Head of Quantum Information Group,
• Director of Research and Innovation (School of Physics and Astronomy)
• UoA lead for REF2014 (School of Physics and Astronomy)

1995-2009:
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol UK

• Director, Quantum Information Processing Research
• HP Distinguished Technologist
• Visiting Research Fellow (University of Bristol)
• Visiting Professor (University of Leeds, from Feb. 2009)

1984-1995:
Physics Department, University of Sussex UK

• 1986-1995: Royal Society University Research Fellow
• 1984-1986: EPSRC (then SRC) Postdoctoral Fellow

University roles

• Director, York Centre for Quantum Technologies

Research

Overview

Research Interests

• Condensed matter and optical realisations of quantum information processing (QIP) systems;
• quantum information theory, discrete and continuous QIP;
• decoherence and the classical limit;
• few-qubit applications and communication;
• macroscopic quantum phenomena.