Ping Koy Lam

Ping Koy Lam FAA is an Australian scientist and Professor of Physics at the Australian National University in Canberra. He is currently an Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellow and a work package director and program manager in the ARC Centre for Quantum Computer and Communication Technology.[1] For his PhD thesis in 1999 he was awarded the Australian Institute of Physics Bragg Medal.[2] He was awarded the 2003 British Council Eureka Prize for inspiring science (quantum teleportation) and the 2006 UNSW Eureka Prize for innovative research (quantum cryptography).[2]

Ping Koy Lam
Born
Penang, Malaysia.
NationalityAustralian
Alma materAustralian National University, University of Auckland
Known forquantum optics,
quantum cryptography,
quantum teleportation.
AwardsAIP Alan Walsh Medal (2014),
UNSW Eureka Prize (2006),
British Council Eureka Prize (2003),
AIP Bragg Medal (1999).
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum Optics,
Quantum Information Technology
InstitutionsAustralian National University, Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Doctoral advisorHans A. Bachor

He researches quantum optics, optical metrology, nonlinear optics and quantum information. His highly cited research includes pioneering work in quantum memory, and optical quantum information processing.

In May 2020 he was elected fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.[3]

References
  1. "ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology".
  2. "ANU Photonics".
  3. "Ping Koy Lam". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 25 May 2020.


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