Brian Gerardot

Prof Brian Gerardot is a Professor and holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technology at Heriot-Watt University (HWU). Prof Gerardot leads the Quantum Photonics Laboratory, which works at the interface of quantum optics, condensed-matter physics, and materials science to create quantum photonic devices capable of coherently manipulating and interfacing quantum states. He obtained a BSc in Materials Science from Purdue University and a PhD from UC Santa Barbara.