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Dr Peter Leek

Dr Leek appointed CSO at Oxford Quantum Circuits

Dr Peter Leek has been appointed Chief Scientific Officer of Oxford University spin-out Oxford Quantum Circuits. He will split his time between the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford and OQC.

Muhammad Hamza Waseem

Hamza Waseem wins MPLS Public Engagement Award

Muhammad Hamza Waseem has won the MPLS Public Engagement with Research Award for his innovative approach to teaching quantum science to high school students.

Illustration to represent blind quantum computing

Breakthrough promises secure quantum computing at home

The full power of next-generation quantum computing could soon be harnessed by millions of individuals and companies thanks to a breakthrough by scientists at Oxford’s Department of Physics guaranteeing security and privacy.

Dr Thomas Hird and Dr Katherine Shirley

Dr Hird and Dr Shirley recognised by SEPnet

Dr Thomas Hird and Dr Katherine Shirley were both highly commended in the South East Physics Network (SEPnet) Public Engagement Awards 2023.

Peter Drmota

Peter Drmota receives EPSRC Doctoral Prize

Peter Drmota has been awarded a University of Oxford EPSRC Doctoral Prize for his work in ion trap computing.

Oxford Ionics co-founders, Dr Tom Harty, left, and Dr Chris Ballance, right

Investment funding for Physics spin-out Oxford Ionics

Oxford Ionics, a spin-out company from Oxford’s Department of Physics, has announced investment of £30 million in Series A funding from some of the world’s leading quantum and tech investors.

10 January 2023

Professor David Deutsch

Professor David Deutsch awarded Breakthrough Prize

Professor David Deutsch, Visiting Professor at the Department of Physics at Oxford, is one of four pioneering physicists to receive the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for work in quantum information.

22 September 2022

Illustration showing quantum clocks

A quantum network of entangled atomic clocks

Scientists at the University of Oxford have been able to demonstrate a network of two entangled optical atomic clocks and show how the entanglement between the remote clocks can be used to improve their measurement precision.

8 September 2022

Clockwise from left: Ben Jaderberg, Abhishek Agarwal and Tom O'Leary

Oxford team wins IBM quantum prize

Oxford team announced as winners of the second annual IBM Quantum Awards: Open Science Prize

Meet...Thomas Hird

We work among extraordinary people doing extraordinary things; get to know some of them by reading these quick-fire interviews.

Secure cryptography with real-world devices is now a realistic possibility

Secure cryptography with real-world devices is now a realistic possibility

New research published in Nature explains how an international team of researchers have, for the first time, experimentally implemented a type of quantum cryptography considered to be the ‘ultimate’, ‘bug-proof’ means of communication.

Elliot Bentine and Thomas Hird

Making an impact

The Department of Physics had two winners in this year’s Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Impact Awards.