2025 CMQT Symposium Speakers

Arzhang Ardavan

Keynote Speaker

Professor of Physics and Head of Condensed Matter Physics at the Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Co-Director of the Centre for Advanced Electron Spin Resonance, University of Oxford

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Biography: After completing his BA in Physics (1994) and D.Phil in experimental condensed matter physics (1998) at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Arzhang Ardavan spent three years as a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford. Between 2003 and 2012 he held a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. Since 2001 he has held a Tutorial Fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford, and since 2015 a Professorship in Physics. He is currently the Head of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Oxford.

Lecture Title:  Exploiting hyperfine-coupled nuclear spin qudits for quantum error corrected memories
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Ashok Ajoy

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

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Lecture Title: Quantum Sensing with Molecular Systems 
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Mark C. Hersam

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chair of Materials Science and Engineering, Director of Materials Research Science and Engineering (MRSEC), Northwestern University

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Lecture Title: Chemically Functionalized 2D Materials for Quantum Photonic Science and Technology
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Stephen Hill

Professor of Physics, Florida State University

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Lecture Title: Molecular Hyperfine Clock Qubits
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Joris van Slageren

Professor, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart

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Lecture Title: Molecules for Quantum Technologies: Towards Device Development
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Joel Yuen-Zhou

Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego

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Lecture Title: Exploiting organic spin photophysics for sensing and catalysis
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