Pieter Kok
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Pieter Kok, Ph.D. (born June 17, 1972) is one of the co-developers of quantum interferometric optical lithography.
Dr. Kok was born in Provinsje Fryslân of The Netherlands. In 1997 he graduated from the University of Utrecht with a degree in Foundations of Quantum Theory. In 2001, he received his PhD in physics from the University of Wales, Bangor. His research specializations include linear optical implementations of quantum communication and computation protocols, quantum teleportation and the interpretation of quantum theory. Dr. Kok has worked in the Quantum Computing Technologies Group at the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Bristol, England and is currently at the Department of Materials [1] in Oxford University.
He and his wife, Rose Roberto, live in Oxford, England with their son.
