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Howard Mark Wiseman
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| Born | 19 June 1968 Brisbane, Australia |
| Residence | Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Griffith University University of Queensland University of Auckland |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerard J. Milburn |
| Other academic advisors | Dan Walls |
| Doctoral students | Jay Gambetta Dominic Berry |
| Known for | Quantum feedback |
Howard Mark Wiseman (born 19 June 1968) is a theoretical quantum physicist notable for his work on quantum feedback control, quantum measurements, quantum information, fundamental questions in quantum mechanics, and open quantum systems.[1]
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Wiseman was born in Brisbane, Australia and received his B.Sc.(Hons) in Physics from the University of Queensland in 1991. He completed his PhD in physics under Gerard J. Milburn at the University of Queensland in 1994, with a thesis entitled Quantum Trajectories and Feedback.[2]
After his PhD, Wiseman undertook a postdoc under Dan Walls at the University of Auckland. From 1996 to 2009 he held Australian Research Council (ARC) research fellowships. He is currently a Physics Professor at Griffith University, where he is the Director of the Centre for Quantum Dynamics. He is also an Executive Node Manager in the Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, an ARC Centre of Excellence.
His awards include the Bragg Medal of the Australian Institute of Physics, the Pawsey Medal of the Australian Academy of Science and the Malcolm Macintosh Medal of the Australian Federal Science Ministry. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.