Richard Jozsa

Richard Jozsa FRS is an Australian mathematician who holds the Leigh Trapnell Chair in Quantum Physics at the University of Cambridge.^[3] He is a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, where his research investigates quantum information science. A pioneer of his field, he is the co-author of the Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm and one of the co-inventors of quantum teleportation.

Richard Jozsa FRS
Born	(1953-11-13) 13 November 1953 (age 72) Melbourne, Australia
Alma mater	Monash University University of Oxford (DPhil)
Known for	Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm Schrödinger–HJW theorem Counterfactual quantum computation Fidelity of quantum states No-broadcasting theorem Quantum teleportation Swap test
Awards	Fellow of the Royal Society (2019) Naylor Prize and Lectureship (2004) QCMC International Quantum Communication Award (2004)[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematical Physics Computer Science
Institutions	University of Cambridge University of Bristol University of Plymouth Université de Montréal
Thesis	Models in categories and twistor theory (1981)
Doctoral advisor	Roger Penrose[2]
Doctoral students	Simone Severini[2]
Website	www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/people/r.jozsa

Education

Jozsa received his Doctor of Philosophy degree on twistor theory^[4] at Oxford, under the supervision of Roger Penrose.^[2]

Career and research

Jozsa has held previous positions at the University of Bristol, the University of Plymouth and the Université de Montréal.

Awards and honours

His work was recognised in 2004 by the London Mathematical Society with the award of the Naylor Prize for 'his fundamental contributions to the new field of quantum information science'.^[5] Since 2016, Jozsa is a member of the Academia Europaea.^[6]