Stephen Bartlett is a Professor of Physics at the Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems at the University of Sydney’s School of Physics.
He is a theoretical quantum physicist who leads a team pursuing both fundamental and applied research in quantum information theory, including the theory of quantum computing. He is a Chief Investigator in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS), where he leads a research program on Designer Quantum Materials. He is also the inaugural Lead Editor of the APS journal PRX Quantum.
He completed his Ph.D. in mathematical physics at the University of Toronto in 2000. Moving to Australia, he directed his research to the theory of quantum computing, first as a Macquarie University Research Fellow and then as an ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. Since 2005, he has led a research program in theoretical quantum physics at the University of Sydney, with interests spanning quantum computing, quantum measurement and control, quantum many-body systems, and the foundations of quantum theory. He is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales.