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Geoff Pryde
Geoff Pryde is the Chief Technical Director for PsiQuantum in Australia. A global leader in his field, he has spent the last 25 years at the forefront of international research in quantum information science and technology.
His passion for quantum was born as a Physics undergraduate and PhD student in the 90s, at UQ and the Australian National University respectively. Following a short stint in the US, Geoff returned to Australia in 2002. He partnered with now PsiQuantum co-founder and CEO, Jeremy O’Brien, and others to deliver key breakthroughs in photonic quantum computing, including demonstrating the world’s first all-optical two-qubit logic gate, a fundamental building block of a quantum computer. He subsequently founded the Quantum Optics and Information Laboratory, QOIL, at Griffith University, where he led a team that has achieved important research firsts in quantum computing, quantum entanglement, and the science driving quantum-enhanced precision measurement.
Geoff is central to PsiQuantum’s technical collaboration with Australian and international partners. He spearheads the organisation’s regional research partnerships, including PsiQuantum’s establishment of the new Test and Validation Lab at Griffith University, set to open in 2025. PsiQuantum building the world’s first useful fault-tolerant quantum computer in Brisbane will help anchor a global quantum industry in Australia, and Pryde is passionate about how his technical expertise and experience can contribute to the growth of a strong ecosystem and the corresponding local workforce of the future.
Pryde is a recipient of the Pawsey Medal of the Australian Academy of Science, a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of Optica.
Whilst working with PsiQuantum, Pryde is on leave of absence from Griffith University where he is a professor of physics, head of QOIL, and a former Head of Applied Mathematics and Physics. He is also on leave from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2T) where he was Research Program Manager for Optical Quantum Information and an Executive Leadership Team member.
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22-May-2025Great Hall 1 & 2Keynote Presentation