Olivier Pfister
University of Virginia
Olivier Pfister received the B.S. in Physics from Université Côte d’Azur in 1987, and the M.S. and the Ph.D. in Physics from Sorbonne Paris-Nord Université in 1989 and 1993. In 1994, he was a lecturer at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. He was a research associate with John L. Hall at JILA, University of Colorado (1994-97) and with Daniel J. Gauthier at Duke University (1997-99). In 1999, he joined the faculty of the University of Virginia, where he is a professor of physics with a courtesy appointment in electrical and computer engineering. Olivier Pfister is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of Optica, IEEE, and SPIE. His general research area is quantum optics and quantum information, with a focus on quantum computing with light. He is a co-founder and the CTO of quantum computing startup QC82, Inc.
