Jeremy O'Brien

Jeremy L. O'Brien
O'Brien in 2022
Born (1975-11-07) 7 November 1975
Australia
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
Known forVariational quantum eigensolver
Scientific career
Fieldsquantum optics, optical quantum metrology, quantum information science
InstitutionsUniversity of Queensland, University of Bristol, University of Western Australia

Jeremy O'Brien (born 1975, Australia) is a physicist who researches in quantum optics, optical quantum metrology and quantum information science. He co-founded and is CEO of the quantum computing firm PsiQuantum. Formerly, he was Professorial Research Fellow in Physics and Electrical Engineering at the University of Bristol, and director of its Centre for Quantum Photonics.

His work in optical quantum computing has included the demonstration of the first optical quantum controlled NOT gate.