Michael Nielsen
| Michael Nielsen | |
|---|---|
| Michael Nielsen at Science Online London 2011 | |
| Born | Michael Aaron Nielsen January 4, 1974 | 
| Nationality | Australian, American | 
| Alma mater | University of New Mexico | 
| Known for | Quantum Computation and Quantum Information Nielsen's theorem | 
| Awards | Richard C. Tolman Prize Fellow at Caltech, Fulbright Scholar | 
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, Computer science | 
| Institutions | Los Alamos National Laboratory Caltech University of Queensland Perimeter Institute Recurse Center | 
| Thesis | Quantum Information Theory (1998) | 
| Doctoral advisor | Carlton M. Caves | 
| Website | http://michaelnielsen.org | 
Michael Aaron Nielsen (born January 4, 1974) is an Australian-American quantum physicist, science writer, and computer programming researcher living in San Francisco.