Richard Jozsa

Richard Jozsa
Born (1953-11-13) 13 November 1953
NationalityAustralian
Alma materMonash University
University of Oxford (DPhil)
Known forDeutsch–Jozsa algorithm
Schrödinger–HJW theorem
Counterfactual quantum computation
Fidelity of quantum states
No-broadcasting theorem
Quantum teleportation
Swap test
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society (2019)
Naylor Prize and Lectureship (2004)
QCMC International Quantum Communication Award (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematical Physics
Computer Science
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
University of Bristol
University of Plymouth
Université de Montréal
ThesisModels in categories and twistor theory (1981)
Doctoral advisorRoger Penrose
Doctoral studentsSimone Severini
Websitewww.damtp.cam.ac.uk/people/r.jozsa

Richard Jozsa FRS is an Australian mathematician who holds the Leigh Trapnell Chair in Quantum Physics at the University of Cambridge. He is a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, where his research investigates quantum information science. A pioneer of his field, he is the co-author of the Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm and one of the co-inventors of quantum teleportation.