Professor Stephen Bartlett

Professor Stephen Bartlett is Director of the ARC Training Centre for Future Leaders in Quantum Computing (FLiQC), Director of the University of Sydney Nano Institute, and Professor in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on quantum information theory, quantum computing, and emerging quantum technologies.

Stephen leads a research team pursuing both fundamental and applied research across quantum information science, with interests spanning quantum computing, quantum measurement and control, quantum many-body systems, and the foundations of quantum theory. He is also the inaugural Lead Editor of the American Physical Society journal PRX Quantum.

After completing his PhD in Mathematical Physics at the University of Toronto in 2000, Stephen moved to Australia and began researching quantum computing theory through fellowships at Macquarie University and the University of Queensland. Since 2005, he has led a world-class research program in theoretical quantum physics at the University of Sydney.

Stephen serves on several national and international advisory boards, including the Executive Board of the Sydney Quantum Academy and the Quantum Expert Advisory Board for Transport for NSW’s quantum computing initiative. He previously served as Associate Dean (Research) for the University of Sydney Faculty of Science from 2020 to 2023. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP), and the Royal Society of New South Wales.