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Kevin Resch received the BSc (Hon.) degree in Chemical Physics from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, in 1997. He received the MSc and PhD degrees in Physics from the University of Toronto, Canada, in 1998 and 2002 respectively. His Masters and Doctoral theses were based on experimental quantum optics and completed under the supervision of Aephraim Steinberg. Subsequently, Resch held an Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship with Anton Zeilinger’s group at the University of Vienna, Austria and a Research Fellow position with Andrew White’s Quantum Technology Laboratory at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He joined the University of Waterloo physics department and the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) in 2006.
Current projects and research expertise
- Experimental quantum communication and computation
- Optical sources of entanglement
- Measurement and quantum state tomography
- Quantum interference
- Nonlinear optics
Teaching affiliations
- Graduate and undergraduate physics classes at the University of Waterloo, 2007-Present
- Undergraduate School on Experimental Quantum Information Processing (USEQIP), Waterloo, Canada, 2009
Degrees
- PhD, Physics, University of Toronto, 1998-2002
- MSc, Physics, University of Toronto, 1997-1998
- BSc, Honours, Chemical Physics, Queen's University, 1993-1997
Awards & honours
- Canada Research Chair in Optical Quantum Technologies
- Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researcher Award
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, 2013
- NSERC Discovery, 2017-2021
Major positions
| Title | Location | When |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo | 2017-present |
| Interim Director | Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo | 2017-2020 |
| Deputy Director, Academic | Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo | 2015-present |
| Associate Professor | Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo | 2011-2017 |
| Assistant Professor | Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo | 2006-2011 |
| Research Fellow | Department of Physics, University of Queensland | 2005-2006 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | Institute for Experimental Physics, University of Vienna | 2003-2005 |