John Morton

John Morton is Professor of Nanoelectronics & Nanophotonics at University College London (UCL) and has spent the past 20 years researching and developing spin-based quantum technologies such as quantum computers and quantum sensors, in a range of materials and devices. After reading Electrical Engineering at University of Cambridge, John undertook at PhD at University of Oxford, to work on techniques for controlling spins as quantum bits. John was a Royal Society University Research Fellowship from 2008-16, and he has held back-to-back European Research Commission (ERC) grants. At UCL, John is Director of the UCL Quantum Science and Technology Institute (UCLQ) which includes over 120 researchers and 30 research groups. John’s awards include the Nicholas Kurti European Science prize (2008), the Institute of Physics Moseley Medal (2013) in experimental physics, and the Sackler International Prize in Physical Sciences (2016). John has published over 130 papers with 13,000 citations and has an h-index of 52. He has co-founded multiple companies in the field of quantum technology, including Quantum Motion (developing silicon-based quantum computing hardware) and Phasecraft (developing quantum algorithms). John is active in the public engagement of science, including public exhibitions, documentaries, videos, radio broadcasts and popular articles on quantum science and technology.

John is taking part in our Innovator Spotlight on Wednesday at Pembroke College.