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Valerio Scarani Group

Theory

Valerio Scarani joined NUS and CQT in 2007. He was born in Milan, Italy, in 1972. At the moment of choosing his university degree, he opted for physics with the grand dream of understanding the world. After graduating from Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 1996, he heard about the birth of quantum information science, but the complexities of life led him to a pragmatic PhD thesis in the same university. So he spent the next four years of his life detecting insanely broad NMR spectra from magnetic nanostructures. He was lucky enough to be given a second chance in the year 2000, when Nicolas Gisin offered him a postdoc at the University of Geneva, to work on theoretical quantum information. His luck persists to this day.

Valerio Scarani Group

We are a research group working on theoretical physics. Our projects are motivated by questions like: what is the meaning of entropy? why are the outcomes of measurements not pre-established? Finding bridges between mathematics and experimental evidence is one of our joys; occasionally, we even check if what we do may be useful. We are committed to enjoying our work and to promote respectful dialogue, be it inside the group, with our colleagues at CQT, or with the scientific community at large.

Group Members

Valerio Scarani

Deputy Director & Principal Investigator

Aw Cenxin Clive

Research Fellow

Martine Schut

Research Fellow

Song Minjeong

Research Fellow

Liu Mingxuan

CQT PhD Student

Zaw Lin Htoo

CQT PhD Student

Png Wen Han

CQT PhD Student

Peter Sidajaya

CQT PhD Student

Chen Jinyan

CQT PhD Student

Recent papers

Highlights

Science

17 February 2025

Researchers spin ‘wheel of fortune’ to land big prize: a fundamental proof of quantum mechanics

Science

5 March 2024

When is reversal easy?

Science

14 November 2023

Maxwell’s demon walks into Wall Street

Admin

22 June 2023

CQT hosts Singapore Deputy Prime Minster Heng Swee Keat and Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean

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