Jonathan Oppenheim
Encyclopedia
Jonathan Oppenheim is a Royal Society Research Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge
. He is an expert in quantum information
theory and quantum gravity
. His Ph.D. under Bill Unruh
at the University of British Columbia was on Quantum time. In 2004 he was a postdoctoral researcher under Jacob Bekenstein
before moving to the University of Cambridge.
Together with Michał Horodecki and Andreas Winter
, he discovered quantum state-merging
and used this
primitive to show that quantum information could be negative http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0505062.
As a student Oppenheim was involved in the Edible Ballot Society which satirically advanced eating ballots to highlight the democracy gap in electoral politics. He was arrested at the 1997 APEC protests on University of British Columbia campus. He withdrew from the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP
following the refusal of the Prime Minister to testify.
His group was responsible for smuggling a siege catapult into the medieval city of Quebec during the Summit of Americas, 2001. It was used to lob teddy bears.
Partial Quantum Information, Nature 436:673-676 (2005)
Implementing a Quantum Computation by Free Falling, Science 311:1106-1107 (2006)
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. He is an expert in quantum information
Quantum information
In quantum mechanics, quantum information is physical information that is held in the "state" of a quantum system. The most popular unit of quantum information is the qubit, a two-level quantum system...
theory and quantum gravity
Quantum gravity
Quantum gravity is the field of theoretical physics which attempts to develop scientific models that unify quantum mechanics with general relativity...
. His Ph.D. under Bill Unruh
Bill Unruh
William George Unruh is a Canadian physicist at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, who discovered the Unruh effect. Unruh was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He obtained his B.Sc. from the University of Manitoba in 1967, followed by an M.A. and Ph.D...
at the University of British Columbia was on Quantum time. In 2004 he was a postdoctoral researcher under Jacob Bekenstein
Jacob Bekenstein
Jacob David Bekenstein is an Israeli theoretical physicist who has contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation.-Biography:...
before moving to the University of Cambridge.
Together with Michał Horodecki and Andreas Winter
Andreas Winter
Andreas Winter is a mathematician at the University of Bristol and CQT at the National University of Singapore. He received his Ph.D...
, he discovered quantum state-merging
State-merging
In quantum information theory, quantum state merging is the transfer of a quantum state when the receiver already has part of the state. The process optimally transfers partial information using entanglement and classical communication. It allows for sending information using an amount of...
and used this
primitive to show that quantum information could be negative http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0505062.
As a student Oppenheim was involved in the Edible Ballot Society which satirically advanced eating ballots to highlight the democracy gap in electoral politics. He was arrested at the 1997 APEC protests on University of British Columbia campus. He withdrew from the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP
Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP
The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP is an independent Canadian government agency responsible for complaints, as well as complaints from members of the RCMP, of improper conduct of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police....
following the refusal of the Prime Minister to testify.
His group was responsible for smuggling a siege catapult into the medieval city of Quebec during the Summit of Americas, 2001. It was used to lob teddy bears.
Papers
The Uncertainty Principle Determines the Nonlocality of Quantum Mechanics, Science 330:1072-1074 (2010)Partial Quantum Information, Nature 436:673-676 (2005)
Implementing a Quantum Computation by Free Falling, Science 311:1106-1107 (2006)