QuantIC researcher wins prestigous Leverhulme Award
Published: 20 October 2021
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Associate Professor Jonathan Matthews, University of Bristol, has been awarded a 2021 Philip Leverhulme Prize for physics.
His research includes seminal contributions to the field of integrated quantum photonics — these are optical microchips that generate and control quantum states of light for applications in technologies enabled and enhanced by quantum physics.
“I am delighted and honoured to be awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize. It recognises work I am extremely proud of and that I’ve been able to undertake thanks to support from the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme and QuantIC, and the hard work and brilliance of my team in QET Labs. Bristol has an exciting ecosystem around quantum information science and technology training, research and commercialisation. I am thrilled by what we can do next.”
Selected from over 400 nominations, the Trust offered five prizes in each of the following subject areas: Classics, Earth Sciences, Physics, Politics and International Relations, Psychology, Visual and Performing Arts.
Now in its twentieth year, this scheme commemorates the contribution to the work of the Trust made by Philip, Third Viscount Leverhulme and grandson of William Lever, the founder of the Leverhulme Trust. The prizes recognise and celebrate the achievement of exceptional researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future careers are exceptionally promising.
Anna Vignoles, Director of the Leverhulme Trust, said: “I am delighted that we have been able to award these prestigious prizes to such a stunningly talented group of academics. This round was more competitive than ever and the judges had an incredibly difficult task. This is evident from the achievements of the winners, who are working on a very diverse set of topics, from the physics of dark matter to climate science, from research into policing and inequality through to participatory art.”
Each prize is now worth £100,000 and thirty are awarded annually. They may be used for any purpose that advances the prize winner’s research. Detailed citations on each of the winners will be published in due course.
In 2022 the Trust will invite nominations for prizes in: Archaeology; Chemistry; Economics; Engineering; Geography; Languages and Literatures. Further information regarding the nomination process is available here.
First published: 20 October 2021