Ruth Oulton

Professor Ruth Oulton

Ruth Oulton is a Professor of Quantum Photonics at the University of Bristol. A former EPSRC Quantum Technologies Fellow in the Quantum Engineering Technology Labs, with the School of Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Her research interests centre around the use of semiconductor quantum emitters that interact with light, for quantum technology applications. She is currently academic lead for the Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre, which offers dedicated facilities and support services for quantum and deep tech companies to launch, grow and connect. With a £35m investment from local government, the Centre is currently at pilot stage and its full-scale facility will open as part of the new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus in 2026. Prof. Oulton studied at the University of Manchester (UMIST), and undertook her PhD in Sheffield on the optics of semiconductor quantum dots. She was formerly an EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellow and a Quantum Technologies Fellow, and held an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship in TU Dortmund, Germany. She is a UKRI Senior Research Fellow with the FCDO"

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