
John Preskill
Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics
California Institute of Technology
Director of the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, Caltech
John Preskill is a recognized leader in theoretical quantum information, quantum computing, and quantum error correction. Preskill began his career in particle physics and cosmology, but now his main research area is quantum information science. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Physical Society.