Barry Sanders

Professor, University of Calgary

Barry Sanders holds two Diplomas and a DSc from Imperial College London, a PhD from the University of London, fellowships with Optica, the American Physical Society, the UK Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of Canada and received the 2022 City of Calgary International Achievement Award. His research includes quantum sensing/metrology, quantum and quantum-resilient communication, quantum computing, quantum optics. Sanders is Scientific Director of the University of Calgary’s “Quantum City”, tasked with building a quantum innovation ecosystem “where quantum technology becomes quantum solutions” in Calgary. Prior to returning to the University of Calgary in 2003, he was professor & Head of Physics at Macquarie University and held distinguished international visiting positions in Canada, USA, China, Germany, India, Israel, Austria etc. Sanders is Chair of the Board for Deep Tech Canada, an advisor for CERN’s Open Quantum Institute and for the Google GESDA XPrize in quantum computing, co-lead of the Canada-France International Research Network through France’s Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, on ISO/IEC standards committees for quantum and nano technologies, and serves on grant panels for the European Commission and and various national bodies. He was Editor-in-Chief of New Journal of Physics and served as an expert for the Canadian Council of Academies.