University College London / Phasecraft
Toby’s research straddles theoretical physics, mathematics, theoretical computer
science and much of Europe. He has published papers in the top-tier international
journals and conferences across all four of these fields, including highly acclaimed
publications in Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences. Toby holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Cambridge,
and a PhD from the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Munich. He held
postdoctoral fellowships in Bristol and Madrid, and a Royal Society University
Research Fellowship at the University of Cambridge and then UCL. He was
awarded the AHP-Birkhauser Prize in 2017 and the Junior Whitehead Prize in
2019 by the London Mathematical Society. Toby is currently Professor of Quantum
Information and head of the Quantum Lab in the Department of Computer Science
at UCL. He is also a co-founder of quantum algorithms spinout company
Phasecraft Ltd, founded in 2018 and based in London and Bristol, which recently
raised a Series A round led by Silicon Valley deep-tech investor Playground. Toby
serves as Phasecraft’s CTO and Chief Science Officer.