12 Facts About Peter Zoller

Peter Zoller was born on 16 September 1952 and is a theoretical physicist from Austria.

Peter Zoller is professor at the University of Innsbruck and works on quantum optics and quantum information and is best known for his pioneering research on quantum computing and quantum communication and for bridging quantum optics and solid state physics.

Peter Zoller studied physics at the University of Innsbruck, obtained his doctorate there in February 1977, and became a lecturer at their Institute of Theoretical Physics.

In 1981, Peter Zoller handed in his book "Uber die lichtstatistische Abhangigkeit resonanter Multiphoton-Prozesse" at the University of Innsbruck to qualify as a professor by receiving the "venia docendi".

In 1991, Peter Zoller was appointed Professor of Physics and JILA Fellow at JILA and at the Physics Department of the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Peter Zoller continues to keep in close touch with JILA as Adjoint Fellow.

Peter Zoller was Loeb lecturer in Harvard, Boston, MA and Yan Jici chair professor at the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, chair professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, Lorentz professor at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, Distinguished Lecturer at the Technion in Haifa, Moore Distinguished Scholar at Caltech and Arnold Sommerfeld Lecturer at LMU Munchen.