Prof. Adrian Kent

BIOGRAPHY

Adrian Kent is Professor of Quantum Physics in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge. He is also a member of the Cambridge Centre for Quantum Information and Foundations and a Distinguished Visiting Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. His principal research interests are in quantum foundations, quantum information theory, and quantum cryptography. He is a pioneer in the field of relativistic quantum cryptography, having provided the first relativistic cryptography protocols for bit commitment and ideal coin tossing that achieve unconditional security in 1999. He has published papers extensively on this topic as well as other topics such as quantum key distribution. Professor Kent is a co-editor of the book Many Worlds?: Everett, Quantum Theory, and Reality (2010).