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Particle Theory – <a href="http://www.durham.ac.uk/">University of Durham</a> (2003). Dissertation title: <em>“Distinguishing non-standard neutrino interactions from non-unitarity”</em></li> <li>Research Assistant – <a href="http://www.kias.re.kr/">Korea Institute for Advanced Study</a> (2004)</li> <li>PhD at <a href="http://www.qub.ac.uk/">Queen’s University Belfast</a> with <a href="http://www.am.qub.ac.uk/users/m.s.kim/">Prof. Myungshik Kim</a> (2007). Thesis title: “<em>Measurement-based quantum information processing with imperfect operation</em>” (available <a href="https://quantumnanophotonics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/m_s_tame_final_thesis_double.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>, size: 12Mb). External examiner: <a title="Prof. Jian-Wei Pan" href="http://quantum.ustc.edu.cn/old/navigation/faculty/fscv.asp?id=7">Prof. Jian-Wei Pan</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.jsps.org/">JSPS</a> Junior Research Fellow – <a href="http://www.qi.mp.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/">Imoto Laboratory</a>, Osaka University (2007)</li> <li><a href="http://www.qipirc.org/">QIPIRC</a> Postdoctoral Researcher – <a href="http://www.qub.ac.uk/">Queen’s University Belfast</a> (2007-2009)</li> <li><a href="http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/">EPSRC</a> Postdoctoral Research Fellow – <a href="http://www.imperial.ac.uk/">Imperial College London</a> (2010-2012)</li> <li><a href="http://www.leverhulme.ac.uk">Leverhulme</a> Research Associate with <a href="http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/s.maier" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Prof. Stefan Maier</a> – <a href="http://www.imperial.ac.uk/">Imperial College London</a> (2013)</li> <li>Associate Professor at the <a href="http://quantum.ukzn.ac.za" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Centre for Quantum Technology</a> – <a href="http://www.ukzn.ac.za" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of KwaZulu-Natal</a> (2013-2018)</li> <li><a href="https://www.nrf.ac.za/division/rcce/instruments/research-chairs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SARChI</a> Professor at <a href="https://www.sun.ac.za/english" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Stellenbosch University</a> (2018 – 2022)</li> <li>Professor at <a href="https://www.sun.ac.za/english">Stellenbosch University</a> (2022 – present)</li> </ul> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="colophon-wrap"> <footer id="colophon" class="site-footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="site-info"> <a href="https://wordpress.com/?ref=footer_custom_svg" title="Create a website or blog at WordPress.com" rel="nofollow"><svg style="fill: currentColor; 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