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General Information

Full Name Jacob C Bridgman
Email address jcbridgeman1@gmail.com

Employment

  • 2024 – today
    Senior Quantum Architect, Fault Tolerance
    At: PsiQuantum
  • 2022 – 2024
    Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
    Institution: Research Foundation–Flanders
    • hosted by Ghent University. Grant number 12E9223N
  • 2021 – 2022
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Institution: Ghent University
  • 2018 – 2021
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Institution: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
  • 2018
    Research Associate
    Institution: University of Technology Sydney
  • 2017
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Institution: University of Sydney
  • 2013 – 2017
    Postgraduate Student
    Institution: University of Sydney
  • 2013 – 2017
    Casual Tutor
    Institution: University of Sydney
    • Assisting in experimental and computational labs. Marking of assignments and exams.

Education

  • 2014 – 2017
    Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
    Thesis: Tensor Network Methods for Quantum Phases
    Institution: The University of Sydney, Australia
    Advisor: Prof. Stephen D. Bartlett, with auxiliary supervisors Prof. Andrew C. Doherty and A/Prof. Steven T. Flammia
  • 2013 – 2014
    Master of Science in Physics | Perimeter Scholars International
    Thesis: Effective Edge States of Symmetry Protected Topological Systems
    Institution: University of Waterloo & Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
    Advisor: Dr Luiz H. Santos and Juven C. Wang
  • 2008 – 2012
    Bachelor of Science (Advanced Mathematics)
    Thesis: Critical Quantum Lattice Models using the Multiscale Entanglement Renormalisation Ansatz
    Institution: The University of Sydney, Australia
    Advisor: Prof. Stephen D. Bartlett and A/Prof. Andrew C. Doherty
    Double majors in physics and pure mathematics
    Completed with First Class Honours and the University Medal

Scholarships and Awards

  • 2012 – 2017
    • Australian Postgraduate Award: awarded to enable students to pursue a higher research degree
    • University of Sydney Merit Award: offered to the most highly ranked APA applicants
  • 2013
    • Perimeter Scholars International Scholarship
    • The School of Physics Summer Vacation Scholarship 2012-2013
  • 2012
    • The University Medal
  • 2011
    • The University of Sydney Honours Scholarship 2012
    • The Science Foundation for Physics Scholarship for Third Year
    • The School of Physics Summer Vacation Scholarship 2011-2012
  • 2010
    • The Science Foundation for Physics Scholarship for Second Year
    • The School of Physics Summer Vacation Scholarship 2010-2011
  • 2008
    • School Dux: first in school

Teaching

Students

Service to the Community

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