Russell Anderson PhD
Lead, Quantum Atomic Devices
As a Quantum Atomic Devices Lead, it is Russell’s job to develop next-generation quantum technology within various industries based on cutting edge hardware. These include quantum-assured position, navigation, and timing (PNT), and atomic magnetometers.
Quantum control and quantum sensing are two sides of the same coin. This exquisite reciprocity has guided Russell to develop next-generation quantum sensors and clocks based on atom-light interactions.
Russell completed his PhD at Swinburne University of Technology on Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)interferometry. At Monash University, he co-founded the Spinor BEC laboratory where he developed microscale magnetic tensor gradiometry, new wavefunction engineering and continuous dynamical decoupling protocols, and took the first ever magnetic-resonance image of a BEC.
At La Trobe University as a Senior Lecturer, Russell has designed and modelled Australia’s first portable quantum atomic clock and introduced new perspectives on atomic magnetometry. He is also a leader in control and automation software for quantum technologies.
Russell is also a passionate and nationally awarded educator and education technologist. He received an Australian Award for University Teaching for inspiring students towards scientific computing in 2017, four Vice-Chancellor awards and citations, and was shortlisted for the Australian Financial Review Higher Education Technology Award in 2020.