Speaker Biographies
Richard Hogg Professor Hogg’s research spans developing epitaxial processes, device designs and processing, through to devices for system applications. This includes quantum dot devices, quantum cascade lasers, resonant tunnelling diode THz emitters, super-luminescent diodes, and photonic crystal surface emitting lasers. Professor Hogg has 28 years post-doctoral experience in compound semiconductor technologies, spanning research, development, and manufacturing. This includes; • Three years experience in a key foundry management role (Manager of Materials Characterisation) at Agilent Technologies, Ipswich, which was the highest volume III-V facility in Europe, at the time (2000-2003). • Five years experience in corporate R&D laboratories (NTT, Toshiba) developing advanced device concepts and technologies. • Twenty years in University R&D (Universities of Sheffield, Glasgow, and now Aston) where he has built a research group developing novel light sources; their manufacture (epitaxial growth, device fabrication), device physics and engineering, and applications. His research has resulted in two new ventures in 2020 – Vector Photonics Ltd (commercialising photonic crystal surface emitting lasers), and III-V Epi Ltd (a small- medium supplier of epitaxial wafers and services).
Mehul Malik Mehul Malik is a Professor of Physics
Dominic O'Brien Professor Dominic O’Brien is a Professor of Engineering Science at Oxford and leads the optical communications group. He is the Director of the UK
and Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, where he
leads the Beyond Binary Quantum Information Laboratory (BBQ Lab). He currently holds an ERC Starting Grant and co-leads an EPSRC centre-to-centre collaboration with JPL Caltech. His research interests include quantum information processing and communication, fundamental studies of entanglement, and complex scattering media. Prior to moving to the UK in 2018, Mehul held postdoctoral positions at the University of Vienna and the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), Vienna, including a Marie Curie Fellowship in the group of Prof Anton Zeilinger. Mehul’s work includes the creation of the first three-particle entanglement in high dimensions, the development of efficient methods for measuring complex forms of quantum entanglement, and the unprecedented transport of entanglement through a complex medium. Mehul completed his PhD in 2013 with Prof Robert Boyd at the University of Rochester, New York.
National Hub in Quantum Computing and Simulation. This is one of the four Quantum Technology Hubs funded as part of the UK National Quantum Technologies programme. He also leads the recently funded EPSRC Hub in All-Spectrum Connectivity. The group has a wide range of experience in free space optical communications and optical wireless, demonstrating integrated optical wireless transceivers, full room-scale systems at 300Mbit/s, integrated visible light communications systems, Tbit/s optical wireless links, retro-reflecting communications both indoors and outdoors, novel transmitters and receivers, and indoor quantum key distribution.
Nick Parsons Nick is an experienced CTO at Huber + Suhner and Chair of the UKIN Optical Communications & Photonics Expert Working Group. Nick has a
Iain Mauchline Iain joined Innovate UK in October 2021 to expand Innovate UK’s work in electronics,
Siddarth Joshi Siddarth is an expert in quantum communication. He has worked for several different quantum satellite missions and pioneered quantum networking technologies. He obtained
demonstrated track record of innovation in the telecommunications and aerospace industries. A systems engineering professional skilled in optical networks, photonic devices, R&D and business development. Neil led the growth of product portfolio at optical switching start- up Polatis from initial concepts through to company acquisition.
sensors and photonics as a key enabling and cross- cutting technology and develop competition themes and application areas. His role involves helping to build collaborations between industry, academia and government, developing strategy, and overseeing programme delivery. After obtaining an Electrical & Electronic Engineering degree and PhD specialising in glass integrated optics he joined the research staff at University of Strathclyde before joining OptoSci, a photonics systems and sensors SME as Engineering Director. His expertise covers many areas including design and manufacture of systems for photonics education, training and research, and fibre optic sensing systems for harsh and industrial environments. He has successfully commercialised over twenty major product lines.
his PhD from Singapore in 2014, did postdocs in Vienna and Bristol and now leads his own group in QET Labs. He is a close collaborator of the Smart Internet Lab. His current research focus is on improving the scalability, distance, and number of supported applications of quantum internet technologies.
Jose Pozo Jose Pozo is member of the Executive Board of Optica (former OSA) as the Chief Technology Officer, since 1 March 2022. Originally from Spain, Jose Pozo has
Vasileios Karavias Vasileios Karavias is a PhD student in Quantum Network Security at the University of Cambridge. He graduated with a BA and MSci in Physics from the University of
spent more than 25 years working in photonics. Before joining Optica, Jose was already well- known in Europe for his role as CTO of EPIC, European Photonics Industry Consortium. During his 6 years as CTO, EPIC grew from 200 to 800 corporate members, was the organization number 21 in Europe receiving funding from the commission in the Horizon 2020 program, and grew from 2 employees to 15. Before that, Jose was a Senior Photonics Technology Consultant with PNO Consultants, with some of the main accounts such as CERN, Thales or TE Connectivity. He has worked at TNO, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, and as a post-doctoral researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. He earned a PhD in quantum physics from the University of Bristol, UK, and an M.Sc. and B.Eng. in telecom engineering from UPNA, Spain / VUB, Belgium.
Cambridge in 2020. His main fields of interest are quantum key distribution (QKD), quantum network design and optimisation methods. His PhD focusses on the optimisation of quantum networks and investigating the benefits of switching in quantum networks. This work is done in collaboration with BT.
Neil J McRae Neil McRae is Chief Architect at BT and Chair of the UKTIN Core Networking Technologies Expert Working Group. Neil has significant experience
Maxim Kuschnerov Dr. Maxim Kuschnerov joined Huawei in 2016 and is leading the optical research laboratories in Munich and Jena as Director of R&D, Germany focusing on the
in submarine, fixed, wireless, broadcast, satellite, cloud, systems & applications and platform technology enabling our world to connect, educate, entertain and transact. He is recognised for building the best networks all over the world and always looking for ways to challenge the tried and tested and drive radical thinking. He sees what others don't and drives ideas to reality whilst creating and driving strategic direction. Neil believes in creating an environment for technologists to perform at their best and reach their full potential and he creates, motivates and engages the very best of teams focused on business outcomes, generating demand and value.
topics of FTTx, data center networks, coherent optical transceivers, optical switching, quantum security as well as optical design for automotive subsystems. He has more than 17 years of experience in optical research, development and product management, having started his career at Siemens and then working for Nokia Siemens Networks and Coriant before joining Huawei.
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