Additional DECRA funding awarded to give quantum systems ‘a voice’

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Dr Mikolaj Schmidt (pictured) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has received a 2022 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) grant from the Australian Research Council, following the conclusion of the ARC’s appeals process.

The Australian Research Council (ARC) will support a research project led by Dr Mikolaj Schmidt from the Department of Physics and Astronomy under the 2022 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme, following the conclusion of the ARC’s appeals process.

Dr Schmidt will use $439,000 in funding to help build a platform for quantum acoustic technology that will help the way drugs are developed, new materials for high-tech industries and better secure data.

“My project will focus on re-designing a drum – shrinking it million-fold, and cooling it down to near-absolute zero – until it generates a crisp, high-frequency sound, and turns into a quantum acoustic instrument. Such devices should become the key components in future quantum computing platforms, enabling smooth interfacing of optical and electronic technologies,” said Dr Schmidt.

Through his research, Dr Schmidt aims to give quantum systems ‘a voice’, whilst strengthening the leading position of Australian researchers in the race towards quantum technologies by offering practical solutions to a critical bottleneck in designing large-scale quantum technologies.

“I’m especially thrilled to continue this work at Macquarie University, which supported the exploratory phase of the project through the MQ Research Fellowship,” said the new DECRA Fellow.

Dr Schmidt joins nine other Macquarie University researchers have had projects funded in the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) round back in August.

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