Andrea Morello

Morello completed his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering at the Politecnico di Torino in Italy in 1998.^[5][6] His research career began at the Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory where he investigated the magnetic phase diagram of high ${\displaystyle T_{c}}$ superconductors. He obtained his PhD in experimental physics from the Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory in Leiden in 2004,^[7] during which he explored the quantum dynamics of molecular nanomagnets at low temperatures. Morello spent two years at the University of British Columbia before joining UNSW Sydney in 2006.^[8][9]

Morello's research is primarily focused on designing and building the basic components of a quantum computer using the spins of single atoms in silicon.^[10][11][12] His team were the first in the world to demonstrate the coherent control and readout of the electron and nuclear spin of an individual phosphorus atom in silicon,^{[13][14][15][16]} and for many years they held the record for the longest quantum memory time for a single qubit in the solid state (35.6 seconds).^[17] Morello's research also focuses on using highly coherent spin systems to study the foundations of quantum mechanics.^{[18][19][20][21]}