Jared Cole

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Jared Cole
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Jared Cole, December 2018
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater RMIT University (B. App Physics and B. Comm Eng (Hons)), University of Melbourne (PhD)
Known for quantum physics, decoherence theory, Superconducting quantum computing
Scientific career
Fields Physics
Institutions RMIT University
University of Melbourne
Karlsruhe University
ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET)
ARC Centre for Exciton Science
Thesis Controllable few-state quantum systems for information processing
Doctoral advisor Lloyd CL Hollenberg

Jared Cole FAIP is an Australian theoretical physicist specialising in quantum physics and decoherence theory and its application to solid-state systems. He specialises in using mathematical and computational models to describe the design and operation of quantum computing and quantum electronic devices.

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Cole is a professor at RMIT University [1] where he studies condensed-matter physics, superconducting devices, charge transport in nanoscale devices, quantum metrology and decoherence theory. He is currently Director of the RMIT Applied Quantum Technologies Research Centre [2] . Cole is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics [3] .

Education

Cole completed a Bachelor of Applied Physics and Communication Engineering (Hons) from RMIT University in 2002 and a PhD University of Melbourne in 2006 (Controllable few-state quantum systems for information processing) [4] .

Expertise

Quantum circuit theory, superconducting devices based on the Josephson effect, spin physics, decoherence, measurement and entanglement theory, quantum information and quantum computing.

Career

Following his PhD, Cole was a postdoctoral researcher within the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology, University of Melbourne from 2006 to 2007, studying solid-state quantum computing. Following this, Cole was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow) position at Karlsruhe University 2007–11, studying qubit characterisation, superconducting qubits and defects in Josephson junctions. He then returned to RMIT University, after being awarded a Vice-Chancellor's senior research fellowship in 2010 [5] . Cole was made a full professor at RMIT in Jan 2018.

In 2006 Cole was one of a number of authors to simultaneously propose the concept of the Jaynes–Cummings–Hubbard model [6] [7]

In 2016, he established, with Simon Devitt of University of Technology, Sydney, the first consultancy specialising in quantum technology, [8] which became a founding member of the Spanish based industry group, the Quantum World Association (QWA). [9]

Since 2009, Cole has worked extensively on the role of defects in oxides and their influence on Superconducting quantum computing, including helping pioneer the use of qubits and microwave resonators as probes of these defects. [10]

Cole was a chief investigator within the ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET), investigating the influence of dissipation and decoherence on electronic transport in nanostructures, and its role in electronic devices based on topologically protected conduction channels. [11] Simultaneously, Cole was a chief investigator within the ARC Centre of Excellence for Exciton Science, [12] applying expertise in electron transport, spin physics and decoherence theory to understanding the control and manipulation of excitons to create more-efficient solar cells. [13]

In 2021 Cole was awarded a Catalyst International Leader Fellowship by the Royal Society of New Zealand for a project entitled Using exotic materials for novel spintronic and superconducting devices, hosted at Victoria University of Wellington [14] .

Publications, Writings

Cole has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, has been cited over 7000 times and has an h-index of 43 [15] . He holds five patents.

In addition to scientific publications, Cole has also written general-audience articles on Australia quantum research, [16] low-energy electronics (in The Conversation [17] ), and has been interviewed on metric units [18] and ICT energy use. [19]

Major Projects

Awards and fellowships

References

  1. "Professor Jared Cole - RMIT University". www.rmit.edu.au.
  2. "RMIT Applied Quantum Technologies Leading Research Centre" . Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  3. "Australian Institute of Fellows Public List" . Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  4. "Controllable few-state quantum systems for information processing" . Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  5. "Senior Vice Chancellor's Research Fellows" . Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  6. A. D. Greentree; C. Tahan; J. H. Cole; L. C. L. Hollenberg (2006). "Quantum phase transitions of light". Nature Physics . 2 (12): 856–861. arXiv: cond-mat/0609050 . Bibcode:2006NatPh...2..856G. doi:10.1038/nphys466. S2CID   118903056.
  7. Makin, M. I.; Cole, Jared H.; Tahan, Charles; Hollenberg, Lloyd C. L.; Greentree, Andrew D. (21 May 2008). "Quantum phase transitions in photonic cavities with two-level systems". Physical Review A. 77 (5): 053819. arXiv: 0710.5748 . doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.77.053819.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  8. "Quantum technologies and the launch of h-bar quantum consultants" . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  9. "h-bar joins the Quantum world association as a founding member for Asia" . Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  10. C. Mueller; J. H. Cole; J. Lisenfeld (2019). "Towards understanding two-level-systems in amorphous solids: insights from quantum circuits". Reports on Progress in Physics . 82: 124501. arXiv: 1705.01108 . doi:10.1088/1361-6633/ab3a7e.
  11. "FLEET Team | ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies". 24 May 2024.
  12. "Jared Cole". Exciton Science. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  13. "Super solar cells using quantum mechanics and cooling human body temperatures". Lost in Science radio show. 20 February 2020.
  14. "Catalyst Leaders Recipients 2021".
  15. "Google Scholar - Jared H. Cole" . Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  16. "Blog". h-bar: Quantum Technology Consultants. 8 September 2017.
  17. Wang, Daisy; Cole, Jared (28 November 2018). "Computing faces an energy crunch unless new technologies are found". The Conversation.
  18. "SoundCloud - Hear the world's sounds".
  19. Kilvert, Nick (3 July 2019). "Amazon doesn't want you to know its greenhouse emissions, says they're a 'trade secret'". ABC News.
  20. "Catalyst Leaders Recipients 2021".
  21. "AAvHF Award Winners".