IQN researcher awarded IET Achievement Medal!

🎉 Congratulations to our researcher and co-investigator Stefano Pirandola PhD who has been awarded an IET Achievement Medal in Quantum Technology. The IET medals are awarded to individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to the advancement of science, engineering or technology.

Prof Pirandola from the University of York was awarded the medal for establishing the ultimate communication rates for quantum key distribution, quantum teleportation, and entanglement distribution.

His groundbreaking work has set the theoretical limits for secure quantum communication and made a critical contribution to building the next generation of quantum networks.