View my CV - Adriana Marais
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View my CV - Adriana Marais
Curriculum Vitae Adriana Marais South African Born 15 August 1983 [email protected] www.adrianamarais.org Education 19962000 Matric, St. John’s Diocesan High School, South Africa (7 DISTINCTIONS) 20012004 Bachelor of Science Degree (Physics and Philosophy) and Bachelor of Science Honours Degree (Theoretical Physics), University of Cape Town, South Africa (FIRST CLASS) 20072009 Master of Science Degree in Physics (Quantum Cryptography), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, supervised by Prof. Francesco Petruccione and Prof. Thomas Konrad (SUMMA CUM LAUDE) 20102014 Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (Quantum Biology), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, supervised by Prof. Francesco Petruccione and Dr. Ilya Sinayskiy Employment history 20032004 20052006 2007 First year physics tutor and laboratory assistant, University of Cape Town, South Africa English teacher for adults at ABCkara, and for kids at Bilingual Kids House, and cocktail bartender, Fukuoka, Japan First and second year physics tutor, and lecturer of physics for first year nurses, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 2008 Foundation Physics lecturer, Center for Science Access, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 2009 Augmented Physics course coordinator, Center for Science Access, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 2010 Assistant lecturer, BHP Billiton BSc for Educators Programme (Northern Cape), First Year Physics for Health, Life and Environmental Sciences assistant lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 2011- (For 6 months of each year) Research assistant at the Centre for Quantum 2012 Technologies, National University of Singapore 2015- Postdoctoral Researcher, Quantum Research Group, University of KwaZulu-Natal Special Project Coordinator, Foundation for Space Development South Africa Selected Presentations in Quantum Information Science 2009 2009 Faculty of Science and Agriculture Postgraduate Research Day, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Winter School on Quantum Information Processing, South Talk: “Quantum Cryptography: General protocols and the essence of their security” (STUDENTS' CHOICE PRIZE) Talk: “Security of Quantum Cryptography” 2011 2012 2013 _____ 2014 2015 African Institute of Physics Conference, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa “The Edge twixt Quantum and Classical Phenomena” Asher Peres School, Sydney, Australia (one of 40 students chosen) (Organiser) Quantum Biology Workshop, Centre for Quantum Technology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Organiser) Chris Engelbrecht Summer School on Quantum Biology, National Institute for Theoretical Physics at Salt Rock Hotel, South Africa Invited research visit to University of Oxford, UK “She-roes Day”, iThemba LABS, South Africa “Coherent Control of Complex Quantum Systems” workshop, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan South African Institute of Physics Annual Conference, University of Zululand ___________________________ Quantum Effects in Biological Systems Workshop, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore SciFest Africa, Grahamstown, South Africa Astrobiology Science Conference, US AMC Women in Science Conference, Sandton, SA (SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE AWARD) Poster: “Unconditional Security and Entanglement in Differential Phase Shift Quantum Key Distribution” Talk: “Decoherence-assisted transport in a dimer system” Talk: “Decoherence-assisted transport in a dimer system” Talk: “Decoherence-assisted transport in quantum networks” Invited talk: “Quantum biology: quantum mechanics goes green” Talk: “Quantum coherence and decoherence-assisted transport in biological systems” Talk: “Quantum coherence and transport processes in photosynthesis” (BEST PHD TALK AWARD) __________________________________ Poster: “A quantum protective mechanism in photosynthesis” (BEST POSTER AWARD) Invited Talk: “Quantum what what?!” Poster: “An open quantum systems approach to the formation of prebiotic molecules ” Invited talk: “Interdisciplinary collaboration & the big picture” Scientific Publications 2010 “A Necessary Condition for the Security of Differential Phase Shift Quantum Key Distribution” “Security and Entanglement in Quantum Key Distribution: The Differential-‐‑Phase-‐‑Shift Quantum Key Distribution Protocol” -‐‑paperback 2012 “Decoherence-assisted transport in a dimer system” 2013 “Decoherence-assisted transport in quantum networks” 2014 “A Necessary Condition for the Security of CoherentOne-Way Quantum Key Distribution Protocol” 2015 “A quantum protective mechanism in photosynthesis” “The World of Biophysics” - booklet A.Marais, T. Konrad & F. Petruccione A. Marais Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 43 305302 (2010) LAMBERT Academic Publishing (2010) I. Sinayskiy, A.Marais, F. Petruccione & A. Ekert A.Marais, I. Sinayskiy, A. Kay, F. Petruccione & A. Ekert M. Mafu, A. Marais and F. Petruccione Physical Review Letters, 108 020602 (2012) New Journal of Physics, 15 013038 (2013) A. Marais, I. Sinayskiy, F. Petruccione and R. van Grondelle T. Krüger, R. Sparrow, T. Sewell, A. Marais, B. Adams, I. Sinayskiy, F. Petruccione, P. Neethling, A. Paradzah, & J.L. Botha Sci. Rep. 5, 8720 (2015) Appl. Math. Inf. Sci. 8, 2769 (2014) SO Productions (2015) Media Publications 2011 “Quantum Hanky Panky” (http://www.saip.org.za/images/stories/do cuments/PhysicsComment/2011/Physics Comment_2011-12.pdf.pdf) 2012 “The power of quantum biology” (http://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-04-thepower-of-quantum-biology) 2014 “Is life at its heart a quantum problem?” (http://mg.co.za/article/2014-08-18-is-lifeat-its-heart-a-quantum-problem) 2015 “Two stand-out models of physics education and outreach in South Africa” (http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/maga zine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.5.20 24) “Watch this space: Expanding our imaginations and our dreams” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adrianamarais/watch-this-spaceexpandin_b_8123142.html) A. Marais Physics Comment, December 2011 A. Marais, I. Sinayskiy & F. Petruccione A. Marais Mail & Guardian (Getting Ahead supplement) 4 May 2012 Mail & Guardian “Science Voices” August 2014 Physics Today February 2015 A. Marais, K.J.C. Utuje & A. Sajadi A. Marais Huffington Post Science September 2015 Events organised 2011 Internationally attended National Institute of Theoretical Physics “Quantum Biology” workshop F. Petruccione, I. Sinayskiy & A. Marais http://quantum.ukzn.ac.z a/events/research-‐‑ workshop-‐‑qunatum-‐‑ biology 2012 Internationally attended “23rd A. Marais, F. Chris Engelbrecht Summer Petruccione, F. School on Quantum Biology” Scholtz and I. Sinayskiy http://www.nithep.ac.za/3 ji.htm 2014 “Future of quantum biology” discussion workshop, ThulaThula, South Africa 2016 (Preparations underway) Quantum Effects in Biological Systems Workshop 2016 F. Petruccione, I. Sinayskiy & A. Marais F. Petruccione, I. Sinayskiy & A. Marais (publication on discussion in preparation) http://www.quebs2016.or g/ Achievements 2010 South African Department of Science and Technology For Women in Science PhD Fellowship Award University of KwaZulu-Natal Doctoral Research Grant Award 2013 L’Oreal-‐‑UNESCO Regional Fellowship for Women in Science in Sub-‐‑ Saharan Africa 2014 Round 2 Astronaut Candidate for Mars One Project One of Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans 2015 One of 100 Round 3 Astronaut Candidates for Mars One Project L’Oreal-‐‑UNESCO International Rising Talent Grant for research project “The emergence of life from inanimate matter” One of UKZN's Top 40 most inspiring students for 2015 2016 Royal Society of South Africa Meiring Naude Medal for a young researcher, for fundamentally important high impact research in the field of quantum biology One of 400 young scientists worldwide selected to attend the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting References Prof. Andy Buffler Prof. Francesco Petruccione Prof. Artur Ekert Prof. Rienk van Grondelle Head of Physics Department, University of Cape Town Head of Research Centre for Quantum Technology, University of KwaZulu-Natal Director of Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore Head of the Section Biophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science, VU University Amsterdam [email protected] +27 21 650 3339 [email protected] +27312602770 [email protected] [email protected]