Prof. Arkady Fedorov is an experimental quantum physicist with over 40 peer-reviewed publications and one patent. He completed his PhD at Clarkson University, US in 2005 and has held postdoctoral and research scientist appointments KIT, TU Delft, ETH Zurich, and UQ, including an ARC Future Fellowship.  He is the director of the Superconducting Quantum Devices laboratory at the University of Queensland and is a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Engineered Quantum Systems. His research focuses on quantum phenomena in superconducting artificial atoms, microwave resonators, and Josephson junction devices.