Dr Adetunmise Dada
- Senior Lecturer (Physics & Astronomy)
telephone:
01413306429
email:
Adetunmise.Dada@glasgow.ac.uk
Biography
Dr Adetunmise Dada is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. He leads the Experimental Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (EQOQI) Laboratory, where his research focuses on high dimensional quantum photonics, quantum communications, quantum metrology, and photonic technologies for the generation, control, transmission, and measurement of quantum states of light.
Before taking up his current academic position, he held Research Fellow and Senior Research Associate roles within the Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering Research Division in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow from 2019 to 2021. He was previously a Senior Research Associate in the Quantum Engineering Technology Labs at the University of Bristol from 2016 to 2019, and a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Quantum Photonics Laboratory at Heriot Watt University from 2013 to 2016.
He completed his PhD in Physics at Heriot Watt University, with research in experimental quantum optics, quantum signal detection, optimal quantum measurements, and high dimensional quantum information. He has more than a decade of research experience since completing his PhD, working across parametric photon pair sources, semiconductor quantum dots, on demand single photon generation, quantum communications at short wave infrared wavelengths, quantum enhanced sensing, and photonic device development.
Dr Dada also organises the School of Physics and Astronomy colloquium series. Suggestions for future speakers, and any questions relating to the colloquium, are very welcome.
Research interests
Personal webpage: https://adetunmise.com
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀: Focusing on advanced quantum signal detection methodologies and the exploration of high-dimensional quantum information systems. 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: Specialising in the development and application of quantum-dot-based, on-demand single-photon sources and parametric photon pair sources. 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: Innovating secure communication techniques through quantum mechanics, with particular emphasis on daylight quantum communication using photon sources at 2.1 microns and beyond. 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗗𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀: Harnessing the properties of quantum dots to advance the integration of photonic devices, optimising performance in quantum computing and communication platforms. 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
researcherID: AAG-8373-2021
Research groups
- Optics
Supervision
Current PhD Students:
- Rayah Alhandhal
- Hala Aloufi
- Yan He
- Jesvita Menezes
Previous PhD projects as Associate Supervisor:
- Quantum optics in the infrared: single-cycle THz field electro-optical sampling with single-photon detectors
- Nuclear spin control and manipulation in self-assembled quantum dot
- Imaging and spectroscopy of solid-state quantum emitters
- Resonance fluorescence of novel quantum emitters
- Design, fabrication and spectroscopy of strain-turnable quantum dots in nanowire antennas
Teaching
Projects (additional)
- PGT Project Course (Small) Main Supervisor PHYS5021P
Assessment
- Physics 2 Literature Review Marking PHYS2001
Laboratories
- Experimental Techniques in Quantum Optics PHYS5056
Lectures
- Quantum Information PHYS5039
Professional activities & recognition
Prizes, awards & distinctions
- 2024: SciComm Spectrum: Amplifying Research Impact Through Enhanced Engagement and Research-Industry Dialogue (The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Award, University of Glasgow)
- 2022: Public Engagement Grant (Institute of Physics (IoP) Scotland)
- 2019: “Daylight quantum key distribution at 2 microns: a field test” (BroadDayQComm) (The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Award, University of Glasgow)
- 2013: Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Ph.D. Thesis Prize (Heriot-Watt University)
- 2011: 2nd year Postgraduate Research Prize (Heriot-Watt University)
- 2010: 1st year Postgraduate Research Prize (Heriot-Watt University)
- 2009: SUPA Prize Ph.D. Studentship in Photonics (The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA))
- 2012: SUPA AGM 2012 Poster Competition, First Prize (The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA))
- 2011: SUSSP67 Summer School, University of Strathclyde Glasgow, Poster Prize (The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA), SUSSP67 Committee)
- 2010: QuAmp/CQD Summer School, Imperial College London, Poster Prize (International Conference on Quantum, Atomic, Molecular and Plasma Physics (QuAMP) Committee)
- 2009: SUPA Prize Ph.D. Studentship in Photonics (Scottish Funding Council)
- 2009: EMMP award for the best academic performance in the graduating class (Erasmus Mundus)
- 2007: Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (European Commission)
- 2005: Faculty of Science Prize for the Best Student in the B.Sc. Final Year Examination (Obafemi Awolowo University)
- 2005: Professor Cyril Onwumechili Prize in Physics for the Best Overall Performance (Obafemi Awolowo University)
- 2005: Professor D. F. Ojo Prize in Thermodynamics (Obafemi Awolowo University)
- 1996: Merit Award for the First Best Student in the Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination in Lagos State, Nigeria (Lagos State Government of Nigeria)
Grant committees & research advisory boards
- 2024 - 2024: University of Glasgow, Impact Acceleration Account Grant
- 2021 - 2022: University of Glasgow, Impact Acceleration Account Grant
Editorial boards
- 2024 - 2025: Photonics (MDPI) Special Issue: Emerging Materials and Techniques in Photonic Quantum Information Technologies
Professional & learned societies
- 2018 - 2019: Member, Institute of Physics (IoP)
- 2011 - 2012: Member, American Physical Society (APS)
- 2009: Member, Quantum Information Scotland (QUISCO)
Selected international presentations
- 2022: Advanced Photonics Congress (Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands)
- 2022: Photon 2022 (East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, UK/Hybrid)
- 2021: QCRYPT 2021 (Online Only)
- 2021: SPIE Photonex Conference (SEC, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
- 2020: 9TH EPS-QEOD EUROPHOTON VIRTUAL CONFERENCE (Czech National Library Prague, CZ)
- 2020: Bristol Quantum Information Technologies Workshop (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
- 2018: PHOTON 2018 (Aston University, Birmingham, UK)
- 2017: International Conference on Optics of Excitons in Confined Systems (OECS 2017) (University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom)
- 2016: International Conference on Quantum Dots (QD 2016) (Jeju, Korea)
- 2014: PHOTON 2014 (Imperial College, London, UK)
- 2011: International conference on Quantum Information Processing and Communication (QIPC) (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
- 2011: International Conference on Quantum Information and Computation (ICQI)) (Stockholm, Sweden)
- 2010: The 17th Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics (CEWQO) (University of St. Andrews, UK)