Wolfson Fellows win full professorships

Jon's work focuses on quantum theory, the mathematically elegant but counterintuitive theory that describes how physical objects in the world around us behave. He is particularly interested in quantum information science, which is based on the idea that information can be stored in quantum mechanical systems, rather than in conventional digital form. This gives us new tools for understanding the difficult conceptual aspects of quantum theory, as well as novel possibilities for practical tasks such as computation and cryptography”, which is a new kind of protocol for sending secret messages. He is currently developing a formalism for describing casual relationships in networks of quantum systems.

Before returning to Oxford, Wolfgang's work focused on the language of Plautus, who was the most important Roman playwright; Plautus' comedies provide us with the earliest large-scale corpus of Latin. Since his return to Oxford, Wolfgang has worked on Varro, the Roman polymath, and especially on his treatise on the Latin language. This work was supported by a Leverhulme grant and resulted in an edition with translation and commentary in two volumes, to appear with OUP in March 2019.