Tushna Commissariat

Frédéric Sarazin, director of quantum at the Colorado School of Mines in the US, talks to Tushna Commissariat about the industry demands and workforce needs of the quantum sector, and why he helped to establish the first quantum systems engineering bachelor’s degree in the US Training ground PhD students working with associate professor of physics Meenakshi Singh (left) on the dilution refrigerator in one of the quantum labs on the Colorado School of Mines campus.

Tushna Commissariat talks to five physicists who pivoted to a career in finance, highlighting how they switched, exploring what skills they use day to day, and seeking advice for today’s physics graduates looking to follow in their footsteps Market leaders Physicists, with their mathematical and analytic skills, can be very successful working in quantitative finance.

Giannis Zacharakis is a biophotonics and biomedical imaging researcher and CEO of the precision photonics spin-off Kymatonics Deep thinker The intellectual freedom of doing research is what research biophysicist Giannis Zacharakis values most. (Courtesy: Giannis Zacharakis) Giannis Zacharakis is a research director at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (FORTH) in Greece, where he leads the Laboratory for Biophotonics and Molecular Imaging.