Andrew S. Dzurak

Andrew Dzurak is an Australian physicist and engineer, known for his work in quantum computing. He is the CEO and founder of Diraq, a start-up that is developing a scalable quantum computer based on single electron spins in silicon. He is a Scientia Professor in Quantum Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), an ARC Laureate Fellow and a member of the executive board of the Sydney Quantum Academy.

Education Dzurak completed his Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney in 1987. He was also instrumental in setting up the ARC Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, which was established by Professor Robert Clark in January 2000, and now maintains the world's largest focused collaboration on silicon-based quantum computing. followed by the world's first silicon qubits in 2012. Since then, Dzurak has developed a naturally scalable qubit technology by reconfiguring the CMOS transistors that make up standard silicon processor chips.

Diraq In May 2022, Dzurak founded Diraq to commercialize the patent portfolio he had developed at UNSW and to work toward building a utility-scale quantum computer.

Awards

H S Carslaw Memorial Scholarship, University of Sydney (1987) Cambridge Australia Scholarship, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust (1988) Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellowship, University of New South Wales (1994) ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Australian Research Council (1996) Eureka Prize for Scientific Research (2011) NSW Govt. Award for Excellence in Engineering and Information and Communications Technologies (2012) “Top Ten Breakthroughs of 2015”, Physics World, UK (2015) Elected Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales (2015) ARC Laureate Fellowship (2019) Pearcey Hall of Fame inductee (2024) Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2026) Walter Boas Medal for Excellence in Research (2026)