About Eric

I am a theoretical physicist exploring the fundamental nature of the quantum world from a quantum information perspective.

My research expertise includes quantum information theory, foundations of quantum mechanics, quantum atom-optics, probability and decision theory, causal networks, philosophy of physics, among other topics.

I am currently an ARC Future Fellow and an Associate Professor at the Centre for Quantum Dynamics at Griffith University, in sunny Queensland, Australia. I am based on Griffith’s largest campus, in the beachside city of Gold Coast.

An up-to-date list of my publications and citation statistics is available in my Google Scholar profile page.

Most of my articles are available free-access on my arXiv.org profile page.

Griffith University profile page.

Bio:

After my PhD at the University of Queensland in 2008 I was a postdoctoral researcher at Griffith University, funded by a GU Postdoctoral Fellowship, and a single-CI ARC Discovery grant. In 2012 I was awarded a Discovery Early-Career Researcher Award, undertaken at The University of Sydney, during which I spent a year as a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University. I returned to Griffith in 2015 as a Senior Lecturer, partly funded by a Large Grant from the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi). In 2018 I was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship, and an Associate Professor position.

I have over 40 peer-reviewed publications including prestigious journals such as Nature Physics and Physical Review Letters. My work has been featured in international media, including The New York Times, Forbes, Nature News and New Scientist. My publications have gathered over 3300 citations, with an h-index of 28 (Google Scholar, June 2021).

I have organised three international conferences on the foundations of quantum mechanics, and have been invited to present my work in conferences on all continents.

I am a Founding Editor and Coordinating Editor of Quantum, a free and open-access journal for quantum science, providing a new model for scientific publication. I am a member of the Foundational Questions Institute, the Australian Institute of Physics, and the Optical Society of America.

In a previous life (during my undergraduate and Master degrees) I have also worked in experimental biophysics and atomic collisions, leading to several publications. I’ve also been a technologist for the Institute of Radioprotection and Dosimetry at the National Nuclear Energy Commission in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Contact

Eric Cavalcanti
Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University
Gold Coast, QLD 4222
Australia
e.cavalcanti@griffith.edu.au