Biography

Gregor Weihs is Professor of Photonics at the Institute for Experimental Physics and Vice Rector of Research at the University of Innsbruck. From 2016 to 2021 he was the Vice-President for Natural Sciences and Engineering of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). He received his MSc degree from Innsbruck University in 1994. His PhD degree from Vienna University was awarded "sub auspiciis praesidentis" by the President of the Austrian Republic in 2000. Further positions included a junior faculty position at the University of Vienna, Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford University. Major awards were the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Photonics and a Starting Grant by the European Research Council. He is a member of the Austrian Young Academy of Sciences and a Fellow in the QIP program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. His research interests include fundamental physics, quantum and semiconductor optics and quantum information.