Norbert Lütkenhaus

Dr. Lütkenhaus is a renowned leader in fields spanning quantum communication, quantum cryptography, and the quantum-safe cybersecurity. He is a leader in academia and in the high-tech industry, studying and working in Germany, United Kingdom, Austria, Finland, the United States, and Canada.

Among Dr. Lütkenhaus' accomplishments: Pioneered design and security analysis of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) protocols, Seminal contributions in quantum information processing with linear optics, and quantum repeaters, Pioneered Optical Quantum Communication and Information Complexity based protocols, Initiated commercial realization of quantum key distribution at MagiQ Technologies in New York, Led the Theory Project of the, European demonstrator network of quantum key distribution, Secure Communication based on Quantum Cryptography (SECOQC), Vice-Chair of the , ETSI Industry Specification Group on Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), coordinating the certification effort for QKD devices, Fellow of the American Physical Society (2017), Established and leads the QKD Summer School series at the Institute for Quantum Computing, Established and led Emmy, Noether Research Group at University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Leads Optical Quantum Communications Theory Group at University of Waterloo, Professor at the Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Member of the Waterloo Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute and of the Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research, University of Waterloo, Affiliate Member of the Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, and Earned Outstanding Performance Awards (2009, 2018), University of Waterloo.