Dr Marco Tomamichel received an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from ETH Zurich in 2007 and then followed his interest in quantum information to graduate with a Ph.D. in Physics at the Institute of Theoretical Physics also at ETH in 2012. His love of travel in addition to the global attractiveness of the Centre for Quantum Technologies at NUS then first brought him to the National University of Singapore for a postdoc stint. Before commencing his current position, he has also been a Research Fellow at the University of Sydney and an Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney.

His research interests lie in the intersection of information theory, cryptography and quantum mechanics. His main focus is on the mathematical foundations of quantum information theory, for example the study of entropy and other information measures, as well as theoretical questions that arise in quantum communication and cryptography when the available resources are limited. He currently serves as Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.