Ben Sussman, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Ultrafast Quantum Photonics
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$41,000
ARAQNE: Alliance for Research and Applications of Quantum Network Entanglement
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$3,000,000
Qeyssat User INvestigation Team (QUINT)
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$3,000,000

All 6 grants and awards

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Ultrafast Quantum Photonics

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sussman, Ben

Keywords: quantum optics; nonlinear optics; atomic, molecular, optical physics; quantum control; quantum sensing; quantum communications; quantum computing

$41,000

ARAQNE: Alliance for Research and Applications of Quantum Network Entanglement

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: LeBlanc, Lindsay Jane LJ

Keywords: distributed quantum computing; entanglement distribution; fiber-optics networks; quantum memory; quantum networking; quantum secure communications; quantum transduction; single-photon sources

$3,000,000

Qeyssat User INvestigation Team (QUINT)

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Jennewein, Thomas D

Keywords: entangled photon pairs; quantum communications; quantum entanglement; quantum ground station; quantum internet; quantum key distribution; quantum memories; quantum networks; satellite quantum communication; single photon devices

$3,000,000

Quantum Enhanced Sensing and Imaging (QuEnSI)

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Boyd, Robert RWB

Keywords: imaging; light-matter interactions; quantum imaging; quantum technologies; sensing

$3,000,000

Ultrafast Quantum Photonics

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sussman, Ben

$246,000

Photonic Quantum Control Technologies

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Sussman, Benjamin

$150,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Sussman, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Ultrafast Quantum Photonics" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]