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Andrew Wilson is the chief of the NIST Quantum Physics Division and supports the broad quantum information science program at NIST. He is also the NIST program official for the Quantum Economic Development Consortium, working to enable and grow the U.S. quantum industry. Wilson completed his Ph.D. in AMO physics at the University of Otago (New Zealand) in 1993. Wilson joined NIST in 2010.
Ahead of World Quantum Day this week, we asked Andrew Wilson, who leads NIST’s Quantum Physics Division, to explain just what exactly quantum science is and why