Zulekha Samiullah is a fourth-year PhD student searching for long-range entanglement between spins on hexagonal lattices. She is a Widening Participation Tutor, sharing her love of maths and physics with young people across the UK. Zulekha delivers winter maths workshops funded by the Heilbronn Institute. She has co-organised Quantum in the Summer and spoken at Quantum Questions at Pint of Science. She recently completed a Department for Education policy internship through cross-government unit, Open Innovation Team. During her PhD, she founded Quantum Squash and outreach event, Quantum Carousel.
Hugh Barrett is a third-year PhD student at the University of Bristol trying to make sources of quantum light brighter and generally more useful for practical applications. Soon-to-be-inventor of the Quantum Light Bulb (TM), Hugh is currently preparing for a research placement at the University of Tohoku, Japan. He’s also undertaken a year-long placement developing powerful lasers at the Central Laser Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). When he’s not locked in a dark lab, Hugh is President of the Bristol Optica Student Society, running outreach events that promote quantum optics. Hugh co-runs the annual quantum-themed variety show, Quantum Carousel.