Rate My Professor Jacqui Romero

Romero's research centers on higher-dimensional quantum systems, known as qudits, to investigate quantum phenomena and advance quantum technologies. Her work encompasses generating high-dimensional quantum states for enhanced information capacity and noise robustness, high-dimensional quantum information processing including efficient device design, scalable characterization methods for high-dimensional quantum states, higher-order quantum maps such as those enabling indefinite causal order, and quantum error correction leveraging high dimensions. She is acclaimed for integrating photon orbital angular momentum states into mainstream quantum information science. Key publications include the book chapter 'Photonic quantum computing' (Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Physics, 2025); 'Randomness-free test of nonclassicality: a proof of concept' (Physical Review Letters, 2023); 'Robust and efficient high-dimensional quantum state tomography' (Physical Review Letters, 2021); 'Hiding ignorance using high dimensions' (Physical Review Letters, 2020); and 'Guest Editorial: The quantum internet: Principles, protocols and architectures' (IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 2024). Her contributions have earned her the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award (Australia, 2017), the Ruby Payne-Scott Medal from the Australian Institute of Physics (2018), the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talent Award (2019), and election as a 2026 Optica Fellow for seminal contributions to quantum-structured light. She has also obtained major grants including ARC Discovery Projects and contributions to ARC Centres of Excellence.