Rate My Professor Nora Tischler

Nora Tischler is an Associate Professor, ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow, and research group leader at Griffith University’s Centre for Quantum Dynamics, part of the Queensland Quantum and Advanced Technologies Research Institute. She serves as Program Manager for the Griffith University node of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology. Tischler earned her PhD at Macquarie University in 2016 and at the University of Vienna in 2017, collaborating with Gabriel Molina-Terriza and Anton Zeilinger. In 2016, she joined the Quantum Optics and Information Laboratory at Griffith University’s Centre for Quantum Dynamics as a postdoctoral researcher and held a Griffith University Postdoctoral Fellowship from 2019 to 2020. In 2021, she received a Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to work in Jens Eisert’s group at Freie Universität Berlin. She returned to Australia in 2022 on her ARC DECRA Fellowship.

A quantum physicist specialising in optical quantum information science, Tischler investigates how quantum physics fundamentally differs from classical physics and how these differences can be harnessed for future technologies. Her research centres on quantum correlations and non-locality, encompassing the development of techniques to generate high-quality quantum states of light, and the fundamental implications and utility of quantum correlations for quantum information tasks. Highlights of her contributions include the first rigorous demonstration of one-way quantum steering, pioneering experiments establishing a quantum memory advantage in stochastic process modelling, and a no-go result stronger than Bell’s theorem. She has produced over 70 research works with more than 1700 citations. Key publications include 'A quantum autoencoder: using machine learning to compress quantum information' (2020), 'Demonstration of an Exponential Advantage in Quantum Communication' (2020), 'Testing a New Strong No-Go Theorem for the Wigner's Friend Paradox' (2021), 'Scalable multiparty steering using a single entangled photon' (2024), and 'Heralded generation of entanglement with photons' (2025). Tischler’s achievements include attending the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (2019), the 2023 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Award, and being a finalist in the 2024 Queensland Women in STEM Prize (Judges’ Award category). In 2024, her team received a top international award for a quantum physics paper. She engages in science communication by opening her lab and mentoring students.