Andrew Shields

Andrew Shields leads R&D and business development on quantum technologies in Toshiba Europe. According to Google Scholar, he has published over 500 research papers and patents in the field of quantum devices and systems. He was a member of the leadership team of the OpenQKD consortium in Europe and the EU Strategic Research Agenda Working Group. In the UK, he led the AQuaSeC project developing next generation quantum communication technology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and was awarded the Mott Medal and Prize in 2013 for research on quantum photonics and its applications and the Katharine Burr Blodgett Medal and Prize in 2023 for pioneering industrial R&D over two decades on quantum communication devices and systems, leading to their commercial exploitation in the UK.