Gregg Jaeger

Gregg Jaeger (PhD – Boston U; BSc, Math, Physics, Philosophy – U. Wisconsin-Madison) is a professor of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Boston University. After postdoctoral work in the history of science (Dibner Institute, MIT) and experimental quantum-optical physics (National Institute of Science and Technology), he assumed his current, interdisciplinary professorship in 2006. He was awarded a Kavli Fellowship in 2008 for his work on quantum computing (holding two fundamental patents) and co-edited Philosophy of Quantum Information and Entanglement (Cambridge 2010). He is the author of the monographs Quantum Information (Springer 2007), Entanglement, Information, and the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (Springer 2009), and Quantum Objects (Springer 2014). Most recently, he co-authored Quantum Metrology, Imaging, and Communication (Springer 2017) and co-edited Quantum Arrangements (Springer 2021). His current work focuses on the ontological status of elementary particles in quantum field theory.