Alexandra Olaya-Castro

Alexandra Olaya-Castro
Alexandra Olaya-Castro
Born	March 30, 1976; Bogota, Colombia
Citizenship	Colombian and British
Alma mater	Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (BSc); Universidad de los Andes (MSc); University of Oxford (DPhil);
Known for	Quantum effects in biomolecular processes
Awards	EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellowship (2008); Maxwell Prize (2016);
	Scientific career
Fields	Quantum Biology
Institutions	University College London
Thesis	Quantum correlations in multi-qubit-cavity systems (2004)
Doctoral advisor	Neil F. Johnson
Website	www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucapaol/aboutAOC.html

Alexandra Olaya-Castro is a Colombian-born theoretical physicist, currently a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London. She is also the Vice-Dean (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) for the Mathematical and Physical science Faculty.

She is known for her work on quantum physics on biomolecular processes, specifically for her research on quantum effects in photosynthesis. She was the recipient of the Maxwell Medal in 2016 "for her contributions to the theory of quantum effects in bio-molecular systems".

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