Prof. Dr. Lev Vaidman

Lev Vaidman, born in Leningrad, studied physics in Israel. He received his Ph.D. at Tel Aviv University under guidance of Yakir Aharonov with whom he collaborates until today. After three years at the University of South Carolina, he returned to Tel Aviv where he holds the Alex Maguy-Glass Chair in Physics of Complex Systems. He is also a Fellow of the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University, and a Charter Honorary Fellow of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics. Vaidman is a moderator of quant-ph arXiv, an Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Quantum Information, a Managing Editor of the Springer Journal Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations, and the Chief Editor of the MDPI journal Quantum Studies.

Research Interests

Vaidman's research is centered on foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum information. He is a theoretical physicist and many of his proposals were implemented in laboratories around the world, but recently he himself became involved in experimental realisations of his ideas. Vaidman is mainly known for introducing teleportation of continuous variables, cryptography with orthogonal states, novel types of quantum measurement - nonlocal, weak, protective, interaction-free - as well as introducing numerous quantum paradoxes. Another recent activity of Vaidman is in the field of philosophy of quantum mechanics. His analyses of interpretations of quantum mechanics are centered around developing the many-worlds interpretation, of which he is apparently the strongest proponent.