Wojciech Hubert ZurekWojciech Hubert Zurek is a Laboratory Fellow at Los Alamos. Credited with developing the theory of decoherence, he is also known for Quantum Darwinism, the no-cloning theorem (a cornerstone of quantum information) and quantum discord. Applications ofthe Kibble-Zurek mechanism that describes creation of topological defects in phase transitions range from cosmology to condensed matter physics. Zurek is a recipient of the Smoluchowski and Los Alamos Medals and a Humboldt Prize. He is Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Science and Technology in Cracow (AGH), the Jagiellonian University, and was Einstein Professor at the Ulm University. Read More Read Less