Prof Dr Raymond Ooi is a quantum physicist with 25 years of research experience, has produced more than 130 publications (in WoS mainly Q1 journals) on a range of topics in quantum optics, nonlinear optics, plasmonics and laser interactions. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) in 2016. In 2013, he won the Malaysian Toray Science Foundation (MTSF) Science & Technology Award. Raymond Ooi obtained his Dr.rer.nat (PhD) from Universitaet Konstanz, Germany. He was a postdoc at Texas A&M University and a regular Visiting Scientist at Princeton University and Max-Planck Institut fuer Quantenoptik. He conducted research at KAIST and taught at Korea University. In 2010, he joined Universiti Malaya and initiated "Quantum and Laser Science" research lab equipped with a femtosecond laser and optics facility under High Impact Research grant. Dr Raymond is the Principal Investigator for the national quantum technology research programme funded by the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). He has 2 patents relating to green energy. Besides being invited/plenary speaker at more than 30 international conferences, he has given many talks that bring quantum science and technology to students and public. In 2018 he initiated and chaired the first international conference on Quantum and Nonlinear Optics(QNO2018) that was attended by pioneers in the field and secured three international funds to run the conference. He served as a Judge for MIT Technology Review “Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific”. Currently he is the Editorial Board member for the New Journal of Physics. He has published a book “The Way of Creation, Nature & Life: Physics and Mathematics Perspectives”, and wrote several articles in the media, connecting science with recent topics like green energy and climate change. His current interest is to apply quantum principles to understanding Nature, Life, Health, Mind, Spirituality and Traditional Knowledge.

Title of Talk : Towards Efficient Quantum Information Storage