Carolyn is a theoretical physicist studying quantum information and quantum foundations. She grew up in central Queensland and holds bachelor’s degrees in physics (UQ) and applied linguistics (Griffith University). She completed her PhD in physics at the University of Queensland.
Her research is focused on physics at the interface between quantum mechanics, general relativity and thermodynamics, quantum machine learning, and the applications of both to quantum information theory and quantum computing. She is also broadly interested in artificial intelligence, and cross-disciplinary research combining physics and linguistics.
Carolyn was awarded a Deborah Jin Research Fellowship by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) in 2022.
Other Outputs: Composite particles as probes of the quantum-and-gravity interface
Wood, Carolyn (2023). Composite particles as probes of the quantum-and-gravity interface. PhD Thesis, School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/018fe71
Journal Article: Quantized mass-energy effects in an Unruh-DeWitt detector
Wood, Carolyn E. and Zych, Magdalena (2022). Quantized mass-energy effects in an Unruh-DeWitt detector. Physical Review D, 106 (2) 025012, 1-11. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.106.025012
Journal Article: Composite particles with minimum uncertainty in spacetime
Wood, Carolyn E. and Zych, Magdalena (2021). Composite particles with minimum uncertainty in spacetime. Physical Review Research, 3 (1) 013049. doi: 10.1103/physrevresearch.3.013049
Thermodynamic fluctuation relations for gravitating quantum systems
Doctor Philosophy
Quantized mass-energy effects in an Unruh-DeWitt detector
Wood, Carolyn E. and Zych, Magdalena (2022). Quantized mass-energy effects in an Unruh-DeWitt detector. Physical Review D, 106 (2) 025012, 1-11. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.106.025012
Composite particles with minimum uncertainty in spacetime
Wood, Carolyn E. and Zych, Magdalena (2021). Composite particles with minimum uncertainty in spacetime. Physical Review Research, 3 (1) 013049. doi: 10.1103/physrevresearch.3.013049
Quantized mass-energy effects in an Unruh-DeWitt detector
Wood, Carolyn E. and Zych, Magdalena (2022). Quantized mass-energy effects in an Unruh-DeWitt detector. Physical Review D, 106 (2) 025012, 1-11. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.106.025012
Composite particles with minimum uncertainty in spacetime
Wood, Carolyn E. and Zych, Magdalena (2021). Composite particles with minimum uncertainty in spacetime. Physical Review Research, 3 (1) 013049. doi: 10.1103/physrevresearch.3.013049
Composite particles as probes of the quantum-and-gravity interface
Wood, Carolyn (2023). Composite particles as probes of the quantum-and-gravity interface. PhD Thesis, School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/018fe71
Thermodynamic fluctuation relations for gravitating quantum systems
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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