Adrian P. Flitney

Adrian Paul Flitney born 25 January, 1961, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, is an physicist notable for his work on quantum game theory and decoherence.

Education
Flitney completed a Bachelor of Science in theoretical physics at the University of Tasmania in 1983. In 2005, he completed his PhD with a thesis entitled Aspects of Quantum Game Theory, under Derek Abbott.

Career
He worked in the field of ionospheric physics and high frequency radio communication, for the Department of Science in Sydney in 1984-5 and for Andrew Antennas Corporation, Adelaide in 1988. During 1987-92 Flitney was a researcher in quantum field theory at the Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, under Rodney Crewther who was student of the Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann. In 2003, Flitney was a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford, under Neil F. Johnson. In 2005, he was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) postdoctoral fellowship to study quantum games and decoherence at the School of Physics, University of Melbourne.

Chess
He won the Tasmanian Chess Championship title three years in a row, from 1981-83.
 
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