MichaelnielsenisaPostdoctoralresearchfellowattheuniversityofQueensland.hewasborninBrisbane,Austalia,andreceivedhiseducationattheUniversityofQueensland,obtainingpostgraducatedegreesinmathematicsandphysicsbeforereceivinghisPh.D.inPhysicsasaFulbrightScholarattheUniversityofnewmexico.hehasheldaVistiongpositionatthelosAlamosnationalLaboratory,andwastheTolmanpostdoctoralFellowattheCaliforniaInstituteoftechnology.