Prof John Gough
BSc, MSc, PhD (NUI, Dublin)

Personal Chair

Head of Department (Physics)

Contact Details

Email: jug@aber.ac.uk
ORCID: 0000-0002-1374-328X
Office:4.16 Physical Sciences Building
Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622755
Personal Website: http://users.aber.ac.uk/jug
Research Portal Profile (https://research.aber.ac.uk/en/persons/7079cc03-1bb8-4557-a480-bb2fb5a82f2f)

John Gough is Professor of Theoretical & Mathematical Physics at Aberystwyth where he leads research in quantum open systems with special emphasis on quantum control.

Professor John Gough is a Personal Chair in the Department of Physics at Aberystwyth University and an internationally recognised researcher in theoretical and mathematical physics, with particular expertise in quantum control, open quantum systems, quantum feedback networks, quantum filtering, and quantum information technologies. He leads research on the modelling and control of complex quantum systems, developing mathematical frameworks that are important for emerging quantum technologies such as quantum computing, quantum sensing, and quantum communication. His work has attracted external funding and has resulted in a substantial body of peer‑reviewed research, with more than one hundred research outputs. [research.aber.ac.uk]

Tutor

Lecturer

Grader

AB1 Project (40 Credits) (PH37540)

External Funding

London Mathematical Society, Scheme 6 grant, 2005
Principal investigator for EPSRC GR/R78404/01 "Analysis & Control of Quantum Systems - Measurement, Filtering & Decoherence"

Quantum Structures, Information and Control
Materials Research Group
Materials Physics

Is Born-Jordan Really the Universal Path Integral Quantization Rule? / Gough, J. E.
In: Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 33, No. 1, 27.03.2026, p. 65-78.