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
Profile
John Gough is Professor of Mathematic for IMAPS at Aberystwyth where he leads research in quantum open systems with special emphasis on quantum control.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- PH16210 - Algebra and Differential Equations
- PH23010 - Principles of Quantum Mechanics
- PH33310 - Engineering Control Theory
- FG16210 - Algebra a Hafaliadau Differol
- PH14310 - Modern Physics
- PHM3010 - Advanced Quantum Physics
- PHS0160 - Year In Industry
- PHS0260 - Year In Industry
- PH33020 - Particles, Quanta and Fields
Lecturer
- PHM3010 - Advanced Quantum Physics
- PH33020 - Particles, Quanta and Fields
- PH33310 - Engineering Control Theory
- PH23010 - Principles of Quantum Mechanics
- FG16210 - Algebra a Hafaliadau Differol
- PH14310 - Modern Physics
- PH16210 - Algebra and Differential Equations
Coordinator
- FG16210 - Algebra a Hafaliadau Differol
- PH33020 - Particles, Quanta and Fields
- PH14310 - Modern Physics
- PH23010 - Principles of Quantum Mechanics
- PH33310 - Engineering Control Theory
- PHM3010 - Advanced Quantum Physics
- PH16210 - Algebra and Differential Equations
- PHS0160 - Year In Industry
- PHS0260 - Year In Industry
Tutor
- PH16210 - Algebra and Differential Equations
- PH23010 - Principles of Quantum Mechanics
- PH33020 - Particles, Quanta and Fields
- PH33310 - Engineering Control Theory
- PH14310 - Modern Physics
- FG16210 - Algebra a Hafaliadau Differol
- PHM3010 - Advanced Quantum Physics
- PH21510 - Thermodynamics
Grader
Research
External Funding
- London Mathematical Society, Scheme 6 grant, 2005
- Principal investigator for EPSRC GR/R78404/01 "Analysis & Control of Quantum Systems - Measurement, Filtering & Decoherence"
Research Groups
- Materials Physics
- Materials Research Group
- Quantum Structures, Information and Control
Publications
Gough, J 2025, 'A Note on the Relativistic Transformation Properties of Quantum Stochastic Calculus', Entropy, vol. 27, no. 5, 529. 10.3390/e27050529
Ding, H, Amini, NH, Zhang, G & Gough, JE 2025, 'Quantum Coherent and Measurement Feedback Control Based on Atoms Coupled with a Semi-infinite Waveguide', SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 231-257. 10.1137/23m1590482
Gough, JE, Amini, NH & Ding, H 2025, 'Reproducing kernel Hilbert space approach to non-Markovian quantum stochastic models', Journal of Mathematical Physics, vol. 66, no. 4, 042102. 10.1063/5.0235413, 10.1063/5.0235413
Gough, J 2024, 'Quantum Time Travel Revisited: Noncommutative Möbius Transformations and Time Loops', Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics, vol. 32, no. 2.
Gough, JE 2022, 'Before thy throne i slip in gently, hoping nobody will notice: A memorial to Robin Hudson (1940-2021)', Infinite Dimensional Analysis, Quantum Probability and Related Topics, vol. 25, no. 4, 2240004. 10.1142/S0219025722400045
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