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Dr Yaseera Ismail is currently a Senior lecturer and head of QuPhoton Lab within the Department of Physics at Stellenbosch University. Dr Ismail obtained her PhD in 2015 in Physics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She specialises in the development of quantum technologies, particularly in the field of quantum information science. She is an experimentalist developing quantum optical tools for the advancement of free-space, long-range secure quantum communication. She holds an NRF Y1 rating and has initiated collaborations with research groups in China, Russia, and India, which led to a successful Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Joint Multilateral Science and Technology Research Grant.