Career
In 2006, he was recognized for outstanding contributions to theoretical research on quantum coherence. B.-G. Englert"s principal research interests concern applications in quantum information science, but he is also known for his early work on quantum optics together with Marlan Scully at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University. Englert was American Physical Society Outstanding Referee in 2008, and is the Scientific Secretary of the Julian Schwinger Foundation.
Englert obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Physics from the University of Tübingen in 1981.
He did post-doctoral research at the Technical University Munich and obtained his Doctor of Natural Sciences habilitatus in 1990.