Dr. Jason Petta is the 2006 recipient of the Lee Osheroff Richardson North American Science Prize. He is recognised for a record of sustained achievement covering his postgraduate and postdoctoral research, at Cornell and Harvard Universities respectively, in which he has worked at the forefront of quantum device research employing experimental low temperature techniques. In particular, he is recognised for taking the control of quantum bits to a new level, indicating a clear path forward toward viable quantum information processing in the solid state. This has been achieved by the electrical control of single electrons in quantum dot devices to prepare, manipulate, measure and error correct quantum states on the device. Dr Petta was presented with the prize at the Oxford Instruments Socialise with Science event at the APS 2006 March show in Baltimore by Prof Bruce Gaulin.