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Paola Cappellaro
Ford Professor of Engineering
Professor of Physics
Professor of Physics
Specialist in spin-based quantum information processing and precision measurements in the solid state.
Soonwon Choi
Victor F. Weisskopf Assistant Professor of Physics
Research interests are focused on the intersection of quantum information science and out-of-equilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body systems.
Isaac Chuang
Julius A. Stratton Professor in Electrical Engineering and Physics
A pioneer in the field of quantum information science.
Edward Farhi
Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Physics, Emeritus (1982-2018)
Present interest is the theory of quantum computation.
Jeffrey Goldstone
Professor of Physics, Emeritus
Famous for the discovery of the Nambu–Goldstone boson. He is currently working on quantum computation.
William Oliver
Professor of Physics
Henry Ellis Warren (1894) Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Henry Ellis Warren (1894) Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Is a recognized leader in the quantum engineering of extensible superconducting quantum circuits.
