Robert Schoelkopf Top-Executive
Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of Quantum Circuits. Sterling Professor of Applied Physics and Physics at Yale University and Founding Director of the Yale Quantum Institute. One of the founders of the circuit quantum electrodynamics field with many firsts in solid-state quantum computing, including the transmon qubit and quantum algorithms with quantum error correction in integrated circuits. Focused on development of superconducting devices for quantum information processing, leading to the world’s first useful quantum computers.
Headquarters:
New York, New York, United States
Headline:
Chief Scientist & Co-Founder at Quantum Circuits, Inc. |
Sterling Professor of Applied Physics and Physics at Yale University |
Founding Director of the Yale Quantum Institute
Followers:
1311
Connections:
334
Company:
Quantum Circuits
Company Website:
http://www.dwavequantum.com/, https://news.yale.edu/
Experience:
Title: Chief Scientist
Company: Quantum Circuits, Inc.
Location: New Haven
Start: 2015
End: Present
Title: Chief Architect
Company: Quantum Circuits, Inc.
Location:
Start: 2015
End: Present
Title: CEO and President
Company: Quantum Circuits, Inc.
Location: New Haven, CT
Start: 2015
End: 2018
Title: Director of the Yale Quantum Institute
Company: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Start: 2014
End: Present
Title: Sterling Professor of Applied Physics and Physics
Company: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Start: 2013
End: Present
Title: William A. Norton Professor of Applied Physics and Physics
Company: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Start: 2013
End: Present
Title: Professor of Applied Physics and Physics
Company: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Start: 2003
End: 2013
Title: Assistant Professor
Company: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Start: 1998
End: 2003
Title: Lecturer and Associate Research Scientist
Company: Yale University
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Start: 1995
End: 1998
Title: Electrical/Cryogenic Engineer, Laboratory for High-Energy Astrophysics
Company: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Location: Greenbelt, Maryland, United States
Start: 1986
End: 1988
Education:
School: Caltech
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Field: Physics
Period: 1988 - 1994
School: Princeton University
Degree: A.B.
Field: Physics
Period: 1982 - 1986
Awards:
Comstock Prize in Physics of the national Academy of Science | Academy of Science | Jan 2024
Connecticut Medal of Science | The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering | Jan 2017
Fritz London Memorial Prize | Jan 2014 |
Max Planck Forschungspreis | Jan 2014 |
John Stewart Bell Prize | Jan 2013 |
Yale Science and Engineering Association (YSEA) Award for Advancement of Basic and Applied Science | Yale Science and Engineering Association (YSEA) | Jan 2010
APS Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science | Jan 2009 |
Country:
United States