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Eugene Polzik is professor of physics at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen and the leader of QUANTOP – Quantum Optics Center. His research interests are within quantum physics of matter and light, quantum communication, quantum sensing, and quantum information technologies. Among his notable results are demonstration of the quantum teleportation between material objects, a quantum memory for light, an optical detection of radio waves using a nanomechanical oscillator, a quantum optical interface with a cold atomic crystal, and measurements of motion and fields not restricted by the Heisenberg uncertainty.

Eugene Polzik has published more than 170 papers in refereed journals including a number of papers in Science and Nature journals. For the complete list of publications see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dXmbUEAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Eugene Polzik is a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the American Physical Society and Fellow of the Optical Society of America. He is a recipient of several awards. including the Herbert Walther Award of Optical Society of America and German Physical Society, the Gordon Moore Distinguished Scholar award, the Scientific American Research Leadership award, the European Research Council Advanced Grant award (twice) and the Danish Association of Academics award.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Eugene S. Polzik
phone: +45-2338-2045, e-mail: [email protected]
Homepage: http//quantop.nbi.ku.dk/
Homepage: https://cbqs.ku.dk/       
ORCID:  0000-0001-9859-6591

Academic positions

• Professor of Physics, The Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen University      2003 –
• Center Leader, Copenhagen Center for Biomedical Quantum Sensing 2024-
• Head of the Quantum Optics and Atomic Physics Division, Niels Bohr Institute  2012-2021
  
• Villum Investigator 2019-2025
• Founder and Scientific Leader, QUANTOP – Center for Quantum Optics 2001 – 
• Moore Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology  2010 – 2011
• Distinguished Invited Professor, Institute for Photonic Sciences, Barcelona 2003 -
• Guest Professor, Institute Henri Poincare, Paris  2006                    
• Professor of Physics, University of Aarhus  1994 – 2002
• Visiting Faculty, California Institute of Technology 1996-1997
• Associate Scientist, California Institute of Technology  1990 - 1995
• Assoc./Assist. Professor of Physics, Mining Institute, Leningrad 1980 - 1988

Education

• Ph.D. in Physics, Leningrad (St. Petersburg )University   1980
• M.Sc. in Physics, Diploma with Honors, Leningrad (St. Petersburg) University   1976

Research highlights

Quantum Physics

• entanglement enhanced tomography – Phys. Rev. Lett. 2023
• quantum oscillator at acoustic frequency – Nature Communications 2023
• entanglement of oscillator with negative mass frame–Nature Physics 2021 >120 citations
• Motion measured beyond the Heisenberg uncertainty – Nature 2017; >150 citations
• Squeezed state of an oscillator – Nature Phys. 2015; >100 citations
• nonclassical state in atomic optical lattice – Phys. Rev. Lett. 2014; >90 citations
• Opto-nanomechanical detector for radio waves – Nature 2014; >500 citations
• Quantum teleportation between distant atoms – Nature Phys. 2013; >200 citations
• Quantum interface between light and atoms – RMP 2011; >1500 citations
• Cooling of a semiconductor nano-oscillator with light – Nature Phys. 2011> 170 citations
• Entanglement generated by dissipation – PRL 2011; >600 citations
• Magnetism measured beyond the Heisenberg uncertainty – PRL 2010; >470 citations
• Atomic clocks with precision improved by entanglement – PNAS 2009; >490 citations
• Quantum teleportation between light and matter – Nature 2006: >870 citations
• Quantum memory for light – Nature 2004; >1080 citations
• Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen entangled state of matter – Nature 2001; >1500 citations
• Macroscopic non-classical atomic state created by light – PRL 1999; >700 citations
• Unconditional quantum teleportation  – Science 1998; >3800 citations

Bibliography

• More than 180 papers in refereed journals including 20 papers in Nature and Science journals. Citattions > 27000, H-index 68
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Selected Honors and Awards

• 2021 – recognized by Physics World for having laid the foundations for the Breakthrough of the year
• 2020 – Herbert Walther Award of German Physical Society and Optical Society of America
• 2019 – Villum Investigator Grant award
• 2018 – Knight of the Order of Dannebrog (Ridder af Dannebrog)
• 2018 – European Research Council Advanced Grant
• 2014 – Danish Academic Association (Magisterforening) Research Prize in Natural Sciences
• 2013 – selected as the Danish Research Result of the Year by Ingeniøren magazine
• 2011 – European Research Council Advanced Grant
• 2010 – Gordon Moore Distinguished Scholar Award
• 2010 – Listed among top ten newsmakers of the decade
  by American Physical Society
• 2007 – Fellow of the American Physical Society
• 2007 – Fellow of the Optical Society of America
• 2006 – Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
• 2007 – Scientific American Research Leadership Award
• 1998 – Danish Physical Society Prize.

Plenary and invited talks

More than 300 in total. Selected most recent talks:

• Nobel Symposium 2024
• Gordon Conferences 2025, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2015
• European Quantum Electronics Conference 2023
• European Quantum Technology Conference 2021
• German Physical Society 2022, 2020
• International Conference on Quantum Communication and Measurement 2018
• American Physical Society March Meeting 2017
• American Physical Society DAMOP meeting 2016

Conferences organized

• Co-organizer of “Frontiers in Quantum Science and Technology”, Copenhagen 2022
• Principal organizer of “Quantum Limits of Knowledge” conference, Copenhagen 2019
• Principal organizer of 100 Years of Bohr’s Atom. International Conference, Copenhagen 2013.
• Member of program committees for numerous conferences including ICSSUR 2015, QICP 2015, QCMC 2012, EQEC 2011 and many others.

Research Supervision

Supervised more than 40 PhD students, more than 30 postdoctoral researchers, and a number of Master research projects.

Selected recent international professional services

• Member, Advisory Board for Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information – Austrian Academy of Science 2022 - present
• Member, Advisory Board for Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Germany 2023 -present
• Member of the European High Level Steering Committee for the EU Flagship on Quantum Technologies 2015 - 2018
• Danish representative at the European Quantum Technology network 2014 - 2023
• Member, selection committee for Herbert Walther award 2023
• Member, Advisory Board for US Quantum Technology program 2022
• Member of the Evaluation Board for Spanish Centers of Excellence, Member of the Evaluation Committee for the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Member of the International Advisory Boards for Australian Center for Quantum Atom Optics

Recent major external grants:

• NovoNordisk Foundation “Center for Biomedical Quantum Sensing” –150 MDKK, 2024-2030
• NovoNordisk Foundation “Quantum for Life” – 14.9 MDKK, 2021 - 2027
• Villum Investigator grant, Villum Foundation – 33 MDKK, 2019 - 2025
• European Research Council Advanced Grant – 2.1 MEuros, 2018-2023
• John Templeton Foundation, USA – $0.8 M, 2017 – 2020
• EUREKA – Innovation Fund Denmark – 3.5 MDKK, 2017 - 2020
• Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, USA – $1.5 M, 2010-2017
• European Research Council Advanced Grant – 2.5 MEuros, 2012-2017
• Danmarks Grundforskningsfonden –QUANTOP Center of Excellence – 125 MDKK, 2001-2013

Selected media coverage of research:

• www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/news_releases/2020/eugene_s_polzik_named_recipient_of_the_2020_herber/
  Phys.org/news/2017-07-smart-atomic-cloud-heisenberg-problem.html
• Fysiker flytter kvantegrænser. magisterbladet.dk/magisterbladet/2014/112014/112014_p21
• Physics World 2014:

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2014/mar/05/tiny-membrane-converts-radio-waves-to-light

• Scientific America 2014:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/laser-tuner-boosts-radio-reception-13-08-21/

• Physics World 2013: 

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/jun/11/quantum-teleportation-done-between-distant-large-objects

• Physics World 2013:

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/jun/11/quantum-teleportation-done-between-distant-large-objects

• Scientific American 2010: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=atomic-clocks-use-quantum-time
• CNN 2006 – front page report on teleportation between light and atoms
• Scientific American and Discover Magazine - top science stories of the year 2006

Personal Information  Married to T. Elizabeth Polzik, with children. Danish and US citizen.