Charles M. Marcus

Charles M. Marcus

Villum Kann Rasmussen Professor

  • Universitetsparken 5, bygn. D

    2100 København Ø

  • Source: Scopus
1998 …2024

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Charles Marcus is Professor at UCPH.

 

 

Primary fields of research

Research areas include condensed matter physics, quantum coherent electronics and qubit implementations, topological states of matter, and quantum computing.

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Current Research Interests

Experimental condensed matter physics
Physical realizations of quantum information systems in semiconductors and superconductors
Topological materials, Majorana modes, and quantum information
Superconductor-semiconductor hybrid devices
Spin qubits and electron-nuclear interaction in qubits
Novel approaches to magnetic resonance imaging

 

Education

  • IBM Postdoctoral Fellow,  Harvard University, 1990-1992

  • Ph.D. in Physics, 1990, Harvard University, Dissertation title: "Dynamics of Analog Neural Networks"
  • B.S. in Physics with Honors and Departmental Distinction, 1984, Stanford University

Employment

  • 2012-present Villum Kann Rasmussen Professor, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
  • 2016-2021 Lab Director and Partner Research Manager, Microsoft Quantum
  • 2009–2010 Visiting Professor, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
  • 2000–2012 Professor, Department of Physics, Harvard University
  • 1999–2000 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Stanford University
  • 1992–1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Stanford University

Professional Activities

  • Board, Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology, 2018- 
  • Advisory Board, Helen Diller Quantum Center, Technion, Israel 2021-
  • Director, Center for Quantum Devices (DNRF Center of Excellence), 2012-2019
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  • Scientific Advisory Board, KTH Center for Quantum Materials, Stockholm, Sweden
  • External Advisory Board, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, NY USA
  • Scientific Director, Harvard Center for Nanoscale Systems, 2004-2009
  • Site Director, National Nanofabrication Infrastructure Network, 2004-2009
  • Scientific Advisory Board, QSIT, Swiss Federal Science Foundation Research Center
  • Scientific Advisory Board, Freiburg Institute of Physics, Freiburg, Germany
  • Organizer, Simons Research Conferences, 2012, 2014
  • External Advisory Board, Georgia Tech MRSEC
  • Executive Advisory Board, QIST Grand Challenge, Sandia National Laboratories
  • External Board, Physics Frontier Center, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland 2008-2011
  • Director, School on Nano-Electronics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 2006
  • Organizer, Aspen School on Interactions, Coherence & Control in Mesoscopic Systems, 2006
  • Advisory Board, Theory Institute, Argonne National Laboratory
  • EU Quantum Information Processing IRC International Advisory Group
  • Advisory Board, Massachusetts Nanotechnology Initiative
  • Series Editor, Mesoscopic Physics, Oxford University Press
  • Advisory Board, Wonderfest, A Festival of Science
  • Director, Workshop on Quantum Systems Out of Equilibrium, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 2004
  • Director, Workshop on Mesoscopic Physics and Electron Interactions, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 2001
  • Director, Extended Workshop on Mesoscopic Physics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 1998
  • Organizer, National Academy of Sciences "Frontiers of Science", 1995

Awards and Honors

  • H.C. Ørsted Gold Medal in Physics, 
    The Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science, 2020
  • Industry Prize, Danish Academy of Natural Sciences, 2019
  • Misel Family Lecturer, University of Minnesota, 2019
  • Einstein Colloquium, Weizmann Institute of Science, 2019
  • Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2018
  • Meservey Lecturer, MIT, 2018
  • Chapman Lecturer, Rice University, 2018
  • Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology, University of Pennsylvania, 2014 
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2013
  • Foreign member, Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters, 2012
  • Aalto Lectureship, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 2010
  • Poynting Lectureship, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, 2010
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2009
  • AAAS Newcomb-Cleveland Prize, 2006
  • Ehrenfest Lecturer, Leiden University, 1997
  • N.S.F. Presidential Faculty Fellow/PECASE 1997
  • A.S.S.U. Teaching Award, Stanford University, 1996
  • A.R.O. Young Investigator Award, 1995
  • A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, 1994
  • N.S.F. Young Investigator Award, 1994
  • O.N.R. Young Investigator Award, 1994
  • Terman Fellowship, Stanford University 1994
  • IBM Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1990
  • AT&T Bell Laboratories Ph.D. Scholarship, 1985
  • National finalist, Apker Award for Undergraduate Research in Physics, 1984
  • Rebecca L. Carrington Memorial Award, Physics Department, Stanford University, 1984
  • Member of Phi Beta Kappa, elected 1984
  • Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Scholarship, 1981

 

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • Center for Quantum Devices

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