Guido Burkard
Guido Burkard | |
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| Born | |
| Education | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology University of Basel |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | RWTH Aachen University University of Basel University of Konstanz |
| Doctoral advisor | Daniel Loss |
Guido Burkard is a Swiss physicist specializing in condensed-matter theory and quantum information. He is a full professor at the University of Konstanz, Germany, a position he has held since 2008.[1]
Education
Burkard academic background includes a degree in physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich and a Ph.D. from the University of Basel in 2001.
Career and research work
Burkard was a faculty member at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and served as an SNF assistant professor at the University of Basel. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York.
His research focuses on the theory of solid-state qubits and hybrid quantum systems, contributing to advancements in quantum information science.[2] Burkard proposed methods to perform quantum gate operations on spin qubits and couple spin qubits to photons.[3]
In 2024, the American Physical Society elected him as one of its Fellows.[4]
Burkard has contributed to academic publishing as a member of the editorial board for Materials for Quantum Technology and previously served on the editorial board for Scientific Reports. He was also a Coordinating Founding Editor for Quantum.[5] He is currently a Member of the editorial board of PRX Quantum.[6]
References
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Guido Burkard". Universität Konstanz.
- ^ "'Electron-spin' trick boosts quantum computing". New Scientist.
- ^ Graf, Dr Jürgen. "The road to quantum computing is paved in qubits". phys.org.
- ^ "Division of Quantum Information Fellowship". APS.
- ^ "Steering Board". Quantum.
- ^ "Editors of PRX Quantum". PRX Quantum. 24 January 2024.