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John M. Martinis
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John M. Martinis is an American physicist specializing in quantum computing. Born in Los Angeles in 1958, he is a male citizen of the United States who speaks English. He received his education at the University of California, Berkeley, and his doctoral advisor was John Clarke.
Martinis has been employed by the University of California, Santa Barbara, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission. His professional recognition includes the Fritz London Award, Nature's 10, and the Nobel Prize in Physics. He is included in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Physics collection.
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Key facts
- Born
- John Matthew Martinis , 1958 (age 67 – 68), United States
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley ( BS , PhD )
- Awards
- Fritz London Memorial Prize (2014) John Stewart Bell Prize (2021) Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
- Fields
- Physics
- Thesis
- Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling and Energy-Level Quantization in the Zero Voltage State of the Current-Biased Josephson Junction (1985)
- Doctoral advisor
- John Clarke
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physics2025
“for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit”
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Official website
John Martinis | Department of Physics | UC Santa Barbara
Explores the physics of superconducting devices, focusing on achieving very low noise and high sensitivity performance. His primary interest at present is to build a quantum computer based on Josephson junction quantum bits.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthew
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- University of California, Berkeley
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Fritz London Award
- Doctoral advisor
- John Clarke
- Field of work
- quantum computing
- Official website
- www.physics.ucsb.edu/people/john-martinis
- Image
- John M. Martinis, American physicst and 2025 Nobel laurate in physics.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
John Matthew Martinis (born 1958) is an American physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He led a team to develop a superconducting quantum computer at the Quantum AI Lab. With the Sycamore processor, the team claimed the first evidence of quantum supremacy in 2019. He shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Clarke and Michel Devoret for joint work on macroscopic quantum phenomena in superconductors.
Early life and education
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