Franco Nori

Member of International Scientific Advisory Board

Professor Franco Nori’s research is in theoretical condensed matter physics and quantum information processing. He has also done research in computational physics, transport phenomena (e.g., of vortices or electrons), energy conversion and solar energy, as well as the dynamics of complex systems. His research work is interdisciplinary and also explores the interface between atomic physics, quantum optics, nano-science, and computing. His research group is also studying artificial photosynthesis, light-to-electricity conversion, nano-mechanics, hybrid quantum electro-mechanical systems, quantum nano-electronics and quantum emulators. Particular emphasis is being placed on superconducting Josephson-junction qubits, scalable quantum circuitry and improved designs for their quantum control. An underlying theme of his work is to better understand nano-scale quantum systems and devise methods to control them.  His research group uses physical models to make predictions that can be tested experimentally and that can be used to better understand the observed phenomena.

Nori is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, the UK’s Institute of Physics, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2014, he received the Matsuo Foundation Award; and, in 2013, the Prize for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.