Biography

Dr. Nori received a PhD in Physics from the University of Illinois, and then did postdoctoral research work at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, now KITP, at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Afterwards, he became Assistant, Associate, full Professor and Research Scientist at the Physics Department of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

He is a RIKEN Chief Scientist, leading the “Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory” at RIKEN (the Japanese National Laboratory). He is also part of the new RIKEN Quantum Computing Center, directing the “Quantum Information Theory Research Team”.

His research group has done pioneering interdisciplinary studies at the interface between nanoscience, dissipative quantum open systems, quantum information processing, superconducting quantum circuitry for quantum computing, photonics, quantum optics, atomic physics, nano-mechanics, mesoscopics, computational physics, and condensed matter physics.

During the past decade, his research group has produced numerous highly cited papers (i.e., top 1% most cited publications among all papers in all areas of Physics) according to the Web of Science. Also, more than 130 publications in Physical Review Letters, ~70 in Science and Nature journals, and also numerous ones in other top journals. According to the Web of Science: >57K citations and h-index > 110 (Google Scholar: > 80K citations and h-index >128).

He has been listed as a Clarivate "Highly Cited Researcher” for the past six consecutive years: from 2017 to 2022 (Less than 0.1% of physicists are selected).

He is an Elected Fellow of the: American Physics Society (APS), Institute of Physics (IoP), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and Optical Society of America (OSA) [this last one “for fundamental contributions to quantum information science and optics, including circuit quantum electrodynamics, and the interface between quantum optics and quantum circuits”]. He received the 2014 Prize for Research in Physics, from the Matsuo Foundation, Japan; and the 2013 Prize for Science, by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. Also, an "Excellence in Research Award" and an "Excellence in Education Award" from the University of Michigan. He is an Elected Member of the Latin American Academy of Sciences, and a Foreign Member of the Swedish Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, in Gothenburg, Sweden. He won the 2023 W.E. Lamb Medal, for research on Quantum Optics, Quantum Electronics and Quantum Information. This Award is sponsored by the Physics of Quantum Electronics (PQE) conference, which has been meeting for more than 50 years.