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 a Team
Leader of the “Quantum Information Theory Research Team”, in the RIKEN Quantum
Computing Center.
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, computational
physics, and condensed matter physics.
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 136 publications in Physical Review Letters,
over 72 in Science and Nature journals, and also numerous ones in other top
journals. According to the Web of Science: >62K citations and h-index > 115
(Google Scholar: > 90K citations and h-index >134).
He has been listed by the Web of Science as a "Highly Cited Researcher” in
Physics (covering all areas of Physics) for the past seven consecutive years:
from 2017 to 2023 (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 Academia Europaea, 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.