Franco Nori - Curriculum Vitae#
Publication list (with PDF files)
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Short bio
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Education
- 1987 Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois
- 1983 M.S., Physics, University of Illinois
- 1982 Licenciado, Physics, Cum Laude, University Simon Bolivar
Professional Positions
- 2013 - present Chief Scientist, Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, RIKEN, Japan
- Also (during 2013 - 2017) concurrent positions as: Group Director at CEMS, and Team Leader at iTHES. RIKEN
- 2002 - 2012 Team Leader, Frontier Research System and, later, Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN
- 1990 - present Assistant Prof., Assoc. Prof., Full Prof. and Research Scientist, Dept. of Physics, University of Michigan, USA
- 1987 - 1989 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 1982 - 1987 Conicit Fellow; Physics Dept., Univ. of Illinois
Selected Distinctions:
- 2023 Willis E. Lamb Medal, for research on quantum electronics, quantum optics, and quantum information
- 2017 - 2022 Listed as a “Highly Cited Researcher”, for six consecutive years, Web of Science. Less than 0.1% of researchers in physics are listed
- 2017 Elected Member of the Latin American Academy of Sciences
- 2016 Elected Foreign Member of the Swedish Royal Society of Arts and Sciences, in Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2014 Elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)
- 2014 Prize for Research in Physics, Matsuo Foundation, Japan. For research on: “Atomic physics and quantum optics using superconducting quantum circuits”
- 2013 Prize for Science: the Commendation for Science and Technology, by the Japanese government
- 2011 Physics World Magazine Top-5 Breakthrough of the year
- 2007 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA
- 2003 Elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK
- 2002 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
- 1998 "Excellence in Research Award" from the University of Michigan
- 1997 "Excellence in Education Award" from the University of Michigan