John M. Martinis

John M. Martinis
Born
John Matthew Martinis

1958 (age 67–68)
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BS, PhD)
Awards
Scientific career
ThesisMacroscopic quantum tunneling and energy-level quantization in the zero voltage state of the current-biased Josephson junction (1985)
Doctoral advisorJohn Clarke

John Matthew Martinis (born 1958) is an American physicist. He is a Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1]

Martinis, John Clarke, and Michel Devoret were given the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2025 for their work of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "John Martinis | Department of Physics | UC Santa Barbara". www.physics.ucsb.edu. Archived from the original on 2025-10-07. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
  2. ↑ "John M. Martinis". nobelprize.org. 7 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.