Marco
Polini
I work on what electrons do when they act together, and on turning that physics into quantum hardware.
- Professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, University of Pisa
- Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Planckian
I am a theoretical physicist. For more than twenty years I have studied electrons in solids not one at a time, but as a collective: a liquid that can flow, swirl and oscillate in ways no single particle can. Some of that work, done with experimental colleagues in Manchester and Barcelona, showed that electrons in graphene can flow like honey, with whirlpools and all.
Today I split my time between the University of Pisa, where I hold the chair of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, and Planckian, the company I co-founded to build superconducting quantum processors that scale by design.
Planckian
Quantum processors that scale by design.
Planckian is a quantum computing company based in Pisa that I co-founded with Vittorio Giovannetti and Michele Dallari. It builds superconducting quantum processing units designed to scale: control is global, so adding qubits does not mean adding a forest of cables.
Recognition
“For contributions to the theory of interacting electrons in solids, including the theory of electron hydrodynamics in graphene.”
Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate Web of Science, four years running.
Students
I welcome motivated students and postdocs with a strong background in quantum mechanics and many-body theory. Write to me with a short CV and a few lines on what you would like to work on.