Martin Bodo Plenio (born 20 May 1968) is a German

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

Alexander von Humboldt Professor The Alexander von Humboldt Professorship is an academic prize named after Alexander von Humboldt and awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation since 2008. The prize is intended to attract internationally leading scientists from abroad to Ger ...

, and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at

Ulm University Ulm University () is a public university in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University was founded in 1967 and focuses on Natural science, natural sciences, medicine, engineering sciences, mathematics, economics and computer science. Wi ...

. He is notable for his work on entanglement theory, quantum technology, hyperpolarisation methods and

quantum biology Quantum biology is the study of applications of quantum mechanics and theoretical chemistry to aspects of biology that cannot be accurately described by the classical laws of physics. An understanding of fundamental quantum interactions is importan ...

Education

He obtained his Diploma 1992 and Doctorate 1994 in

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

from the

University of Göttingen The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen (, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta), is a Public university, public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1734 ...

Career

In 1995 – 1997, he was a Feodor Lynen Fellow at

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in the group of Prof. Sir. Peter Knight FRS. He was Lecturer (1998–2001), Senior Lecturer (2001–2003) and Full Professor (2003–2009) at

. In 2009 he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship of the

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and moved to

where he is Director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics and leads the Controlled Quantum Dynamics group. He held a part-time position at

. He was awarded successive European Research Council Synergy in 2012 and in 2019. In 2016 he co-founded NVision Imaging Technologies a technology company in the quantum technologies domain. In 2021 he co-founded QC Design a technology company that is active in the field of quantum information processing technologies. In 2014 he was awarded €27Million for a research building to establish the Center for Quantum Biosciences of which he is the founding director. Forschungsbau an der Universität Ulm The center promotes research at the interface between quantum science and technology and the life sciences.

External links

Faculty profile

References

1968 births Living people People from Ulm 21st-century German physicists German quantum physicists {{Germany-physicist-stub