Residence Germany Name Martin Plenio Nationality German Fields Physics | Institutions Ulm University Institution University of Ulm | |
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Known for Quantum information theory
Quantum technology
Quantum biology Notable awards Maxwell Medal and Prize 2004, Clifford Paterson Lecture 2008, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Humboldt Professor 2008, Max Born Prize 2012, ERC Synergy Grant 2012 Alma mater Imperial College London, University of Gottingen | ||
Doctoral advisor Gerhard C Hegerfeldt | ||
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Martin Bodo Plenio, born May 20, 1968, is a German physicist, Alexander von Humboldt Professor, and Director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Ulm University.
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He is notable for his work on entanglement theory, quantum technology and quantum biology.
Education
He obtained his Diploma 1992 and Doctorate 1994 in physics from the University of Göttingen.
Career
In 1995 - 1997, he was a Feodor Lynen Fellow at Imperial College London. He was Lecturer (1998 - 2001), Senior Lecturer (2001 - 2003) and Full Professor (2003 - 2009) at Imperial College London. In 2009 he was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and moved to Ulm University where he is Director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics and leads the Controlled Quantum Dynamics group. He is also holding a part-time position at Imperial College London.
In 2014 he was awarded €27Million for a research building to establish the Center for Quantum Biosciences of which he will be the founding director