S. M. Girvin
Also known as Steven M. Girvin, Steven Girvin
Steven Girvin is a Yale physicist who co-developed circuit QED, an architecture for quantum computing built on superconducting circuits. He studied physics at Bates College and Princeton, then worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and at Indiana University before joining Yale in 2001. His work on the fractional quantum Hall effect earned him a share of the 2007 Buckley Condensed Matter Prize of the American Physical Society. From 2007 to 2017 he served as Deputy Provost for Research at Yale. He is Sterling Professor of Physics, the highest academic honor bestowed upon a Yale faculty member, a post he took up in 2024.
Timeline
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1950–1977
Bates College and Princeton
He is born in 1950. He finishes a physics degree at Bates College and earns a theoretical physics PhD at Princeton in 1977.
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1979–1987
NIST and Indiana University
From 1979 to 1987 he works as a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In 1987 he joins the faculty of Indiana University.
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2001–2005
Joining the Yale faculty
In 2001 he joins the Yale faculty. At Yale he is initially appointed Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics in 2005.
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2004
A cavity QED architecture
In 2004 he co-authors a paper on cavity quantum electrodynamics for superconducting circuits. The architecture it describes is attractive for quantum computing and control.
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2007
The Oliver E. Buckley Prize
In 2007 the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize of the American Physical Society goes to him, Allan H. MacDonald, and James P. Eisenstein. The award is for their work on the fractional quantum Hall effect.
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2007–2017
Deputy provost for research
From 2007 to 2017 he serves as Deputy Provost for Research at Yale.
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2017
An honorary degree from Chalmers
Chalmers University of Technology gives him an honorary degree in 2017 for his work co-developing circuit QED.
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Since 2024
Sterling Professor of Physics
He becomes Sterling Professor of Physics in 2024, the highest academic honor bestowed upon a Yale faculty member. In March 2026 Yale News calls him Sterling Professor of Physics.
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- Steven Girvin - Wikipedia
- Steven Girvin | Department of Physics
- Steven Girvin, Ph.D.
- [cond-mat/0402216] Cavity quantum electrodynamics for superconducting electrical circuits: an architecture for quantum computation
- APS announces 2007 award winners - Physics Today
- More news of Yale people | Milestones | Yale Alumni Magazine
- Crystal sets, kindly mentors, and a loving family: A physicist says thanks | Yale News