Aleksey Yuryevich Kitaev (born August 26, 1963 ) is a Soviet , Russian, and American physicist . Professor of the California Institute of Technology , member of the International Advisory Council of the Russian Quantum Center . Specialist in the field of quantum physics . Candidate of physical and mathematical sciences.
| Alexey Yuryevich Kitaev | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | |
| A country |  USSR →  Russia →  USA |
| Scientific field | the quantum physics |
| Place of work | California Institute of Technology |
| Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| Academic degree | Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences ( 1989 ) |
| Awards and prizes | Fundamental Physics Award , Dirac Medal |
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Biography
In 1986 he graduated from the Department of General and Applied Physics of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology . In 1989, after completing graduate school, he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of physical and mathematical sciences on the topic "Electronic Properties of Quasicrystals" [1] . In 1989-1998 he worked as a senior researcher at the Institute of Theoretical Physics. L. D. Landau RAS [2] . In 1999-2001, he worked as a researcher at Microsoft Research . Since 2002 - Professor at the California Institute of Technology [3] .
Scientific Achievements
While working at the Institute of Theoretical Physics. L.D. Landau RAS proposed and developed a number of ideas for quantum computing : an and the concept of a in 1997. For these studies, he received a McArthur Scholarship (2008) [4] . He also proposed the QMA complexity class and showed that some local Hamiltonian problems are QMA-complete. In 2012, he received the Prize in fundamental physics .
Rewards
The awards include:
- McArthur Scholarship (2008).
- Fundamental Physics Award (2012)
- Dirac Medal (2015)
- Oliver Buckley Prize (2017).
Books
Notes
- ↑ Theses prepared or defended at the ITF L. D. Landau . Date of treatment January 7, 2013. Archived January 27, 2013.
- ↑ Alexei Yuryevich Kitaev . Date of treatment January 7, 2013. Archived January 27, 2013.
- ↑ Computing + Mathematical Sciences . Date of treatment January 7, 2013. Archived January 27, 2013.
- ↑ Alexei Kitaev - MacArthur Foundation . Date of treatment January 7, 2013. Archived January 27, 2013.