Nobel Prize-Winning Professor: John Martinis and Quantum Computing
October 7, 2025
John Martinis is a Greek-American physics professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to quantum computing. He has collaborated with Google to develop the first commercial quantum computer. His journey includes studying at Berkeley and working at top research institutions. In 2019, his team successfully created a quantum computer capable of solving calculations much faster than classical computers. Currently, he is working with SQC to build a commercial quantum computer.