Leo Kouwenhoven | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | TU Delft |
Awards | Spinoza Prize |
Website |
qutech |
Leo Kouwenhoven (born physicist known for his research on quantum computing.
10 December 1963) is a DutchKouwenhoven grew up in Pijnacker, a village near Delft, where his parents ran a farm. After losing the admission lottery for veterinary medicine he decided to study physics at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). [1]
In 1992 he received his PhD cum laude at TU Delft; his promoter was Hans Mooij . In 1999 he became a professor at TU Delft. [1] In 2007 he received the Spinoza Prize, the highest Dutch academic award. In April 2012 his TU Delft research group presented experimental results that provided potential "signatures" of Majorana fermion quasiparticles. [2] [3] [4] These Majorana quasiparticles would be very stable, and therefore suitable for building a quantum computer. [5]
In 2018 his research group claimed to have proved the definitive existence of Majorana particles in a Nature publication. [6] However, the results could not be reproduced by other scientists, and the article had to be retracted in 2021 due to "insufficient scientific rigour". [7] [8] [9] [10] The researchers had excluded data points that contradicted their claims, with the complete data not supporting their conclusions. [11]
Kouwenhoven has six sisters and is married to Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam professor Marleen Huysman. [1]
Leo Kouwenhoven | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Dutch |
Alma mater | TU Delft |
Awards | Spinoza Prize |
Website |
qutech |
Leo Kouwenhoven (born physicist known for his research on quantum computing.
10 December 1963) is a DutchKouwenhoven grew up in Pijnacker, a village near Delft, where his parents ran a farm. After losing the admission lottery for veterinary medicine he decided to study physics at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). [1]
In 1992 he received his PhD cum laude at TU Delft; his promoter was Hans Mooij . In 1999 he became a professor at TU Delft. [1] In 2007 he received the Spinoza Prize, the highest Dutch academic award. In April 2012 his TU Delft research group presented experimental results that provided potential "signatures" of Majorana fermion quasiparticles. [2] [3] [4] These Majorana quasiparticles would be very stable, and therefore suitable for building a quantum computer. [5]
In 2018 his research group claimed to have proved the definitive existence of Majorana particles in a Nature publication. [6] However, the results could not be reproduced by other scientists, and the article had to be retracted in 2021 due to "insufficient scientific rigour". [7] [8] [9] [10] The researchers had excluded data points that contradicted their claims, with the complete data not supporting their conclusions. [11]
Kouwenhoven has six sisters and is married to Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam professor Marleen Huysman. [1]