Peter Zoller

Biography

He studied physics at the University of Innsbruck, where he currently works. He had internships at Harvard and MIT. He is the founder of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information in Innsbruck. He is a winner of the Wolf Prize in Physics (2013), the Planck Medal, and other awards. He is a member of many academies.

Key discoveries

• Cirac–Zoller gate: proposed a mechanism for entangling ion qubits using laser pulses, key to quantum processors (1995).
• Quantum simulation: developed concepts for simulating many-body quantum systems using ultracold atoms and ions.
• Quantum networks: contributed to the theory of quantum repeaters and distributed quantum computing.