Irfan Siddiqi
| Irfan Siddiqi | |
|---|---|
| Fields | Experimental Solid-state physics, Condensed Matter Physics |
| Institutions | University of California Berkeley |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Yale University |
| Notable students | Daniel Huber Slichter |
| Known for | Josephson quantum electron pump, Circuit quantum electrodynamics |
| Notable awards | APS George E. Valley Jr. Prize (2006) Yale Harding Bliss prize, Lowell House Perkins Prize Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal Columbia Engineering Alumni Association Award |
Irfan Siddiqi is a Pakistani-American physicist and currently a Professor of Physics at the Quantum Nanoscience Laboratory (established by him) and the Department of Physics at the University of California Berkeley. He is known for groundbreaking contributions to the fields of Circuit quantum electrodynamics and for development of the Josephson quantum electron pump. In recognition with his pioneering work in superconducting circuits, among other honors and awards, he was awarded with the American Physical Society George E. Valley, Jr. Prize in 2006. His citation read "For the development of the Josephson bifurcation amplifier for ultrasensitive measurements at the quantum limit."
Siddiqi was born in Karachi, the former capitol and largest city of Pakistan, but his family moved to New York City while he was young. He did his schooling from Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY, where he developed a strong interest in physics, chemistry and mathematics. His aptitude in physics and mathematics led him to the Columbia University Science Honors Program. He moved on to Harvard to complete his undergraduate education from Harvard University with a A. B. with distinguished honors (cum laude) in Physics and Chemistry in 1997. Inspired by Superconductivity and superconducting circuits during his summer internship at HYPRES, inc., he enrolled at Yale University for doctoral studies, his graduate work mainly based on aluminum hot-electron bolometers. Upon receiving his Ph.D. in 2002, he was awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship at Yale on superconducting qubits. His post-doctoral work resulted into the development of the Josephson quantum electron pump or a Josephson Bifurcation Amplifier, which makes use of the non-dissipative, non-linear nature of the Josephson junction to realize high gain and minimal back action measurements of quantum systems. He joined the University of California Berkeley as a physics faculty in the summer of 2006 and is currently a full professor at the Berkeley Physics department. In 2015, his laboratory was awarded the first-ever UC Berkeley Award for Excellence in Laboratory Safety, awarded by the Berkeley Office of Environment, Health and Safety.
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