Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor
Appointments and Affiliations
- Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor
- Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Director of the Duke Quantum Center
- Professor of Physics
Contact Information
- Office Location: the Chesterfield Building, 701 W. Main St., Durham, NC 27701
- Email Address: c.monroe@duke.edu
- Websites:
Education
- B.Sc. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
- Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder, 1992
Research Interests
quantum physics, applications in quantum information science
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Elected Member. National Academy of Sciences. 2016
Courses Taught
- PHYSICS 89S: First-Year Seminar
- PHYSICS 791: Special Readings
- PHYSICS 621: Advanced Optics
- ECE 541: Advanced Optics
- ECE 494: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 493: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECE 270L9: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation (Lab)
- ECE 270DL: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation
- BME 552: Advanced Optics
In the News
- Duke 100 Trailblazer: Chris Monroe (Jan 23, 2024 | Duke Centennial Website)
- Three Things to Know About Federal Investment in Quantum Computing (Jul 10, 202…
- Duke Leads Regional Effort to Reinvigorate America’s Semiconductor Infrastructu…
- Advancing Quantum Computing By Studying Phase Changes (Jun 16, 2022 | Pratt Sch…
- The Growing Role of Computation in Science (Feb 9, 2022 | Duke Research Blog)
- Quantum Computers Can Be Better Than the Sum of Their Parts (Oct 15, 2021 | Pra…
- Duke Startup IonQ Becomes First Publicly Traded, Pure-Play Quantum Computing C…
- Duke Joins $25M NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulat…
- Duke Awards 22 Distinguished Professorships (Jun 28, 2021)
- On the Hill: Chris Monroe Briefs Congress on Quantum Computing’s Role in Nation…
- Duke Technology Powers First Pure-Play Quantum Computing Company to Wall Street…
- Duke Is Building a World-Class Team for the Quantum Computing Race (Nov 12, 202…
- Introducing Nine New Scholars Joining the Duke Faculty (Oct 13, 2020 | Duke Sto…
- Innovative Leader in Quantum Computing Joins Pratt Faculty (Aug 21, 2020 | Prat…
Representative Publications
- Katz, Or, Lei Feng, Diego Porras, and Christopher Monroe. “Floquet control of interactions and edge states in a programmable quantum simulator.” Nature Communications 16, no. 1 (October 2025): 8815. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62897-2.
- De, Arinjoy, Patrick Cook, Mostafa Ali, Kate Collins, William Morong, Daniel Paz, Paraj Titum, et al. “Non-equilibrium critical scaling and universality in a quantum simulator.” Nature Communications 16, no. 1 (August 2025): 7939. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63398-y.
- Schuckert, A., O. Katz, L. Feng, E. Crane, A. De, M. Hafezi, A. V. Gorshkov, and C. Monroe. “Observation of a finite-energy phase transition in a one-dimensional quantum simulator.” Nature Physics 21, no. 3 (March 1, 2025): 374–79. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02751-2.
- Saha, Sagnik, Mikhail Shalaev, Jameson O’Reilly, Isabella Goetting, George Toh, Ashish Kalakuntla, Yichao Yu, and Christopher Monroe. “High-fidelity remote entanglement of trapped atoms mediated by time-bin photons.” Nature Communications 16, no. 1 (March 2025): 2533. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57557-4.
- Bennewitz, E. R., B. Ware, A. Schuckert, A. Lerose, F. M. Surace, R. Belyansky, W. Morong, et al. “Simulating Meson Scattering on Spin Quantum Simulators.” Quantum 9 (January 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2025-06-17-1773.