Christopher R Monroe

Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor

Appointments and Affiliations

• Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor
• Director of the Quantum Information Center in the Pratt School of Engineering
• Professor of Physics

Contact Information

• Office Location: The Chesterfield Building, 701 W. Main St., Durham, NC 27701
• Office Phone: (919) 660-5252
• Email Address: c.monroe@duke.edu
• Websites:
  • Group website
  • Monroe Lab

Education

• Ph.D. University of Colorado - Boulder, 1992
• B.Sc. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987

Research Interests

quantum physics, applications in quantum information science

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

• Elected Member. National Academy of Sciences. 2016

Courses Taught

• ECE 270DL: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation
• ECE 270L9: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation (Lab)
• PHYSICS 89S: First-Year Seminar
• PHYSICS 493: Research Independent Study

In the News

• Duke Leads Regional Effort to Reinvigorate America’s Semiconductor Infrastructure (Mar 9, 2023 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• Advancing Quantum Computing By Studying Phase Changes (Jun 16, 2022 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• 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 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• Duke Startup IonQ Becomes First Publicly Traded, Pure-Play Quantum Computing Company (Oct 1, 2021 | Office of Translation & Commercialization)
• Duke Joins $25M NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Robust Quantum Simulation (Sep 7, 2021 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• Duke Awards 22 Distinguished Professorships (Jun 28, 2021)
• On the Hill: Chris Monroe Briefs Congress on Quantum Computing’s Role in Nation’s Scientific Computing Enterprise (May 24, 2021 | Duke Government Relations)
• Duke Technology Powers First Pure-Play Quantum Computing Company to Wall Street (Mar 10, 2021 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• Duke Is Building a World-Class Team for the Quantum Computing Race (Nov 12, 2020)
• Introducing Nine New Scholars Joining the Duke Faculty (Oct 13, 2020 | Duke Stories)
• Innovative Leader in Quantum Computing Joins Pratt Faculty (Aug 21, 2020 | Pratt School of Engineering)