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 493: Research Independent Study
- 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
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
- 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.
- O’Reilly, Jameson, George Toh, Isabella Goetting, Sagnik Saha, Mikhail Shalaev, Allison L. Carter, Andrew Risinger, et al. “Fast Photon-Mediated Entanglement of Continuously Cooled Trapped Ions for Quantum Networking.” Physical Review Letters 133, no. 9 (August 2024): 090802. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.133.090802.
- Carter, Allison L., Jameson O’Reilly, George Toh, Sagnik Saha, Mikhail Shalaev, Isabella Goetting, and Christopher Monroe. “Ion trap with in-vacuum high numerical aperture imaging for a dual-species modular quantum computer.” The Review of Scientific Instruments 95, no. 3 (March 2024): 033201. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0180732.
- Niroula, Pradeep, Christopher David White, Qingfeng Wang, Sonika Johri, Daiwei Zhu, Christopher Monroe, Crystal Noel, and Michael J. Gullans. “Phase transition in magic with random quantum circuits.” Nature Physics 20, no. 11 (January 2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02637-3.