John Preskill

John Preskill is the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, specializing in quantum information science, quantum computing, and the physics of quantum error correction. He directs the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter.

His pioneering work bridges quantum computing, gravitational physics, and quantum field theory, with recent focus on fault tolerance and quantum supremacy. He has authored over 500 publications and received the John Stewart Bell Prize (2024).