Steven M Girvin

Steven M. Girvin is the Sterling Professor of Physics and Professor of Applied Physics at Yale University. He is a Founding Director of the Co-Design Center for Quantum Advantage at Brookhaven National Laboratory and has served as Yale’s Deputy Provost for Research (2007–2017). His research focuses on quantum information science, quantum optics, and theoretical condensed matter physics, particularly in the development of circuit QED as an industrial standard for superconducting quantum computing. Girvin holds an honorary degree from Chalmers University and is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Education: BS in Physics (Bates College), MS (University of Maine), PhD in Theoretical Physics (Princeton University, 1977). His work includes seminal contributions to the fractional quantum Hall effect (Oliver E. Buckley Prize, 2007) and quantum error correction. Current research emphasizes scalable quantum architectures and fault-tolerant systems.

Students include Shraddha Singh (current graduate student) and alumni Baptiste Royer (Université de Sherbrooke) and Yaxing Zhang (Google Quantum). Key affiliations include the Yale Quantum Institute, YINQE, and the Department of Applied Physics. Recent research trends span quantum error correction codes, hybrid architectures, and lattice gauge theory simulations.

• Awards: Oliver E. Buckley Prize, Honorary Degree (Chalmers), National Academy memberships
• Grants/Leadership: Co-Design Center Director, DOE-funded initiatives
• Labs: Yale Quantum Institute, Condensed Matter Theory Group