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John M. Martinis

American physicist (born 1958)

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John Matthew Martinis is an American physicist and Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He led a team to develop a superconducting quantum computer at the Quantum AI Lab. With the Sycamore processor, the team claimed the first evidence of quantum supremacy in 2019. He shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Clarke and Michel Devoret for joint work on macroscopic quantum phenomena in superconductors.

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Born
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Place of birth
Los Angeles wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
physicist wd
Education
University of California, Berkeley wd

Awards wd

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • Nature's 10 (2019)
  • Samuel Wesley Stratton Award (1996)
  • John Stewart Bell Prize (2021)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
  • Fritz London Award (2014)
  • Grand Order of King Dmitar Zvonimir (2026)

Questions

When was John M. Martinis born?
John M. Martinis was born on 13 July 1958 in Los Angeles.
Where did John M. Martinis study?
John M. Martinis was educated at University of California, Berkeley.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): John M. Martinis · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q28976188 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: John M. Martinis, American physicst and 2025 Nobel laurate in physics.jpg by Karen Zhou (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 14 November 2026

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