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Michel Devoret

French physicist

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Michel Henri Devoret is a French–American physicist. He is Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics at Yale University. He serves as the Chief Scientist for Quantum Hardware at Google Quantum AI. He is known for the development of various superconducting quantum computing architectures, including the quantronium, the transmon, and the fluxonium.

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Born
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Place of birth
Paris wd
Citizenship
France wd
Occupation
physicist wd
Education
Télécom Paris, University of Paris-Sud wd

Awards wd

  • Prix Ampère (1991)
  • Fritz London Award (2014)
  • John Stewart Bell Prize (2013)
  • Comstock Prize in Physics (2024)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
  • Knight of the Legion of Honour

Questions

When was Michel Devoret born?
Michel Devoret was born on 5 March 1953 in Paris.
Where did Michel Devoret study?
Michel Devoret was educated at Télécom Paris, University of Paris-Sud.

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  1. Wikipedia (English): Michel Devoret · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q26703310 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Michel Devoret (54987873184).jpg by Christian Ursilva from København, Danmark (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 14 November 2026

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