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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lewis, L., D. Zhu, A. Gheorghiu, C. Noel, O. Katz, B. Harraz, Q. Wang, et al. “Experimental implementation of an efficient test of quantumness.” Physical Review A 109, no. 1 (January 1, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.109.012610.