Franco Nori

Education
1982: Licenciado (i.e., B.S.) en Fisica, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela.
1983: M.S. in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1987: Ph.D. in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Professional Positions

• 90--- Professor (first Assistant, then Associate, and Full Professor); Dept. of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
  Also, since 2002: Laboratory Head of the Digital Materials Laboratory, Frontier Research System, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.
• 87--89: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
• 82--87: Conicit Fellow and Graduate Research Assistant; Physics Department. Also at Materials Research Laboratory, and NCSA; University of Illinois.

Selected Recent Awards (1997-present):

• 2007: Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA;
• 2003: Elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK;
• 2002: Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), USA;
• 1998: Received an "Excellence in Research Award" from the Univ. of Michigan;
• 1997: Received an "Excellence in Education Award" from the Univ. of Michigan.

Area of Active Research: Quantum computing, superconducting qubits, quantum circuits, quantum information science, atomic-physics-like phenomena in quantum circuitry, biologically-inspired micro- and nano-devices for controlling the motion of tiny particles and quanta, vortex dynamics, superconductivity, dynamical instabilities (avalanches), complex spatio-temporal nonlinear dynamics, transport phenomena (of electrons, phonons, vortices, grains) in systems that have disorder and/or reduced dimensionality, quantum noise control and squeezed states in condensed matter (squeezed phonons and supressed quantum fluctuations in superconductors), Josephson junction arrays and micro- and nano-networks, acoustic interference, path-integral analytical studies of quantum interference effects due to electron motion in magnetic fields. Bio-complexity. Biological circuits.

Invited Talks, Colloquia, Seminars: Over 200 (invited talks at international conferences; also seminars and colloquia at Universities, and Industrial or National Laboratories).

Publications in Refereed Journals

• 1986--: Over 200 publications (with over 5,000 citations) in refereed journals: over 50 in Physical Review Letters, over 70 in Phys. Rev. B, over 15 in Phys. Rev. A, over 9 in Phys. Rev. E, 4 in Science, 3 in Nature, 2 in Nature Materials, 2 in Nature Physics, 2 in Reviews of Modern Physics, 6 in Europhys. Lett., over 20 in Physica C/B/E, 4 in New J. Phys., 2 in J. Appl. Phys., and one in each of the following journals: Physics Today, Scientific American, Advances in Physics, Phys. Lett. A, Appl. Phys. Lett., among others. Also, over 30 articles (based on invited talks) published in books or journals.
• Work Featured in: Physics Today (2007, 2005, 2002, 1997), Science (2007, 2005, 2003, 2002, 1994), Nature Materials (2006, 2002), Nature Physics (2006), Scientific American (2005, 1997), UPI (2005), Cover story of Nature (August 2003), Nikkei (2003), Technology Review News (2002), EE Times (2002), Electronics weekly (2002), Science News (in 92, 93, 95, 97, and 98; in 1998 in the Coverstory), Science on-line (2007,1997), Physics World (1999, 1993), New Scientist (2007, 1999, 1998, 1994), several books for general audiences, Am. Phys. Soc. News (95 and 96), and "Physics News" of the American Institute of Physics (1996, 1997); as well as featured in the science/discovery sections of newspapers, magazines (in nine languages), radio ("Physics News" broadcast by 181 Radio Stations reaching about 4 million listeners), a TV program in 1999, and another in 2000 (both by the Discovery Channel).

Selected Publications (1991-present)

• SELF ORGANIZED CRITICAL BEHAVIOR IN PINNED FLUX LATTICES, with O. Pla, Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 919 (1991).
• THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF YBACUO IN A MAGNETIC FIELD: CAN K(H) PROBE THE VORTEX STATE?, with R. Richardson, S. Peacor, and C. Uher, Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 3856 (1991).
• DOES FRUSTRATION DESCRIBE DOPING IN MODELS FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS?, with S. Bacci and E. Gagliano, Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 240 (1992).
• IMAGING OF AVALANCHES IN GRANULAR MATERIALS, with M. Bretz, J. Cunnigham, and P. Kurczynski, Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 2431 (1992).
• WATER DROPLET AVALANCHES, with B. Plourde and M. Bretz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 2741 (1993).
• DERIVATION OF THE MODIFIED BEAN MODEL FROM SIMULATIONS OF SUPERCONDUCTING VORTICES, with R. Richardson and O. Pla, Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 1268 (1994).
• SUPERCONDUCTING VORTEX AVALANCHES, with S. Field, J. Witt, X. Ling, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 1206 (1995).
• MARGINAL STABILITY AND CHAOS IN A STICK-SLIP ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT MODELING COUPLED FAULTS, S. Field, N. Venturi, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 74 (1995).
• MAGNETIC RAMAN SCATTERING IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPIN-1/2 HEISENBERG ANTIFERROMAGNETS, F. Nori et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 553 (1995).
• VORTEX PLASTIC MOTION IN TWINNED SUPERCONDUCTORS, with J. Groth, C. Reichhardt, C.J. Olson, and S. Field. Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3625 (1996).
• INTERMITTENTLY FLOWING RIVERS OF QUANTIZED MAGNETIC FLUX, Science 276, 1373 (1996).
• STRONGLY LOCALIZED ELECTRONS IN A MAGNETIC FIELD: ANALYTICAL RESULTS ON QUANTUM INTERFERENCE AND MAGNETOCONDUCTANCE IN 2D AND 3D, with Y. Lin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2294 (1996).
• SQUEEZED PHONON STATES: MODULATING QUANTUM FLUCTUATIONS OF ATOMIC DISPLACEMENTS, with X. Hu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2294 (1996).
• QUANTUM PHONON OPTICS: SQUEEZED ATOMIC DISPLACEMENTS, with X. Hu, Phys. Rev. B 53, 2419 (1996).
• PHONON SQUEEZED STATES GENERATED BY SECOND ORDER RAMAN, SCATTERING, with X. Hu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4605 (1997).
• DYNAMIC PHASES OF VORTICES IN SUPERCONDUCTORS WITH PERIODIC PINNING, with C. Reichhardt and C. Olson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 2648 (1997).
• BOOMING SAND, F. Nori, P. Sholtz, and M. Bretz, Scientific American, 277, No.3, 84 (September 1997).
• CHAOTIC DYNAMICS OF FALLING DISKS, S. Field, M. Klaus, M.G. Moore, and F. Nori, Nature 388, 252 (July 17, 1997).
• FRACTAL RIVER NETWORKS, BRAIDING CHANNELS, AND VOLTAGE NOISE IN INTERMITTENTLY FLOWING RIVERS OF QUANTIZED MAGNETIC FLUX, C.J. Olson, C. Reichhardt, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2197 (1998).
• NONEQUILIBRIUM DYNAMIC PHASE DIAGRAM FOR VORTEX LATTICES, C.J. Olson, C. Reichhardt, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 3757 (1998).
• PHASE LOCKING, DEVIL'S STAIRCASES, FAREY TREES, AND ARNOLD'S TONGUES IN DRIVEN VORTEX LATTICES WITH PERIODIC PINNING, C. Reichhardt and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 , 414 (1999).
• TOPOLOGICAL INVARIANTS IN MICROSCOPIC TRANSPORT ON ROUGH LANDSCAPES: MORPHOLOGY, HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE, AND HORTON ANALYSIS OF RIVER--LIKE NETWORKS OF VORTICES, A. Mehta, C. Reichhardt, C.J. Olson, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 , 3641 (1999).
• SUPERCONDUCTING FLUXON PUMPS AND LENSES, J. Wambaugh, C. Reichhardt, C.J. Olson, F. Marchesoni, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83 , 5106 (1999).
• CRITICAL DYNAMICS OF BURST INSTABILITIES IN THE PORTEVIN- LE CHATELIER EFFECT, G. D'Anna and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4096 (2000).
• MOVING WIGNER GLASSES AND SMECTICS: DYNAMICS OF DISORDERED WIGNER CRYSTALS, C. Reichhardt, C.J. Olson, N.  Gronbech-Jensen, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4354 (2001).
• COLLECTIVE INTERACTION-DRIVEN RATCHET FOR TRANSPORTING FLUX QUANTA, C.J. Olson, C. Reichhardt, B.  Janko, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 177002 (2001).
• SCALABLE QUANTUM COMPUTING WITH JOSEPHSON CHARGE QUBITS, J.Q. You, J.S. Tsai, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 197902 (2002).
• EXPERIMENTALLY REALIZABLE DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING THE MOTION OF MAGNETIC FLUX QUANTA IN ANISOTROPIC SUPERCONDUCTORS, S. Savel'ev and F. Nori, Nature Materials 1, 179 (2002); also listed in the cover, and featured in the "News and Views" of Nature Materials, 1, 143 (2002).
• Quantum interference in superconducting wire networks and Josephson junction arrays: An analytical approach based on multiple-loop Aharonov-Bohm Feynman path integrals, Y-L. Lin and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. B 65, 214504 (2002).
• Controlling Transport in Mixtures of Interacting Particles using Brownian Motors, S. Savel'ev, F. Marchesoni, and F. Nori Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 010601 (2003).
• Controllable step motors and rectifiers of magnetic flux quanta using periodic arrays of asymmetric pinning defects, B.Y. Zhu, F. Marchesoni, V.V. Moshchalkov, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. B 68, 014514 (2003).
• Force-free current-induced reentrant melting of the vortex lattice in superconductors, S. Savel'ev, C. Cattuto, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. B 67, 180509 (2003).
• Observing Brownian motion in vibration-fluidized granular matter, G. D'Anna, P. Mayor, A. Barrat, V. Loreto, F. Nori, Nature 424, 909-912 (2003); Also the Coverstory of that issue of Nature, and featured in a News and Views.
• Controllable manipulation and entanglement of macroscopic quantum states in coupled charge qubits, J.Q. You, J.S. Tsai, F. Nori Phys. Rev. B 68, 024510 (2003).
• Quantum information processing with superconducting qubits in a microwave field, J.Q. You and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. B 68, 064509 (2003).
• Reversible Rectifier that Controls the Motion of Magnetic Flux Quanta in Superconductors, J.E. Villegas, et al, Science 302, 1188 (Nov 2003). Also featured in an Enhanced News and Views.
• Controlling the motion of magnetic flux quanta, B.Y. Zhu, F. Marchesoni, F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 180602 (2004).
• Manipulating small particles in mixtures far from equilibrium, S. Savel'ev, F. Marchesoni, F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 160602 (2004).
• The transcriptional landscape of the mammalian genome, P. Carninci, et al., Science 309, 1559 (2005).
• Superconducting circuits and quantum information, J.Q. You and F. Nori, Physics Today 58 (11), 42-27 (2005).
• Surface Josephson plasma waves in layered superconductors, S. Savel'ev, V. Yampolskii, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 187002 (2005)
• Critical currents in quasiperiodic pinning arrays: Chains and penrose lattices, V. Misko, S. Savel'ev, F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 177007 (2005).
• Optical selection rules and phase-dependent adiabatic state control in a superconducting quantum circuit, Y.X. Liu et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 87001 (2005).
• Direct observation of rectified motion of vortices in a niobium superconductor, Y. Togawa, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 87002 (2005).
• Using Josephson vortex lattices to control terahertz radiation: Tunable transparency and terahertz photonic crystals, S. Savel'ev, A.L. Rakhmanov, F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 157004 (2005).
• Nanoscale friction: Kinetic friction of magnetic flux quanta and charge density waves, A. Maeda, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 77001 (2005).
• Fluctuation-Induced Casimir Forces in Granular Fluids, C. Cattuto, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 178001 (2006).
• Nonuniform Self-Organized Dynamical States in Superconductors with Periodic Pinning, V.R. Misko, S. Savel'ev, A.L. Rakhmanov, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 127004 (2006).
• Controllable Coupling between Flux Qubits, Y.X. Liu, L.F. Wei, J.S. Tsai, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 067003 (2006).
• Generation and Control of Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger Entanglement in Superconducting Circuits, L. F. Wei, Yu-xi Liu, and F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 246803 (2006).
• Quantum two-level systems in Josephson junctions as naturally formed qubits, A.M. Zagoskin, S. Ashhab, J.R. Johansson, F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 077001 (2006).
• Quantum heat engines using superconducting quantum circuits, H.T. Quan, Y.D. Wang, Yu-xi Liu, C.P. Sun, F. Nori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006).
• Wet granular materials, N. Mitarai and F. Nori, Advances in Physics 55, 1-45 (2006).
• Helical spin order on the move, F. Nori and A. Tonomura, Science 311, 344 (2006).
• Reversible diodes for moving quanta, F. Nori, Nature Physics 2, 227 (2006).
• Ratchet without spatial asymmetry for controlling the motion of magnetic flux quanta using time-asymmetric drives, D. Cole, et al., Nature Materials 5 305-311 (2006). Also featured in Nature Materials News and Views.
• S. Savel'ev, A.L. Rakhmanov, V.A. Yampol'skii, F. Nori Analogues of nonlinear optics using terahertz Josephson plasma waves in layered superconductors, Nature Physics 2, 521-525 (2006). Also featured in Nature Physics News and Views.

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