Michelle Yvonne Simmons

Michelle Yvonne Simmons

Michelle Yvonne Simmons AO (born July 14, 1967 in London ) is an Australian professor of quantum physics and director of the Center of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology at the University of New South Wales . She is considered a pioneer of quantum computing .

Career

In the 1990s Simmons worked as a Research Fellow in quantum electronics with Michael Pepper at the Cavendish Laboratory , where she became internationally known for the discovery of the "0.7 Feature" and the development of 'hole' transistors. In 1999 she received a Queen Elisabeth II Fellowship and went to Australia. She is a founding member of the Center of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology.

Achievements

From 2000, Simmons established a large research group for the development of atomic components in silicon and germanium . Her research group developed the first atomic transistor with an accuracy of 1 nm.

Simmons has published more than 350 articles in scientific journals and written a book on nanotechnology . She has four patents .

Awards

In 2005, Simmons received the Pawsey Medal from the Australian Academy of Science and in 2006 became one of the academy's youngest Fellows. In 2011 she was NSW Scientist of the Year. In 2014 she was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 2015 she received the Australian Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science and the Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal. She was also awarded the Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology for 2015 and the UNESCO L'Oréal Prize for 2017 . She has been a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2015 and a member of the Royal Society since 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Quantum Computing - Center for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology: Biography.
2. ^ Quantum physicist - Michelle Simmons. Australian Broadcasting Corporation , February 28, 2012, accessed January 25, 2016 . 
3. ^ Hugh D Young, Roger A Freedman, Ragbir Bhathal (Eds.): University Physics: Australian edition. Pearson Australia; 1 edition (August 4, 2010), ISBN 978-1-4425-1711-0 , p. XIV
4. ↑ Andreas Stiller: New records in silicon-based quantum computing. Heise online , September 16, 2014, accessed on January 28, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Martin Fuechsle, Jill A. Miwa, Suddhasatta Mahapatra, Hoon Ryu, Sunhee Lee, Oliver Warschkow, Lloyd CL Hollenberg, Gerhard Klimeck, Michelle Y. Simmons: A single-atom transistor. In: Nature Nanotechnology. Volume 7. No. 4, February 19, 2012, pp. 242-246. ISSN  1748-3387 nature.com , doi: 10.1038 / nnano.2012.21 .
6. ↑ Narrowest conducting wires in silicon ever made show the same current capability as copper. on phys.org, January 5, 2012.
7. ↑ Selected publications by Scientia Professor Michelle Yvonne Simmons. UNSW, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
8. ^ Select Publications: Patents. (University of New South Wales)
9. ↑ Chief Executive Women: Michelle Simmons. CEW, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Honor Roll NSW Science & Engineering Awards: 2008-2014. Office of the NSW Chief Scientist and Engineer, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Fellow and Pawsey Medalist receives top US honor. Australian Academy of Science , April 25, 2014, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
12. ^ Honors and awards to Fellows. Australian Academy of Science, September 1, 2015, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
13. ↑ 2015 Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal for research in mathematics or physics. Australian Academy of Science, accessed January 28, 2016 . 
14. ↑ Australian Research Council Annual Report 2014-15, p. 22, p. 220
15. ↑ Fellows of the AAAS: Michelle Simmons. (No longer available online.) American Association for the Advancement of Science, archived from the original on January 27, 2018 ; accessed on January 26, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.