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Michael L. Roukes

Michael L. Roukes

Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Bioengineering

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1978; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1985. Associate Professor, Caltech, 1992-96; Professor, 1996-2011; Abbey Professor, 2011-17; Roshek Professor, 2018-; Director, Kavli Nanoscience Institute, 2004-06; Co-Director, 2008-2013.

Research Interests: Quantum Information, Quantum and Condensed Matter

Overview

Professor Roukes's research focuses on nanobiotechnology, nanotechnology, nanoscale physics, nanoscale and molecular mechanics.

Selected Awards

  • NIH Director's Transformative Research Award, National Institute of Health (USA), 2023
  • Chevalier (Knight), Ordre des Palmes Académiques, République Française, 2012
  • NIH Director's Pioneer Award, National Institute of Health (USA), 2010
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 1999

Caltech Affiliations

Industry Affiliations

Patents

  • Issued Patents: 59
  • Patent Applications in Progress: 3+

PhD Thesis: Hot Electrons and Energy Transport in Metals at mK Temperatures

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Selected Publications

For a complete publications list, see feeds.library.caltech.edu