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We’re transforming our understanding of space and time, unveiling new connections and revolutionizing the future of computing. 

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Matt Perko
A researcher in the lab of Stephen Wilson, whose group studies how magnetic interactions can produce unusual states of matter relevant to quantum research.

Using magnetic frustration to probe new quantum possibilities

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Matt Perko, with material from © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin
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Illustration by Brian Long
Artist's concept illustration showing a two-dimensional collection of interacting spins in a diamond lattice.
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Illustration Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
UCSB physics professors John Martinis, left, and Michel Devoret
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scientist holds a wafer of chips developed for deployable quantum experiments
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Matt Perko
Professor Daniel Blumenthal's lab develops chip-scale components that can bring the power and precision of quantum science outside of the tightly controlled environment of the lab.
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Gary Horowitz in blue collared shirt on blue background.
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Jeff Liang
Gary Horowitz
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Matt Perko
Joseph Polchinski at UCSB’s Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, where he advanced pivotal ideas in string theory and quantum gravity.
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Matt Perko
A researcher at work in materials scientist Stephen Wilson's Lab
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Physicist and computer science assistant professor Murphy Yuezhen Niu