Professor Jens Koch is named the deputy director of the SQMS Center

Northwestern Professor Jens Koch was recently appointed as deputy director for the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center (SQMS).

Koch officially assumed the position on September 1, replacing the previous deputy director Jim Sauls. Koch is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and Co-Director of the Center for Applied Physics and Superconducting Technologies (CAPST).

In an interview from an article written by the SQMS Center, Professor Koch said:

“It’s pretty clear that I have large shoes to fill, and I’m looking forward to the challenge. Jim Sauls has really done a fantastic job and was a huge driving force in getting the SQMS proposal off the ground. It’s a great opportunity to continue his work and to help ensure that the collaborative ties between Fermilab, Northwestern and all the SQMS partners keep getting stronger.”

“It’s quite amazing how much expertise and excellence are represented in the center,” said Koch. “SQMS offers unique opportunities for boosting scientific progress. As a center, SQMS combines vital resources not available at any individual institution. By joining forces, we clearly see how SQMS is more than just the sum of the pieces. We all look forward to even more of those high-impact research results in the future.”

In his research, Professor Koch explores the exciting prospects of applying quantum circuit devices as artificial atoms in quantum computation and quantum optics and, in collaboration with several experimental groups, studies coherence of novel quantum circuits. His second research thrust focuses on larger array systems composed of Josephson-junction based circuits (superconducting qubits) and superconducting microwave resonators.

Read the full story in Fermilab’s article, “Jens Koch named new deputy director of SQMS Center”