Aashish Clerk

Aashish Clerk
AwardsRutherford Memorial Medal
Academic background
EducationBSc, 1996, University of Toronto
PhD, physics, 2001, Cornell University
ThesisAspects of Andreev scattering and Kondo physics in mesoscopic systems (2001)
Academic work
InstitutionsPritzker School of Molecular Engineering
McGill University
Main interestsQuantum engineering
Websiteclerkgroup.uchicago.edu

Aashish A. Clerk is a Canadian condensed matter physicist. He is a Professor of Molecular Engineering in the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. Prior to joining UChicago, Clerk was a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Theory of Engineered Quantum Systems at McGill University. In 2021, Clerk was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society for distinguished contributions to the fields of quantum physics and particle physics.

Early life and education

Clerk earned his Bachelor of Science in 1996 from the University of Toronto and his PhD in physics from Cornell University in 2001. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University from 2001 to 2004.[1]

Career

McGill University

In 2004, Clerk became an assistant professor and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Theoretical Mesoscopic Physics at McGill University. As an assistant professor and CRC, Clerk studied quantum mechanical effects on a larger scale and how quantum noise can be understood and utilized.[2] He received a 2007 Sloan Research Fellowship to help advance his research into complex quantum-mechanical behaviours.[3] His CRC was renewed in 2009[4] and he was also awarded tenure.[5]

Clerk's mid-career research focused on controlling quantum interactions between light and matter to develop advanced quantum technologies.[6] He helped establish the foundations of basic theoretical language used to describe measurement, control and dissipation in quantum optomechanical systems.[7] Clerk's efforts were recognized in 2014 with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship[6] and an election to the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars.[7] The following year, he received the Royal Society of Canada's Rutherford Memorial Medal for research excellence in physics.[8] In 2016, Clerk was named a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Theory of Engineered Quantum Systems.[9]

Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Clerk left McGill in 2017 to join the faculty at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.[1] In 2019, Clerk and colleagues at Yale University discovered a new method for achieving nonreciprocal phonon transport between mechanical resonators. Their new approach allows continuous, tunable, and directional energy transfer, along with a novel form of cooling based on nonreciprocal dynamics.[10][11] The following year, Clerk was named a Simons Investigator in Physics.[12] In 2021, he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society for distinguished contributions to the fields of quantum physics and particle physics.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Aashish Clerk". University of Chicago. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  2. ^ "McGill University's five newest Canada Research Chairs". McGill University. April 7, 2004. Archived from the original on March 17, 2025. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  3. ^ Shainblum, Mark (February 23, 2007). "McGill researchers awarded Sloan Fellowships". McGill University. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  4. ^ "CRCs, New and Renewed". McGill University. January 28, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  5. ^ "Faculty of Science Meeting of Faculty" (PDF). McGill University. October 13, 2009. p. 1. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "A Quantum Leap to Next-Generation Technology". Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Clerk, Pai named to RSC's College of New Scholars". McGill University. September 16, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  8. ^ Thurston, Meaghan (September 15, 2015). "Aashish Clerk awarded Rutherford Medal in Physics by RSC". McGill University. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  9. ^ "25 Canada Research Chairs for McGill". McGill University. February 9, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  10. ^ Xu, H.; Jiang, Luyao; Clerk, Aashish; Harris, Jack (April 3, 2019). "Nonreciprocal control and cooling of phonon modes in an optomechanical system". Nature. 568: 65–69. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  11. ^ "Researchers use light to create a one-way street for mechanical energy". University of Chicago. April 3, 2019. Archived from the original on November 8, 2024. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  12. ^ "Prof. Aashish Clerk named Simons Investigator in Physics". University of Chicago. May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
  13. ^ "Three UChicago scientists named 2021 fellows of American Physical Society". University of Chicago. October 13, 2021. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

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