Prof. Dr. Marco Polini
Professor at Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Pisa; and Co-founder of ‘Planckian’.
Venue: Wave Auditorium, Masdar Office
29th September 2025, 4:00PM - 5:00PM (GST)
| Title: | Quantum batteries and globally-driven quantum computation |
| Abstract: | In this Colloquium I will discuss recent blue skies research and industrial endeavors undertaken by our teams at Planckian and the University of Pisa. On the one hand, I will tell you about our adventures [1-4] in the realm of quantum batteries, quantum-mechanical energy storage systems where entanglement generated by quantum dynamics yield a super-extensive scaling of the charging power. This genuine quantum effect leads to an advantage over classical devices and has been one of the main driving forces of the research field [5] on quantum batteries. I will also briefly discuss promising experimental implementations [4]. On the other hand, I will update you on our current industrial efforts [6-7] to revolutionize the way quantum computation is carried out in superconducting quantum devices. If time allows, I will briefly mention why and how these two intriguing directions in modern quantum technology research should meet. |
| Bio: | Marco Polini graduated in Physics in 1999 from the University of Pisa (Italy) and received his Ph.D. in Physics in 2003 from the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa). After his PhD he worked with Allan MacDonald at the University of Texas at Austin (USA) as a postdoctoral researcher and then returned to Pisa for a Researcher permanent position at the National Research Council (CNR). In 2015 he resigned from CNR to lead the “Theory and technology of 2D materials” group as a Senior Scientist at the Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa (Italy). From 2017 to 2022 he was a “Visiting Professor” at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Manchester (UK), where he worked with Andre Geim. He is currently a Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the Department of Physics of the University of Pisa. In 2021 he co-founded “Planckian”, a deep tech Start Up working on the development of scalable-by-design superconducting quantum computers. |
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