Background
Girvin, Steven Mark was born on April 5, 1950 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Allen Fitzhugh and Margaret (Trowbridge) Girvin.
physicist university professor
Girvin, Steven Mark was born on April 5, 1950 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Allen Fitzhugh and Margaret (Trowbridge) Girvin.
Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Bates College, 1971; Master of Science, U. Maine, 1973; Master of Science, Princeton University, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1977.
Girvin is noted for his theoretical work on quantum many body systems, such as the fractional quantum Hall effect. He did his undergraduate education at Bates College and the University of Maine. Girvin worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Indiana University, Bloomington and the National Bureau of Standards and held faculty position at Indiana University, before joining Yale as a Professor of Physics.
Girvin"s research focus has been theoretical study of collective quantum behavior in strongly correlated many body systems and their phase transitions.
He has worked on problems such as quantum Hall effect, superconductor-insulator transition, quantum spin chains and so on. He works with experimentalists Rob Schoelkopf and Michel Devoret on the engineering problem of building a quantum computer, and on developing a new "circuit quod erat demonstrandum" using superconducting electrical circuits.
The group was successful in experimentally implementing two-qubit quantum algorithms on a superconducting circuit. Girvin co-edited the book "The Quantum Hall Effect", which has been translated to Japanese, Chinese and Russian.
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Married Diane Desjardins, January 1, 1972. Children: Andrew T., Joshua M.