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Congratulations are in order for Professor John Morton, a member of 白小姐论坛Q and LCN professor in Nanoelectronics and Nanophotonics, who has been awarded the 2016 Raymond and Beverley Sackler International Prize in Physical Science. Professor Morton was given the award in recognition of his聽鈥渉ighly novel contributions to quantum information processing鈥�.

Dr. Raymond and Mrs. Beverley Sackler, patrons of science at Tel Aviv University, helped to establish the prize. First awarded in 2000, it鈥檚 goal is to promote聽originality and excellence of research in the fields of Chemistry, Physics and Biophysics. Prizes in Chemistry and Physics are awarded in alternating years, with this year鈥檚 prize being focused on聽Magnetic Resonance聽as a special field of Chemistry.

The awards committee cited Professor Morton鈥檚 significant work applying聽Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance techniques to the problems of storing, manipulating and retrieving quantum information. These techniques will play vital聽rolls in developing future quantum technologies, including quantum memories and quantum computing.

Professor Morton also shares the award with Professor Guido Pintacuda, of the 脡cole Normale Sup茅rieure de Lyon, and Professor Charlampos Babis Kalodimos, of the University of Minnesota. All three winners were聽 recognised at a conference held at Tel Aviv University in November 2016.