Michael Manfra
Bill and Dee O’Brien Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor of Materials Engineering, Scientific Director, Microsoft Quantum Lab West Lafayette
Contact Info
Phone
(765) 494-3016Office
Physics Building, 84 & Birck Nanotechnology Center, 2050Websites
Research Impact
Prof. Manfra’s research focuses on the science of topological phases of matter and development of novel qubit platforms in which the topology provides protection against decoherence. His interests span from the fractional quantum Hall effect in the two-dimensional electron gas in GaAs to hybrid superconductor-semiconductor systems hosting topological superconductor phases. In 2020, his group reported interferometric measurement of anyon braiding, giving experimental evidence for a theoretical prediction made 40 years earlier.