Ebrahim Karimi (physicist)
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| Born | 1978 |
| Nationality | Canadian-Iranian |
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| Thesis | Generation and Manipulation of Laser Beams Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum for Classical and Quantum Information Applications (2009) |
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Ebrahim Karimi (Kurdish: Îbrahîm Kerîmî; Persian: ابراهیم کریمی; born 1978 in Saqqez, Kurdistan Province) is a quantum scientist at University of Ottawa.[1][2] He is the Canada Research Chair in Structured Waves and Quantum Communication.[3][4]
Biography
[edit]Karimi was born into a Kurdish family in the city of Saqqez, located in Iran’s Kurdistan Province.[5] Karimi grew up amid the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s and completed his early education in his hometown of Saqqez and received his Diplomat from Iqbal Lahouri highschool, before joining Department of Physics at Kerman University in 1997. He received his B.Sc. in Physics with emphasis on mathematics from Kerman University in 2001. He began his graduate studies in the mathematical physics group at IASBS, obtaining 18th place in Iran's University Entrance Exam. Later, he shifted his research focus and under the supervision of Yousef Sobouti, completing his thesis on "Laser Cooling and Trapping of Natural Atoms", and receiving his M.Sc. in optics in 2003. During this time, he also collaborated on singular optics with Mohammad Taghi Tavassoli and H. M. Khalesifard. In 2009, he earned his PhD from the University of Naples Federico II supervised by Lorenzo Marrucci and Enrico Santamato, and received the award for best PhD thesis for his work on Light Orbital Angular Momentum and Its applications in classical and quantum information. After completing his PhD, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow with Marrucci and Santamato in Naples. In September 2012, he joined Robert W. Boyd's quantum optics group at University of Ottawa as a postdoctoral fellow. He became assistant professor of physics at Ottawa in 2015, and associate professor in 2020.[6][7][8][9] In 2023 He was the recipient of Rutherford Memorial Medal from the Royal Society of Canada.[10][11][12]
Work
[edit]In 2019, Karimi's team at Ottawa has successfully developed and operated the first quantum simulator specifically designed to model cyclic (ring-shaped) quantum systems. The team used individual photons—quantum of light—to simulate the quantum behavior of electrons in rings composed of varying numbers of atoms. The experimental results revealed that the physics governing ring-shaped systems differs fundamentally from that of linear (line-shaped) systems.[13]
Honors and awards
[edit]- 2020: Herzberg Prize in Physics
- 2023: Rutherford Memorial Medal, For achievements in Quantum Science and Technology
Fellowships
[edit]- 2018: Optica Fellow[11]
- 2019: Visiting Fellow Award from Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light[14]
- 2022: Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
References
[edit]- ^ "Ebrahim Karimi". Faculty of Science. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ Government of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. "NSERC - Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships - Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships". Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Archived from the original on 2024-08-13. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "Accomplished University of Ottawa professors earn Canada Research Chairs". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ Government of Canada, Industry Canada, Canada Research Chairs. "Canada Research Chairs". www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2024-10-16. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ kurdistanchronicle. "Meet Ebrahim Karimi, a Kurdish Quantum Scientist". kurdistanchronicle.com. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "Professor Ebrahim Karimi, a World Quantum Scientist". KURDŞOP (kurdshop.net). 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "Ebrahim Karimi". uniweb.uottawa.ca. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ "What Doesn't Kill Me | Optica". www.optica.org. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ^ kurdistanchronicle. "Meet Ebrahim Karimi, a Kurdish Quantum Scientist". kurdistanchronicle.com. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ^ Q-SORT (2020-05-24). "Ebrahim Karimi". Q-SORT. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ^ a b "Ebrahim Karimi". www.optica.org. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ^ "Curriculam vitae" (PDF).
- ^ "In the blink of an eye: Team uses quantum of light to create new quantum simulator". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
- ^ Template, Graphodata (2019-07-24). "Prof Karimi awarded with MPL Visiting Fellows Title". mpl.mpg.de. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
External links
[edit]- Ebrahim Karimi publications indexed by Google Scholar
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