Christopher Wilson has been a Professor at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) since 2012 and holds a joint appointment in the Electrical and Computing Department at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He is a world expert on superconducting quantum circuits and has been the recipient of numerous awards including the 2012 Wallmark Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy and the 2011 Readers' Choice award from Nature news. His important work in the field was named one of Physics World's top 5 breakthroughs of 2011.
