Pierre A. Deymier is a researcher in phononics,[1] acoustic metamaterial,[1] and materials science. He is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and previously department head at the University of Arizona.[2] He holds appointments with the applied mathematics graduate interdisciplinary program,[3] BIO5 institute, and School of Sustainable Engineered Systems at the University of Arizona. More recently, he has proposed a novel approach akin to quantum computing using the properties of phonons rather than qubits, which he has dubbed "phi-bits" or "phase-bits".[4][5]
Pierre A. Deymier | |
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Born | France |
Nationality | French |
Citizenship | USA, France |
Alma mater | MIT, University of Montpellier |
Known for | Acoustic metamaterial, Materials science, Computational materials science |
Title | Professor of Materials Science & Engineering |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Phononics, Acoustic metamaterial, Quantum computing, Materials science |
Institutions | University of Arizona |
Doctoral advisor | Gretchen Kalonji |
Doctoral students | Frank J. Cherne, Vivek Kapila, Krishna Muralidharan, Javier Carmona, Jim Bucay, Nick Swinteck, Stefan Bringuier, Abdul-Jabar Alsayoud |
Deymier received his engineer's degree in materials science in 1982 from University of Montpellier in France and his Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from MIT in 1985.[6] His dissertation research was focused on computational materials science.[citation needed] He became assistant professor of materials science & engineering at the University of Arizona in 1985.[6]
His daughter, Alix Deymier, is a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Connecticut.[citation needed]
Deymier has published over 180 peer-reviewed publications.[7] Some of his most highly cited works are: