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Irfan Siddiqi received an AB in 1997 in Chemistry and Physics from Harvard University and went on to receive a PhD in 2002 in Applied Physics from Yale University, followed by a postdoctoral position in 2005. He joined the Physics Department at the University of California, Berkeley in the summer of 2006. In 2006, he was awarded the George E. Valley, Jr. Prize by the American Physical Society for the development of the Josephson bifurcation amplifier. He has also received the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award and the Hellman Family Faculty Fund, as well as the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Partnership Faculty Fund in 2007. His work primarily revolves around quantum mechanics, particularly in relation to the properties of atoms and light, and has sparked significant discussion within the physics community regarding the coherent superposition of states. He leads the Quantum Nanoelectronics Laboratory at Berkeley, focusing on quantum coherence in condensed matter systems, including single molecule magnets and complex electrical circuits.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Teaching and conducting research in the field of physics, with a focus on quantum mechanics and condensed matter physics.
The Mathematics Subject GRE is required for the Fall 2026 admissions cycle. General GRE is optional.