Frank Verstraete

Frank Verstraete
BornNovember 1972 (age 53–54)
Belgium
Alma materGhent University, KU Leuven
AwardsLieben Prize (2009), ERC grants (2009, 2015, 2023), Francqui Prize (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsMax Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Caltech, University of Vienna, Ghent University, University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisorBart De Moor, Henri Verschelde
Other academic advisorsIgnacio Cirac, John Preskill

Frank Verstraete (born November 1972) is a Belgian quantum physicist who is the Leigh Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge and professor at the Faculty of Physics of Ghent University. He has worked on the interface between quantum information theory and quantum many-body physics and was an early proponent of the use of tensor networks and entanglement theory in quantum many body systems.

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