Professor Yuri Pashkin FInstP, FHEA

Professor

Research Overview

I joined Lancaster University in 2011 to take up a position of Chair of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics. Prior to this I was a Principal Researcher at the research laboratory of NEC Corporation in Tsukuba (Japan).

From 1991 to 1997 I was a visiting scientist at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany) and University of Jyväskylä (Finland).

My research interests include quantum computing with superconducting nanocircuits, quantum metrology with Coulomb blockade devices and nanoelectromechanical systems.

Simultaneous AC bias and gate drive to control a SINIS turnstile
Invited talk

8th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other

Suppression of back-tunnelling events in hybrid single‑electron turnstiles by using AC bias drive
Oral presentation

The University of Sheffield
Visiting an external academic institution

Simultaneous AC bias and gate drive to control a SINIS turnstile
Oral presentation

Alliance Quantum Evaluation Committee (External organisation)
Membership of committee

Alliance Quantum Evaluation Committee (External organisation)
Membership of committee

Characterisation of a 3D aluminium cavity for the QSHS experiments
Invited talk

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Simultaneous AC bias and gate drive to control a SINIS turnstile
Invited talk

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (External organisation)
Membership of board

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (External organisation)
Membership of board

Nature Communications (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Scientific Reports (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Quantum Technology Showcase 2023
Other

The University of Oxford
Visiting an external academic institution

EPSRC International centre to centre outline panel (External organisation)
Other Membership

Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, Institute for Basic Science
Visiting an external academic institution

Journal of Low Temperature Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review

8th International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism
Participation in conference - Academic

Single-electron transistor: electrometer, charge qubit and electron turnstile
Invited talk

Royal Society International Exchanges Panel (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Nanomechanics-based thermodynamics: from molecules to mesoscopic phonons
Examination

A sensitive search for dark matter axions around 24.5 ueV using a multi-cell microwave cavity and a flux-driven Josephson parametric amplifier
Examination

Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Theoretical development and characterisation of a Josephson traveling wave parametric amplifier for very low power microwave signals
Examination

Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Physical Review Applied (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Journal of Applied Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Applied Sciences (Journal)
Publication peer-review

7th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other

Field effect in superconductors: Reality or Delusion?
Invited talk

Stony Brook University
Visiting an external academic institution

Simulating the effects of fabrication tolerance on the performance of Josephson travelling wave parametric amplifiers
Invited talk

Journal of Low Temperature Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Effect of an intense electric field on superconducting coplanar waveguide resonators
Invited talk

The Design, Optimisation, and Characterisation of GaSb/GaAs Quantum Ring-Based Vertical-Cavity Devices Emitting at Telecoms Wavelengths
Examination

Nature Electronics (Journal)
Publication peer-review

6th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other

6th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other

Effect of an intense electric field on superconducting coplanar waveguide resonators
Invited talk

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review

DEVELOPMENT OF NANOBRIDGE BASED JOSEPHSON JUNCTION ELECTRONICS FOR THE READOUT OF SUPERCONDUCTING PHOTON SENSOR ARRAYS
Examination

Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review

EPSRC Physical Sciences Prioritisation Panel (External organisation)
Membership of board

npj Quantum Information (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Journal of Applied Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review

AIP Advances (Journal)
Publication peer-review

EPSRC Programme Grant External Outline Panel (External organisation)
Membership of board

Academia Sinica Taiwan
Visiting an external academic institution

EPSRC Programme Grant (Physical Sciences) Interviews Panel (External organisation)
Membership of board

Royal Society (External organisation)
Membership of committee

On the origin of the electrostatic field effect in superconductors
Invited talk

Royal Society International Exchanges Panel (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, Institute for Basic Science
Visiting an external academic institution

Aalto Univ, Aalto University, Low Temp Lab
Visiting an external academic institution

Academia Sinica Taiwan
Visiting an external academic institution

Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research, Institute for Basic Science
Visiting an external academic institution

Quantum Technology Showcase 2018
Festival/Exhibition/Concert

Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Nanomechanical resonators for probing quantum fluids
Invited talk

Cooling electrons in nanoelectronic devices
Invited talk

State Key Laboratory of Infrared Physics Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 200083 Shanghai, P. R. China
Visiting an external academic institution

Superconducting quantum circuits for quantum information processing
Invited talk

5th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other

5th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other

NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore
Visiting an external academic institution

Nano Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Science (Journal)
Publication peer-review

New Journal of Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review

EPSRC Physical Sciences Fellowship Panel (External organisation)
Membership of board

28th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics
Participation in conference - Academic

Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory (External organisation)
Membership of committee

UK Meeting on Superconducting Quantum Devices
Participation in conference - Academic

Science Advances (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Nature Communications (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Nano Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Nature Nanotechnology (Journal)
Publication peer-review

EPSRC Physical Science Theme’s Programme Grant Interviews Panel (External organisation)
Membership of board

Superconducting quantum circuits: qubits and not only
Invited talk

Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Peer Review College (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Superconducting Quantum Devices (SQD16)
Participation in conference - Academic

Superconducting quantum circuits for quantum information processing
Invited talk

Organisation of a Summer School
Other

Journal of Applied Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Nature Nanotechnology (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Applied Physics Letters (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Sir Neville Mott Lecture 2016
Invited talk

4th IoP Superconductivity Summer School
Other

EPSRC Quantum Technology Fellowships Sift Panel (External organisation)
Membership of board

Scientific Reports (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Joint UK-Japan Workshop on Physics and Applications of Superconductivity
Participation in conference - Academic

Superconducting nanocircuits for quantum technologies
Invited talk

Quantum Technologies for Metrology and Sensing, Lancaster, UK
Participation in conference - Academic

Superconducting nanostructures for quantum computing and quantum metrology
Invited talk

Superconducting nanostructures for quantum computing and quantum metrology
Invited talk

Journal of Low Temperature Physics (Journal)
Publication peer-review

Institute of Physics (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Visiting Researcher
Appointment

Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInsP)
Election to learned society

Letter of Recognition from EPSRC Executive Chair
Other distinction

Letter of Recognition from PVC Research and Enterprise
Other distinction

Letter of Appreciation from the President of RIKEN (Japan)
Other distinction

The Japan Society of Applied Physics Superconductors Division Best Paper Award
Other distinction

Sir Nevill Mott Lecture
Other distinction

Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
Prize (including medals and awards)

Superconductivity Group, Institute of Physics
Election to learned society

  • Low Temperature Physics
  • Quantum Nanotechnology
  • Quantum Technology Centre