- Position
- Full Professor
- Speciality
- Theoretical Physics
- Field
- Quantum matter, Quantum simulation
- Institution
- Utrecht University, Netherlands
- Research Page
- https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~morai101/
- https://qumat.org/people/cristiane-de-morais-smith/
- linkedin.com/in/cristiane-de-morais-smith-8b081323
Short bio
Morais Smith is a theoretical physicist working on strongly interacting systems at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. In collaboration with experimental colleagues, her group has pioneered the realization of quantum fractals in electronic quantum simulators. Morais Smith has published more than 170 papers and was invited to give about 400 talks. From 2026, Morais Smith will be leading the Dutch initiative QuMat, Materials for the Quantum Age, involving 6 Dutch Universities. Among others, she was the recipient of the Dresselhaus Prize in 2016 and of the Emmy Noether distinction of the European Physical Society in 2019 “for her outstanding contributions to the theory of condensed matter systems and ultracold atoms to unveil novel quantum states of matter”. In 2020, she was selected by the German Physical Society as one of the 175 most inspiring scientists in the world.
Key words
topological insulatorselectronic quantum simulatorsultracold atomslow-dimensional systems