Dirk Englund

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Research

Dirk Englund received his B.S. in Physics from Caltech, spent a year at TU Eindhoven as a U.S. Fulbright Fellow, and received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford in 2008. He was a postdoc at Harvard before joining Columbia as an assistant professor in 2011. He joined MIT EECS in 2013, where he is now a full professor. His group's research spans quantum computing, quantum networks, machine learning acceleration with integrated photonic circuits, and digital twin modeling of complex physical systems.

Recognitions

2023 — Fellow of the IEEE
2022 — Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
2023 — Best Paper Award, OECC/PSC Conference 2022
2023 — R&D 100 Award winner (MIT Lincoln Laboratory Microsystems Prototyping Foundry)
2021–2024 — Web of Science / Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (Physics 2022–2024; Cross-Field 2021)
2021 — Fellow of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America)
2020 — Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship
2018 — Bose Research Fellow
2017 — Adolph Lomb Medal (OSA / Optica top award for a young researcher in optics)
2017 — ACS Photonics Young Investigator Award
2016 — MIT Lincoln Laboratory R&D 100 Award
2015 — Lincoln Laboratory Best Paper Award
2012 — IEEE-HKN Outstanding Young Professional Award
2012 — IBM Faculty Award
2012 — DARPA Young Faculty Award
2011 — Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
2011 — Sloan Research Fellowship in Physics
2010 — Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award
2004 — NSF Graduate Fellowship
2003 — NDSEG Fellow
2002 — U.S. Fulbright Fellow
2002 — D.S. Kothari Thesis Prize in Physics, Caltech