Christopher Fuchs
Distinguished Professor of Physics
Biography
Prof. Fuchs previously held research positions at Bell Labs and the Perimeter Inst. for Theoretical Physics. He was a Lee DuBridge Prize Postdoc at Caltech, 1996-99. He has over 170 publications, including a paper on quantum teleportation voted a "Top Ten Breakthrough of 1998" by Science. He was a winner of the 2010 Intl. Quantum Comm. Award and elected Fellow of the Am. Phys. Soc. in 2012 for contributions to QBism. Recent recognition includes selection for the 2023 Vox Future Perfect 50 list.
Area of Expertise
Quantum Information Theory
Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
Degrees
BS in Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 1987
BS in Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, 1987
PhD in Physics, University of New Mexico, 1996
Professional Publications & Contributions
Fuchs, C. A. (2010). . [To be reprinted in Fuchs, C. A. (2026). The Birth of QBism. World Scientific.]
Fuchs, C. A. (2011). Coming of Age with Quantum Information: Notes on a Paulian Idea. Cambridge University Press.
Fuchs, C. A., & Schack, R. (2013). . Reviews of Modern Physics, 85(4), 1693.
Fuchs, C. A., Mermin, N. D., & Schack, R. (2014). American Journal of Physics, 82(8), 749–754.
Fuchs, C. A., & Schack, R. (2014). Physica Scripta, 90(1), 015104.
Fuchs, C. A. (2017). , Information and Interaction: Eddington, Wheeler, and the Limits of Knowledge (pp. 113–134). Springer.
Fuchs, C. A. (2017). Mind and Matter, 15(2), 245–300.
DeBrota, J. B., Fuchs, C. A., & Foundations of Physics, 50(12), 1859–1874.
Fuchs, C. A. (2024). QBism, Where Next?. In P. Berghofer & H. A. Wiltsche (Eds.), Routledge.