# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicolas-gisin
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:41:03.596Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicolas-gisin"
name: "Nicolas Gisin"
slug: "nicolas-gisin"
description: "Nicolas Gisin is a Swiss physicist and professor at the University of Geneva, working on the foundations of quantum mechanics, quantum information, and communication. His work includes both experimental and theoretical physics. He has contributed work in the fields of experimental quantum cryptography and long-distance quantum communication over standard telecom optical fibers. He also co-founded ID Quantique, a company that provides quantum-based technologies."
tagline: "Swiss physicist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicolas_Gisin_201508.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1952-05-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.488410666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "نیکلاس قیسین"
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    title: "Nicolas Gisin"
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    title: "Nicolas Gisin"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump