Abstract:
In this talk I will first talk about quantum sensing, in particular hot vapor magnetometers, and discuss recent progress regarding the ubiquitous energy resolution limit in magnetometry. I will then connect quantum sensing to quantum biology, the synthesis of modern quantum science & technology with biological systems. As a specific paradigm of this synthesis, I will describe biological quantum sensing with radical-pair reactions used by migratory birds to navigate in earth’s magnetic field. I will discuss why such biochemical magnetometers ideally demonstrate the premise of quantum biology. In short, because they work like a quantum computer. Finally, I will discuss the application of the energy resolution limit developed for man-made magnetometers to biological magnetometers, elaborating on yet another and promising connection between quantum and bio.
Biography:
Professor Kominis received a Diploma in Electrical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens in 1996. He then obtained a PhD in Physics at Princeton University in 2001. He held post-doctoral appointments at Princeton University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Since 2004 he is a faculty member at the Physics Department of the University of Crete. He has authored more than 60 publications receiving more than 5800 citations. Professor Kominis has supervised 5 PhD students, more than 10 Masters students and more than 30 senior undergraduate students. He has founded a spin-off company Quantum Biometronics, holding 3 US patents. He has delivered more than 80 talks in conferences, universities and research centers. Professor Kominis is a world recognized expert in quantum sensing and quantum biology.
Seminar by the NYU-ECNU Institute of Physics at NYU Shanghai