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Fall 2025 CUbit Quantum Seminar Series

ÌýÌýFall 2025 CUbit Quantum Seminar Series
Supported by the CUbit Quantum Initiative at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ
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  • Location: CASE Building – Chancellor’s Hall, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ
  • Light refreshments: 3:30 p.m.
  • Talk begins: 4:00 p.m.
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  • Who: Peter MaurerÌý
  • Title: From diamond defects to protein-based qubit sensorsÌý
  • Abstract: Quantum metrology enables some of the world's most sensitive measurements with potentially far-reaching applications in the life sciences. Although the ultrahigh sensitivity of qubit sensors has sparked the imagination of researchers, implementing them in actual devices that enable monitoring cellular processes or detecting diseases remains largely elusive. Overcoming the limitations that hinder the broader application of quantum technology in the life sciences requires advances in both fundamental science and engineering. In this talk, I will discuss new strategies that combine quantum engineering and molecular biology to develop a new generation of quantum sensors that can be readily integrated with biological systems. My discussion will start with the development of a novel biocompatible surface functionalization architecture for highly coherent diamond crystals. I will then continue with discussing a new approach to engineering spin coherence in core-shell structured diamond particles, which can be readily chemically modified and delivered to intact biological systems. Finally, I will depart from established diamond sensors and introduce an entirely new class of biological qubits based on optically-addressable spins in fluorescent proteins. These protein-qubits have coherence times and optical readout comparable to solid-state defects, but are only 3 nm in diameter and genetically encodable. The unifying theme of these advances is the convergence of techniques from quantum engineering and molecular biology. Specific applications of the developed sensing platforms to questions in the life sciences will be discussed throughout this talk.Ìý


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Past Events

Funded with the generous support of The Caruso Foundation.

Spring 2025 Seminars

  • Steven Girvin (Yale) Tuesday, April 29
  • Johannes Zeiher (Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics) Thursday, March 20, 2025
  • Dr. John Bowers, (University of California) Santa Barbara February 10th, 2025

Fall 2024 Seminars

  • Dr. Lawrence Cheuk, (Princeton) ÌýDecember 9, 2024
  • Professor Peter Rakich, (Yale) ÌýNovember 4, 2024
  • Dr. Michael Foss-Feig, (Quantinuum) ÌýOctober 7, 2024

Spring 2024 Seminars

  • Dr. Jeff Thompson (Princeton) April 30, 2024
  • Dr.Amir Safavi-Naeni, (Stanford) April 16, 2024
  • Antoine Browaeys (Institut d’Optique) February 27, 2024

Fall 2023 Seminars

  • Leticia Tarruell (Ultracold Quantum Gases, ICFO, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology)December 11, 2023
  • John Preskill (Caltech) November 13, 2023
  • Christopher Monroe (Duke) October 23, 2023

Spring 2023 Seminars

  • Mikhail Lukin (Harvard)ÌýMay 1, 2023Ìý
  • Jon Simon (Stanford) April 10,Ìý2023Ìý
  • Amir Safavi-Naeini (Stanford) March 13,Ìý2023ÌýCANCELED due to illness.
  • Sabrina Maniscalco (University of Helsinki) February 6,Ìý2023Ìý
  • Nathalie de Leon (Princeton University)January 30,Ìý2023ÌýÌýÌýWatch TalkÌý

Fall 2022 Seminars

  • John Martinis (UC Santa Barbara)December 12, 2022
  • Ana Garcia (Columbia University)December 5, 2022
  • Ferdinand Kuemmeth (Niels Bohr Institute)November 7, 2022
  • Kartik A. SrinivasanÌý(NIST) October 24, 2022
  • Mark Eriksson (University of Wisconsin-Madison) October 17, 2022Ìý
    Quantum Computing Using Electron Spins in Silicon
  • Eugene Simon PolzikÌý(Niels Bohr Institute) September 26, 2022Ìý
    Quantum Physics with Macroscopic Objects
  • Rahul Nandkishore (¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ)ÌýAugust 29, 2022Ìý
    Fracton Dynamics

Spring 2022 Seminars

  • Hong Tang (Yale)ÌýApril 25, 2022Ìý
    Integrated Nonlinear Photonics for Quantum Frequency Conversion
  • Marko Loncar (Harvard)ÌýApril 18, 2022Ìý
    New Opportunities with Old Materials
  • John Doyle (Harvard)March 28, 2022
    Cold and Ultra-Cold Molecules for Quantum Science
  • Krister Shalm (NIST)February 14, 2022
    Quantum Entropy as a ServiceÌý

Fall 2021 Seminars

  • Jelena Vuckovic (Stanford) December 6, 2021
    Scalable Semiconductor Quantum SystemsÌý
  • Ben Bloom (Atom Computing)ÌýNovember 8, 2021
    Optically Trapped Atomic QubitsÌý
  • Will Oliver (MIT)October 11, 2021
    Giant Artifical Atoms and Waveguide QEDÌý
  • Scott Diddams (NIST)ÌýSeptember 13, 2021
    Optical Frequency Combs 2.0Ìý

Spring 2020 Seminars

  • John Martinis (UCSB,ÌýGoogle)ÌýFebruary 10, 2020
  • Alexander Gaeta (Columbia)ÌýScheduled February 24, 2020
  • Aram Harrow (MIT)ÌýScheduled March 9, 2020, postponed
  • Jelena Vuckovic (Stanford)ÌýScheduled April 13, 2020, postponed
  • John Doyle (Harvard)ÌýScheduled April 20, 2020, postponed

Spring 2019 Seminars

  • Ania Jayich (UCSB)ÌýFebruary 26, 2019
  • Andrei Faraon (Caltech)ÌýMarch 12, 2019
  • Markus Greiner (Harvard)ÌýMarch 19, 2019
  • Vladan Vuletic (MIT)ÌýApril 2, 2019
  • Kai-Mei Fu (UW Seattle)ÌýApril 30, 2019
  • Jack Harris (Yale)ÌýMay 14, 2019
  • Jonathan Home (ETH)ÌýMay 14, 2019

Fall 2019 Seminars

  • Nergis Mavalvala (MIT)ÌýSeptember 30, 2019
  • Dan Oron (Weizmann)ÌýOctober 28, 2019
  • Franco Wong (MIT)ÌýNovember 4, 2019
  • David Schuster (Chicago)ÌýNovember 18, 2019
  • Andrew Wilson (NIST)ÌýDecember 2, 2019

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