Research
The development of new technologies at scales approaching the quantum regime is driving new theoretical and experimental research on control in quantum systems. The implementation of quantum control would have an enormous impact on a wide range of fields such as chemistry, nuclear magnetic resonance, microelectronics, and precision metrology. Quantum control finds an ideal application in quantum information processing (QIP), which promises to radically improve the acquisition, transmission, and processing of information. To reach this goal it is necessary to improve both the experimental techniques and the coherent control theory of quantum bits (qubits), as well as to gain a deeper knowledge of the mechanisms of decoherence, which must be studied and fought against. The main topics of my research have been methods of control of physical systems candidates as qubits. In my future research, I plan to continue investigating strategies for the control of quantum systems that can deliver QIP devices (not only quantum computers but also simulators, measuring and communication devices, etc.), which exceed the capacities of the corresponding classical devices.
Short C.V.
This Fall (September '09) I joined the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT as an Assistant Professor.I have been a PostDoc at ITAMP, working on physical implementations of quantum information processing devices and their quantum control.
I obtained my Ph.D. in 2006 at the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. My Ph.D. work was on Quantum Information Processing (QIP) with Prof. David Cory. Topics of my dissertation include QIP devices (simulation and metrology devices) with solid state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and control of logical qubits in liquid state NMR.
Prior to that, I completed my undergraduate and master degrees at the Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy) and at the Ecole Central Paris (France).
Classes
22.51 Quantum Theory of Radiation InteractionsFall 2009: Instructor. Fall 2004: Recitation instructor.
22.920 Hands-On Introduction to NMR
Winter 2005: Co-instructor with Jonathan Hodges
Winner of an MIT teaching award
Activities
Referee for Physics Review Letters and Physics Review A.
Volleyball
I play for the two women's club volleyball teams at MIT:
WAVE and ChickVb.
I also play in the MIT intramurals with the European Club.
Grads for the Arts
In 2005, I was involved in the program Grads for the Arts. If you like to go to the theater, you should check it out!