Meet our team
A collective of curious, engineering-minded friends aligned around spin
Nuclear spins are ubiquitous, constituting everything around us. They do not participate in chemical reactions but report on their local chemical environment, making them excellent reporters of chemical structure. NMR spectroscopy can probe these spins but suffer from several technical limitations. We build novel instrumentation to overcome these challenges, to extend the power of NMR to new materials, regimes and applications.
Meet the Quantum Choreographer! (our P.I.)
Dr. Ashok Ajoy
Ashok Ajoy is an associate professor in the Chemistry Department. His research interests include nanoscale NMR spectroscopy, methods for quantum sensing and quantum computing with spins, and the chemical physics of spin transport and dynamics at the nanoscale.
My mission is to set up a collegial and inquisitive classroom where learning is a fun experience, and students are driven to class everyday by a mix of curiosity, desire to learn, and as a means for it to be a window to their future aspirations. I am a strong believer that every student in the classroom is gifted, each in her or his own way, and the role of an instructor is that of a facilitator - to make the material accessible and fun to absorb while igniting the students’ innate curiosity. I also believe that learning is most effective amongst peers, and I seek to build a classroom with no “walls” or top-down hierarchies.
Ajoy Lab Members
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Why This Work Matters
Using quantum technologies to address outstanding challenges in the chemical sciences
NMR spectroscopy probes nuclear spins in samples non-invasively and with high chemical specificity. However, NMR suffers from poor spatial resolution and is not easily deployed naturally within sample environments. We develop new tools for "NMR microscopy" leveraging quantum sensors to allow NMR spectroscopy at nanoscale resolution.