Prof. Clarice D Aiello | Leads Quantum Biology Tech (QuBiT) Lab, UCLA
- Professor Aiello is a quantum engineer who is leading the Quantum Technology Tech Lab, UCLA.
- She is an expert on nanosensors harnessing room-temperature quantum effects in noisy environments.
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Overview
Quantum biology is an emerging field that explores the role of quantum phenomena in biological systems. It investigates how quantum mechanics may play a role in fundamental biological processes such as photosynthesis, enzyme reactions, and bird navigation. By studying quantum effects at the molecular and cellular levels, quantum biology aims to deepen our understanding of life’s complexity and potentially revolutionize fields like medicine and biotechnology. In today’s episode, we discuss the potential that quantum biology holds.
[00:32] – About Prof. Clarice D Aiello
- Professor Aiello is a quantum engineer who is leading the Quantum Technology Tech Lab, UCLA.
- She is an expert on nanosensors harnessing room-temperature quantum effects in noisy environments.
[05:58] – What is quantum biology?
- We live in a quantum powered world. Humans developed quantum technologies 300 years after the Industrial Revolution.
- There is evidence that nature is indeed harnessing a quantum nest to function optimally.
- The photosynthetic processes that occur in plants like the photon absorption and dumping of this energy of this photon is way higher than any solar cell ever built by humankind.
- One of the correlative evidence is that this is done by a chemical process that depends on vibrations in a quantum mechanical way.
- Quantum biology is the study at different length scales and time scales of the extent to which quantum degrees of freedom native to biology are affecting macroscopic biological function.
[13:19] – Can you get into more details of the electron quantum property of spin?
- Spin is an intrinsic quantum property of matter. There is no classical analogy to spins but everything has been like electrons and nuclei have spins.
- Spins are as fundamental as mass and charge.
- If mass tells you how an electron interacts with the gravitational field, and charge tells you how an electron interacts with an electric field. The spin tells you how an electron interacts with a magnetic field.
- Different spin states react differently to each magnetic field for electrical charges.
- We represent spin with an arrow; arrow up represents one spin state and arrow down represents another spin state.
- Spin up and spin down represent different interactions with external magnetic fields.
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- Professor Aiello is a quantum engineer who is leading the Quantum Technology Tech Lab, UCLA.
- She is an expert on nanosensors harnessing room-temperature quantum effects in noisy environments.
