Group research interests
Ultra-low-field magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging with atomic sensors
Magnetic resonance is traditionally performed by applying very strong magnetic fields to generate parts-per-million polarization of nuclei in the samples of interest, and pickup coils to detect the resulting radio signals.
Here we develop NMR and MRI techniques that do away with the giant magnet, and instead use a combination of field switching, hyperpolarization, and ultrasensitive atomic magnetometers to obtain magnetic resonance information of interest to chemistry, biology, and solar energy conversion.