Who we are, what we do

We engage in a broad range of basic, applied research and technology development in experimental and computational neuroscience, neural computation, quantum information science, bio-security, nuclear weapons data analysis, advanced imaging, image analysis, and signal processing.

Our people

Our staff members have ongoing research projects in

• Quantum-enabled secure communications
• Scalable ion traps for quantum computing simulation
• Fundamental studies of Bose-Einstein condensates and applications to Bose-Einstein condensates interferometry
• Brain imaging using ultra low field magnetic resonance imaging/magnetoencephalography, synthetic cognition, psychophysics, and metagenomics
• Reaction history, radiography, and weapons diagnostics

Our expertise

Applied Modern Physics has a history of excellence in the development and use of advanced diagnostics such as

• SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device) applications to ultra-sensitive magnetic field detection,
• New scientific and technological approaches for functional neuroimaging (e.g. ultra low field magnetic resonance imaging combined with magnetoencephalography)
• Ultra low field magnetic resonance imaging for the detection of liquid explosives,
• Imaging using atomic magnetometry,
• Microfluidics applications,
• Determination of protein structure and function using x-ray crystallography,
• Atom interferometry,
• Optical imaging and tomography of biological tissue,
• Novel applications of radio frequency sensing, and
• Biologically-inspired computer vision.