Sophia Economou
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Virginia Tech
Sophia E. Economou | |
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| Alma mater | University of California, San Diego |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | United States Naval Research Laboratory Virginia Tech |
| Thesis | Spontaneous emission and optical control of spins in quantum dots (2006) |
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Sophia E. Economou is a Greek-American physicist who is a professor and the T. Marshall Hahn Chair in Physics at Virginia Tech. She directs the Virginia Tech Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering.
Economou was a BSci. student at the University of Crete, Greece, graduating in 2000[1] and a doctoral student at the University of California, San Diego, where she studied quantum dots. In particular, she was interested in spins in quantum dots, which could be manipulated optically.[2] After graduating, she moved to the United States Naval Research Laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher and staff member, where she worked on quantum computing and quantum photonics.[3]
Research and career
Economou directs the Virginia Tech Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering.[4] Her research develops algorithms that can use noisy quantum computers to predict the properties of new molecular materials.[5]
Economou is committed to educating a new generation of quantum scientists, and created a first year course on quantum information science.[6]
