Clarice Aiello
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
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Clarice D. Aiello is a quantum engineer interested in how quantum physics informs biology at the nanoscale. She is an expert on nanosensors harnessing room-temperature quantum effects in noisy environments.
Experiments suggest that nontrivial quantum mechanical effects involving spin might underlie biosensing phenomena as varied as magnetic field detection for animal navigation, metabolic regulation in cells and optimal electron transport in chiral biomolecules.
Can spin physics be established – or refuted! – to account for physiologically relevant biosensing, and be manipulated to technological and therapeutic advantage? This is the broad, exciting question that the Quantum Biology Tech (QuBiT) Lab wishes to address.
Experiments suggest that nontrivial quantum mechanical effects involving spin might underlie biosensing phenomena as varied as magnetic field detection for animal navigation, metabolic regulation in cells and optimal electron transport in chiral biomolecules.
Can spin physics be established – or refuted! – to account for physiologically relevant biosensing, and be manipulated to technological and therapeutic advantage? This is the broad, exciting question that the Quantum Biology Tech (QuBiT) Lab wishes to address.
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
Her research group, the Quantum Biology Tech (QuBiT) Lab, will perform quantum measurements on “living sensors,” such as proteins, cells and microorganisms, to understand how they interact with their environment. This knowledge can lead to a broad range of discoveries, for example, how animals navigate, advanced therapeutics for metabolic-related diseases, and quantum information strategies for computing.
IN THE NEWS
- Quantum Biology, Dark Matter and Art, and Weather Forecasting | Einstein-A-Go-Go (Australian science podcast), August 2023
- Clarice Aiello, a UCLA Electrical Engineering Faculty Member, on Quantum Biology | Quantum Computing Report, July 2023
- Quantum Physics Proposes a New Way to Study Biology - And the Results Could Revolutionize Our Understanding of How Life Works | The Conversation, May 2023
- The Baldscientist Podcast – Episode 019 – Dr. Clarice Aiello – Quantum Biology | The Baldscientist Podcast, September, 2022
- Bridging the gap between biologists and physicists | Nature
- UCLA Library honors 3 professors for their work to make classes affordable | UCLA Newsroom
EDUCATION
- Postdoctoral appts: Stanford, UC Berkeley
- Ph.D. MIT