I am a condensed matter theorist working on strongly correlated quantumsystems, with an emphasis on disorder and interaction driven physics, andnon-equilibrium dynamics. I am also interested in quantum control andquantum information related problems. When possible, I find it veryrewarding to collaborate with experimentalists; in the recent past, I haveworked on a wide range of problems including uncovering the properties oftopological defects in quantum Hall ferromagnets in Bismuth, phononicCherenkov radiation in graphene, and understanding the phase dynamics ofBose gases on atom chips.
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec,Canada. Prior to this, I was a postdoctoral researcherat Princeton University inRavindraBhatt's group. I obtained my undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and my PhD atHarvard University under thesupervision ofEugeneDemler.
Professor Agarwal received M.S. from Banaras Hindu University in 1966, and a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in 1969. He specializes primarily in quantum optics and broadly in quantum physics. The theoretical work focuses on quantum effects in hybrid systems; quantum phase transitions and collective effects in cavities driven by squeezed light; Frohlich condensates; coupling of quantum emitters to meta materials; chiral quantum systems. The experimental effort based on super-resolution microscopy, quantum sensing and is focused towards bio-photonics applications.
I am interested in understanding the fundamental laws of nature and ways we can test them. My research revolves around open questions in fundamental physics, such as the nature of dark matter and dark energy, and explanations for the patterns in the basic building blocks of particle physics.
Prof. Aggarwal is interested in precision measurements for fundamental physics. In particular, she uses techniques from Quantum Optics, atomic physics, and condensed matter physics to look for new physics in the form of dark matter candidates or gravitational waves from astrophysical, cosmological, and exotic sources.
She is a member of the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory) collaboration, LSD (Levitated Sensor Detector) collaboration, and the ARIADNE (Axion Resonant InterAction DetectioN Experiment) collaboration.
She is also part of a new global initiative to build detectors for Ultra High Frequency GW detectors.
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Robert received his Ph.D. in theoretical high energy physics at the University of Michigan, and then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Canadian National Lab TRIUMF. He joined PRL in 1994. Robert was elected an APS Fellow in 2013. You can follow him on Twitter @RobertGaristo.
Alain Pumir, cole Normale Suprieure de Lyon, France and Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany
Laurence Ramos, University of Montpellier, France
Eric R. Weeks, Emory University, USA
Ke-Qing Xia, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Tanniemola B. Liverpool, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Kirsten Martens, Grenoble Alpes University and French National Centre for Scientific Research, France
Felipe Pacheco-Vzquez, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexico
Alois Wurger, University of Bordeaux, France
Girish S. Agarwal, Fellow of the Royal Society UK,[1] (born 7 July 1946)[2] is a theoretical physicist. He is currently at the Texas A & M University with affiliations to the Departments of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering.[3] Earlier he worked as Noble Foundation Chair and the Regents Professor at the Oklahoma State University.[3] He is a recognized leader in the field of quantum optics and also has made major contributions to the fields of nonlinear optics, nanophotonics and plasmonics.[4] In 2013 he published the textbook "Quantum Optics",[5] covering a wide range of recent developments in the field, which has been well received by the community.[6]
Born in Bareilly, India, Agarwal studied physics at the Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India, (BSc in 1964)[3] and Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India, (MSc in 1966).[3] In 1969, he received his PhD from the University of Rochester, USA, followed by post-doctoral appointments at the University of Rochester, the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India.[3] In 1974, at the age of 28, he published his first monograph "Quantum Statistical Theories of Spontaneous Emission and their Relation to other Approaches" at Springer.[7] This book on light-matter interaction and spontaneous decay has since been a standard reference for quantum optics researchers worldwide.
After a few years at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and the Institute of Science, Mumbai, India, he was appointed in 1977 full professor at the University of Hyderabad, India, where he had the major responsibility to set up the School of Physics.[3] In 1995, Girish S. Agarwal was appointed Director and Distinguished Scientist of the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India.[3] From 1995 - 2000 he served additionally as Honorary Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, and from 2001 - 2005 held the Einstein Centenary Research Professorship of the Indian National Science Academy. Numerous guest professorships have taken him to the major centers of optics and quantum optics throughout the world, including the University of Rochester, Texas A & M University, College Station, the University of Colorado, Boulder, the Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany, the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany, the Universities of Essen, Ulm, and Erlangen, Germany, the Technical University of Vienna, Austria, and the University of Manchester, UK.[3]
As a scientist he served the international optics and quantum optics community by organizing schools and symposia, e.g., at the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, for the benefit of the scientists from third world countries. He also spearheaded the efforts of the Indian Government's Department of Science and Technology to build up the infrastructure in the Physics Departments of Indian Universities. He also has served on the editorial board of various leading journals in optics and quantum optics, including Physical Review A.
Girish S. Agarwal has received awards for his achievements in the field of optics and quantum optics.[3] This includes the Humboldt Research Award, Germany (1997),[8] the Max-Born Award of the Optical Society of America, USA (1988),[9] the Einstein Medal of the Optical and Quantum Electronics Society, USA (1994), The World Academy of Sciences Prize in Physics (1994),[10] the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award in Physical Sciences by the Government of India (1982) the Honoris causa of the University of Liege, Belgium (2007), and of the University of Hyderabad, India (2011), an Elected Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (1997), an Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (1985),[11] an Elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America (1986), an Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (1981), and an Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (1981).[12] He was invited to the Sir JC Bose Chair at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India, and the JRD Tata Chair at The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. In 2012 he was recognized by the Oklahoma State University by the "Eminent Faculty Award".
Kartiek Agarwal is a condensed matter theorist in the Material Science Division. His interests include the study of quantum materials exhibiting magnetic, superconducting, and topological properties, non-equilibrium dynamics in artificial quantum systems, and quantum information theoretic questions relating to entanglement measures, dynamics and state and Hamiltonian tomography.
Agarwal got his undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, and PhD from Harvard University in 2016. He was a postdoctoral scholar at Princeton University before joining the physics department at McGill University as an assistant professor in 2019. He joined Argonne in 2024.
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Myocardial strain is a measure of myocardial deformation, which is a more sensitive imaging biomarker of myocardial disease than the commonly used ventricular ejection fraction. Although myocardial strain is commonly evaluated by using speckle-tracking echocardiography, cardiovascular MRI (CMR) is increasingly performed for this purpose. The most common CMR technique is feature tracking (FT), which involves postprocessing of routinely acquired cine MR images. Other CMR strain techniques require dedicated sequences, including myocardial tagging, strain-encoded imaging, displacement encoding with stimulated echoes, and tissue phase mapping. The complex systolic motion of the heart can be resolved into longitudinal strain, circumferential strain, radial strain, and torsion. Myocardial strain metrics include strain, strain rate, displacement, velocity, torsion, and torsion rate. Wide variability exists in the reference ranges for strain dependent on the imaging technique, analysis software, operator, patient demographics, and hemodynamic factors. In anticancer therapy cardiotoxicity, CMR myocardial strain can help identify left ventricular dysfunction before the decline of ejection fraction. CMR myocardial strain is also valuable for identifying patients with left ventricle dyssynchrony who will benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy. CMR myocardial strain is also useful in ischemic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, pulmonary hypertension, and congenital heart disease. The authors review the physics, principles, and clinical applications of CMR strain techniques. Online supplemental material is available for this article. RSNA, 2022.
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