Sanjay Behura
San Diego State University, CA·Materials Science
Many sensing tools cannot detect weak physical signals right next to their source. Others are expensive or bulky, or work only when cooled to extremely low temperatures.
- Fields
Materials Science
Physics
Engineering
- Topics
quantum sensing
hexagonal boron nitride
hBN
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Aug 2027
What they work on
- Assess the translation potential of a room-temperature quantum sensor based on optically addressable spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride, light-readable flaws in an atomically thin material, through I-Corps customer discovery.
- Identify which users need high-proximity, room-temperature quantum sensing, such as instrument companies, biotechnology developers and advanced manufacturers, by investigating the industry ecosystem first-hand.
- Evaluate how cavity-enabled optical readout, which boosts light collection from quantum defects, distinguishes the hBN sensor from bulk, cryogenic quantum sensing technologies for target markets.
More about the research
These limits slow progress in biomedical research, materials development, semiconductor inspection and environmental monitoring. A compact quantum sensor that works at room temperature and can sit very close to a cell, surface or device could make precise measurement far more practical.
Why it matters
A room-temperature, compact quantum sensor could make sensitive, close-range measurement more accessible. Biomedical researchers, semiconductor inspectors, environmental monitors and instrument companies all need precise sensing without cryogenic cooling or large infrastructure, and could benefit. Longer term, such sensors may support applications in healthcare, energy, national security and advanced manufacturing.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Chong Zu
Washington University in St Louis, MO·Physics
Explore new non-equilibrium phenomena that arise when the strict time-periodic (Floquet) driving of a quantum spin system is relaxed, using nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center ensembles in diamond.
Maxim Shcherbakov
University of California-Irvine, CA·Physics·Early-career
Determine the fundamental properties of photonic-phononic metasurfaces that pair resonant dielectric nanostructures with phonon-polaritonic materials such as hBN and MoO3, using full-wave simulations, nanofabrication and near-field microscopy.
Suneel Kumar Kodambaka
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, VA·Materials Science
Test whether atoms landing on van der Waals surfaces such as hexagonal boron nitride move faster than on conventional 3D solids, using in situ variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy during film growth.
The school
San Diego State University: 13 labs on PI Pages, $182M a year on research, 142 research doctorates a year.
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