2025 Marie Curie Lecture Series – Canberra
Your Quantum Future | Dr Sol H Jacobsen
Join us to celebrate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology at this free public lecture hosted by the Australian Institute of Physics, as part of the 2025 Marie Curie Lecture Series.
Dr Sol H. Jacobsen
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The humble electron is a pillar of modern technology. They power almost every aspect of daily life, from your toaster to your phone. But these devices use only one quantum property of the electrons: their charge. Today, physicists are harnessing other properties – such as their “spin” – to advance a new technological revolution. This talk will show you how our understanding of spin is changing the way we build devices, from basic principles to state of the art. Your quantum future is coming – learn how, why, and what society should do to prepare.
Dr. Sol Jacobsen is Group Leader at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, where she investigates ways to use the quantum property of spin in future technological devices. She studied Physics with Philosophy at the University of York, U.K., where she was awarded the Goodwin Prize. After receiving her Ph.D. at the University of Tasmania, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Germany and Norway, before establishing her group in 2019. She was selected as Outstanding Academic Fellow at NTNU, and will start her new project – SuperFlex – in 2025. Her three children keep her busy the rest of the time.