Seminar: Hooman Mohseni

March 28, 2025

Engineering the Electron-Photon Interactions for Medical, AI, Quantum, and Space Applications

Hooman Mohseni, Northwestern University

3:00 pm, UNM Centennial Engineering Center, Room 1026
Online Guests: Contact Prof. Osiński <osinski@chtm.unm.edu> for a Zoom link

Abstract: Recent advances in science and engineering unlock unprecedented control over electron-photon interactions, enabling new materials and devices with significant future impact. I will show how our new devices enable compact medical imaging systems, extremely energy-efficient AI systems, quantum computers that could operate near room temperature, and engineered nanoparticles that could warm up the atmosphere of Mars about 5000x more efficiently than the best previous solution to make it habitable within several decades.

Bio: Dr. Hooman Mohseni is the AT&T Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University. He is the recipient of research and teaching awards, including W. M. Keck Foundation Award, NSF CAREER Award, DARPA Young Faculty Award, and Northwestern Faculty Honor Roll. Mohseni has served on many international conference committees, scientific review panels, and editorial boards. He has published over 275 articles in major journals (Nature, Science, Nature Photonics, etc.). He holds 87 US and International patents, and has been involved in several startups as founder and CTO. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI), SPIE, and OSA.