I lead the Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry (MAM) section of HIM and am also part of the QUANTUM group in Physics. Our group’s primary interest is fundamental physics; however, since we develop techniques for sensitive measurement and analysis, we also venture into applied research, including that related to biophysics. For example, we have recently succeeded in measuring magnetic fields produced by action potentials in plants and developed a method for sensitive detection of biologically relevant chiral molecules. We have collaborated with faculty members at the University Clinic (to measure magnetic fields of human subjects undergoing transcranial magnetic stimulation), MPIC (to analyze atmospheric compounds of biological relevance), and are part of the Emergent AI center, working on new approaches to data analysis. We have also developed novel magnetic-resonance techniques, the so-called zero- to ultralow-field nuclear magnetic resonance (ZULF NMR).

Positions held 

Since 2014   
Professor of Experimental Atomic Physics and Section Leader, Johannes Gutenberg University and Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Germany

Since 2016   
Professor Emeritus and Professor of Graduate School, Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, USA

1996-2015   
Faculty Scientist, Nuclear Science Division des Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), USA

2005-2015   
Professor, Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, USA

2001-2005   
Associate Professor of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, USA

1995-2001   
Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, USA

1993-1995   
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California at Berkeley, USA

1989-1993   
Graduate Student Research Assistant, University of California at Berkeley, USA

1985-1988   
Junior Researcher, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, USSR

Education

1993  
PhD in Physics, University of California at Berkeley USA

1985 
Diploma in Physics at the Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, USSR