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Raisa Trubko is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), leading the WPI Quantum Sensing group. She specializes in experimental quantum physics, focusing on quantum sensing techniques using nitrogen-vacancy (NV) defects in diamond to image magnetic fields with high spatial resolution. Her work bridges quantum instrument development and applications in biomagnetism and novel material studies.
Education: Ph.D. in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona (NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipient), BS in Optics and BA in Physics from the University of Rochester. Notable academic history includes postdoctoral research at Harvard University and visiting fellowships at the Vienna University of Technology and Harvard's departments of Physics and Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Research Interests: Quantum Sensing, Biomagnetism, Paleomagnetism, and applications of machine learning in physics. Her lab, Quantum Sensing Lab (Olin Hall 017), develops tools for high-resolution magnetic field imaging and explores their use in geoscience and material science.
Her scholarly contributions span quantum diamond microscopy, stress analysis in diamond crystals, and dark matter detection via electron microscopy. Recent work includes collaborations on inclusivity in academia, as co-author of a study on syllabus design published in Nature's Humanities and Social Sciences Connections.
Grants/Awards: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Media recognition includes features in Inside Higher ED and Pittsburgh Post Gazette for her role in WPI's 2020 faculty expansion and DEIJ research initiatives.
