Anasua Chatterjee

Describe your field of work and current role
Staring intently at scientific instruments - or actually: Quantum Information Science, specifically building hardware for quantum computation. For several years, my focus has been on building and operating quantum hardware. Specifically, I work with a peculiar property of electrons called spin. By aligning or anti-aligning  the electron’s spin with a magnetic field, we can encode information as zeros and ones and perform computations using different combinations of these values.
Currently, my research also involves feedback and control of delicate quantum systems, as well as engineering more complex devices and interactions. It’s a bit like working with Lego, where I try to piece together different components and materials to create hybrid devices. It’s a fascinating and creative process.

What has your path been from starting at university until today?
I've lived in five different countries. I went to college in the US, then PhD in the UK, then came to Denmark.
Tech and innovation came into my life almost by chance: I was deciding whether to pursue theoretical or experimental physics when I had the opportunity to work on an experimental research project in quantum physics. I loved being in the lab conducting experiments, and found quantum physics an incredible field in which to work. And it turned out that a lot of my skills and knowledge are quite useful for quantum technology and innovation.

What will you use your YATSI membership for?
At heart I’m an academic and want to make it easier for people like me to bridge the gap between academia and industry.

Who's the person behind the member?
I enjoy things that combine engineering and creativity :) pottery, sewing, and also reading and writing. When I lived in London, I also found learning horse riding at a local city farm a lot of fun. I admit I had thought it would be the horse doing most of the work.