Gregg S. Jaeger
Gregg S. Jaeger
Assistant Professor of Natural Science
BS (mathematics, philosophy & physics), University of Wisconsin; PhD (physics), Boston University
jaeger@bu.edu
http://math.bu.edu/people/jaeger/
Research interests: quantum computing, quantum cryptography, and quantum biophysics
Prof. Jaeger joined the faculty of Boston University in 1994. At BU, he has taught in both the College of General Studies (Division of Natural Science) and the College of Arts & Sciences (Department of Mathematics).
He also carries out ongoing research as a member of the Quantum Imaging Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
He has also worked as a researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) outside Washington, D.C., and as a chief scientist and research director in quantum information science in high-tech companies in the U.S. and in Europe.
Quantum information science is a rapidly growing field that has given rise to two radically new technologies:
quantum cryptography and quantum computing.
These fields were brought into being after decades of work in the foundations of quantum physics, including important work done here at Boston University exploring the highly unusual behavior of the quantum mechanical objects arising from quantum entanglement.
Professor Jaeger has recently published a book detailing these subjects: Quantum Information: An Overview.
Together with colleagues at the Boston University Quantum Imaging Lab (located in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering) and collaborators at Harvard University and BBN Technologies (the originators of internet technology), he has also been working on a project to develop the DARPA (QuIST) Quantum Network for quantum cryptography, a metro-area network (MAN) prototype to operate between our institutions through optical fiber connections making practical use of entanglement.
Professor Jaeger has a deep interest in the history and philosophy of science and have published several articles in that multidisciplinary area, most recently a philosophical article on the implications of quantum mechanics for explanatory reductionism in mesoscopic physical systems, particularly molecular biological systems. This work considers both physical and biological aspects of the natural world, both of central importance in the curriculum of the CGS Division of Natural Science. He has also published in the area of evolutionary biology.
In addition to numerous publications in quantum physics and the history and philosophy of science, including two book chapters on multiparticle interferometry, quantum cryptography and quantum metrology, he has recently been granted two U.S. patents in quantum computing.
In 2006 he was named “researcher to watch” by Technology Research News, and the College of General Studies honored his teaching with the 2006–2007 Dr. Ismail Sensel Outstanding Professor Award.
For further information on Professor Jaeger and copies of his publications, visit his personal website.