BAR-ILAN INSTITUTE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY & ADVANCED MATERIALS | 2019 ANNUAL REPORT

Dr. Eliahu Cohen, who joined BINA in 2019, is an expert in quantum science and technology. After completing his PhD at Tel Aviv University, he went on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Bristol, specializing in quantum information, and then secured a position as a research associate at the University of Ottawa, focusing on quantum photonics. In October 2018, Dr. Cohen joined the Electro-optics track at The Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering at Bar-Ilan University. “I’m interested in harnessing quantum light for the study of both the fundamental and the practical aspects of quantummechanics. On the fundamental side, I’mmostly interested in quantummeasurement theory and quantum nonlocality. On the practical side, my focus is on quantum computation/simulation and quantum sensing. The applications include: sensitive quantummeasurements, quantum imaging, quantum radar, quantum information processing, photonic quantum walks (analogous to of classical random walks) acting as quantum simulators of complex systems and quantum tomography. The main topics that I have been exploring in my research are quantum entanglement as well as advanced measurement techniques including weak, partial, protective, interaction-free and nonlocal measurements,” says Dr. Cohen, who maintains collaborations with quantum optics labs in Canada, Italy, Japan, China and of course, Israel, as well as with Elta Systems and the Soreq Nuclear Research Center. “Being a theoretician, I look for other labs and researchers that can apply our abstract ideas and/or utilize our theoretical tools. I find BINA’s network an inspiring source of new ideas and new collaborations and I look forward to continuing my current collaborations with BINA members Dr. Moti Fridman, Prof. Sharon Shwartz and Prof. Avi Pe’er, while identifying additional opportunities to work with researchers in related areas.” Dr. Eliahu Cohen 14