Mona Jarrahi, one of five Moore Inventor Fellows selected in the program’s inaugural year, is featured in The Huffington Post and hailed as a “world leader in terahertz applications.” Jarrahi is an associate professor of electrical engineering at UCLA and the director of Terahertz Electronics Laboratory. The invention that caught the foundation’s eye is an imaging tool to help researchers understand how fundamental biological molecules behave in their natural environment. With this tool, researchers will be able to answer fundamental physical questions that are not possible through existing technologies.
The foundation is supporting Jarrahi and her efforts in the field of terahertz technology over the next three years. Terahertz frequencies lie between microwaves and infrared light on the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation that also includes everything from X-rays to visible light to gamma rays.
Scientists are interested in developing technologies to capitalize on terahertz frequencies because they have the potential to make wireless devices such as Bluetooth, which operates at 2.4 gigahertz frequency, a thousand times faster than they are today.
Read more about Jarrahi, her field of study and what she sees ahead in her research here.
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