Prof. Gonzalo A. Alvarez
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Author:臧晶晶  Release time:2026-07-14   Access times:10

Name:

Gonzalo A. Alvarez (Professor)

Address:

C1609-1, Material Science Building, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, PR China

E-mail:

gonzalo.alvarez@conicet.gov.ar

 

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE


JAN. 2026-PRESENT

University of Science and Technology of China, Department of Modern Physics.

International Visiting Professor

NOV. 2019-PRESENT

Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA, CONICET, Argentina
Head of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory, Independent Researcher of CONICET (tenured, equivalent to Principal Investigator)

FEB. 2022-PRESENT

Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, CNEA, Argentina

Associate Professor (Profesor Adjunto & Profesor Asociado)

JUN. 2016-OCT. 2019

Centro Atómico Bariloche, CNEA, CONICET, Argentina

Investigador Adjunto (tenured, equivalent of Associate Professor level)

AUG. 2017-JAN. 2022

Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, CNEA, Argentina

Assistant Professor

MAY 2013-DEC. 2015

Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Marie Curie Senior Fellow of the European Commission and Visiting Scientist

JUN. 2012-APR. 2013

Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Postdoctoral Fellow

MAR. 2011-MAY 2012

Technische Universitaet Dortmund, Germany

Associated Scientist (Forschungsmitarbeiter)

NOV. 2008-FEB. 2011

Technische Universitaet Dortmund, Germany

Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow

APR. 2007-NOV. 2008

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

CONICET Postdoctoral Fellow

APR. 2002-APR. 2007

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

Ph.D. in Physics, CONICET PhD Fellow

MAR. 1996-MAR. 2002

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

Licenciado en Física (equivalent to M.Sc. in Physics)


RESEARCH INTERESTS

  1. Quantum Control for Magnetic Resonance

  2. Quantum Sensing and Quantum Metrology

  3. Open Quantum Systems, Decoherence, and Non-Markovian Dynamics

  4. Spin Dynamics and Many-Body Quantum Information

  5. Advanced NMR and MRI for Biomedical Imaging

  6. NV-Center Quantum Sensors and Hyperpolarization


REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

  1. "Witnessing non-stationary and non-Markovian environments with a quantum sensor".John W. Rosenberg, Martín Kuffer, Inbar Zohar, Rainer Stöhr, Andrej Denisenko, Analia Zwick, Gonzalo A. Álvarez, Amit Finkler. Phys. Rev. Applied. 25, 014049 (2026).

  2. "Sensing Out-of-Equilibrium and Quantum Non-Gaussian environments via induced Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking on the quantum-probe dynamics".M. Kuffer, A. Zwick and G.A. Alvarez. PRX Quantum6, 020320 (2025).

  3. "Quantum sensing tools to characterize physical, chemical and biological processes with magnetic resonance".A. Zwick, and G.A. Álvarez. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Open16-17, 100113 (2023).

  4. "Path integral framework for characterizing and controlling decoherence induced by non-stationary environments on a quantum probe".M. Kuffer, A. Zwick, and G.A. Álvarez. PRX Quantum3, 020321(2022).

  5. "Noninvasive Quantitative Imaging of Selective Microstructure Sizes via Magnetic Resonance".M. Capiglioni, A. Zwick, P. Jiménez, G.A. Álvarez. Phys. Rev. Applied 15, 014045 (2021).

  6. "Precision limits of tissue microstructure characterization by Magnetic Resonance Imaging".A. Zwick, D.Suter, G. Kurizki, and G.A. Álvarez.Phys. Rev. Applied 14, 024088 (2020).

  7. "Protecting quantum information against environmental noise".D. Suter and G.A. Alvarez. Rev. Mod. Phys.88, 041001 (2016).

  8. "Maximizing information on the environment by dynamically controlled qubit probes".A. Zwick, G.A. Álvarez, and G. Kurizki. Phys. Rev. Applied5, 014007 (2016).

  9. "Local and bulk 13C hyperpolarization in nitrogen-vacancy-centred diamonds at variable fields and orientations".G.A. Álvarez, C.O. Bretschneider, R. Fischer, P. London, H. Kanda, S. Onoda, J. Isoya, D. Gershoni, and L. Frydman.Nat. Commun. 6, 8456 (2015).

  10. "Localization-delocalization transition in the dynamics of dipolar-coupled nuclear spins", G. A. Alvarez, D. Suter and R. Kaiser, Science 349, 846-848 (2015).

  11. "Coherent dynamical recoupling of diffusion-driven decoherence in magnetic resonance",G.A. Álvarez, N. Shemesh, and L. Frydman,Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 080404 (2013).

  12. "Shift-driven modulations of spin echo signals",P.E.S. Smith, G. Bensky, G.A. Álvarez, G. Kurizki, and L. Frydman,Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 109, 5958 (2012).

  13. "Controlling spin-spin network dynamics by repeated projective measurements",C.O. Bretschneider, G.A. Álvarez, G. Kurizki, and L. Frydman,Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 140403 (2012).

  14. "Measuring the spectrum of colored noise by dynamical decoupling",G.A. Álvarez, and D. Suter,Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 230501 (2011).

  15. "Robust dynamical decoupling for quantum computing and quantum memory", A.M. Souza, G.A. Álvarez, and D. Suter,Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 240501 (2011).

  16. "Zeno and anti-Zeno polarization control of spin-ensembles by induced dephasing",G.A. Álvarez, D.D.B. Rao, L. Frydman, and G. Kurizki,Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 160401 (2010).

  17. "NMR quantum simulation of localization effects induced by decoherence",G.A. Álvarez and D. Suter,Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 230403 (2010).

  18. "Quantum parallelism as a tool for ensemble spin dynamics calculations",G.A. Alvarez, E.P. Danieli, P.R. Levstein, and H.M. Pastawski,Phys. Rev. Lett.101, 120503 (2008).

  19. "Environmentally induced Quantum Dynamical Phase Transition in the spin swapping operation",G.A. Alvarez, E.P. Danieli, P.R. Levstein, and H.M. Pastawski,J. Chem. Phys. 124, 194507 (2006).