Amir Yacoby is a Professor of Physics at Harvard University. He is also a Professor of Applied Physics at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University and a visiting Professor at Brookhaven National Labs. Following a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the Technion and a master’s degree in theoretical physics, professor Yacoby turned to experimental condensed matter physics. He received his PhD in 1994 from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and joined its faculty in 1998. In 2006 Professor Yacoby joined Harvard University. His current interests are in understanding the behavior of low-dimensional systems and their applications to quantum information technology. His research topics include: Quantum computing; Quantum metrology; High precision sensing and imaging; and Quantum Materials.