Ana Asenjo-Garcia is an assistant professor of physics at Columbia University. Her research focus is on theoretical quantum optics and its intersection with quantum information and condensed matter physics. She graduated from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2014. After a short postdoc at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Barcelona, she joined Caltech as an IQIM Fellow and a Marie Curie Fellow. She has been named a 2021 Sloan Fellow.
In her research group they investigate problems at the intersection of quantum optics, atomic physics, open quantum systems, and condensed-matter physics. In particular, a significant part of their research focuses on emergent phenomena that arises from photon-mediated atomic interactions. They are interested not only in understanding fundamental physics associated with strongly-interacting atoms and photons but also in how to exploit these phenomena to develop novel applications in quantum information science, sensing, and metrology.