Fernando Iemini’s work invites us to rethink our traditional perception of time and its limits. His project revolves around time crystals and their application in creating autonomous quantum clocks. In this intricate field of research, he explores how quantum laws and thermodynamics can influence the performance of these ultra-precise watches.

Fernando harmonizes the world of physics with his passions primarily through music. The guitar and piano are his first companions when he gets home from work. A connection with nature leads him to hike through mountains and waterfalls, a tradition rooted in his origins in Minas Gerais. Furthermore, Fernando is a bicycle and basketball enthusiast, a teenage passion. He began his academic career as a physics major at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, an institution that also hosted his master’s and doctorate studies in physics. The scientist also spent a year at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa and two years at The Abdus Salam Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. Now a professor and researcher, Fernando shares his knowledge at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Niterói.