Roster of Participants
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Utkarsh Agrawal uagrawal@umass.edu |
I am a theorist. I’m working on non-equilibrium dynamics, transport and quantum criticality in low-dimensional quantum systems. Institution: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Advisor: Romain Vasseur |
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Shah Saad Alam sa59@rice.edu |
I am a theorist intersted in 1D Spinor Quantum Gases, with an emphasis on Strong Interaction limits, Universal Relations and Integrable Systems Institution: Rice University Advisor: Han Pu |
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Jackson Ang'ong'a angonga2@illinois.edu |
I am an experimentalist interested in studying strong interactions in synthetic Rydberg lattices with atoms in tweezer arrays. Institution: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Advisor: Bryce Gadway |
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Ron Belyansky ron.belyansky@gmail.com |
I am a theorist interested in many-body dynamics in AMO systems, quantum optics, open quantum systems. Institution: University of Maryland Advisor: Alexey Gorshkov |
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Abel Beregi abel.beregi@physics.ox.ac.uk |
I am an experimentalist interested in out-of-equilibrium physics of two-dimensional Bose-gases. Institution: University of Oxford Advisor: Christopher Foot |
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Eliot Bohr eliot.bohr@nbi.ku.dk |
I am an experimentalist interested in ultra stable clock laser system for studies of superradiant clock on a kHz wide transition Institution: University of Copenhagen Niels Bohr Institute Advisor: Jan W. Thomsen |
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Marlon Brenes brenesnm@tcd.ie |
I am a theorist interested in quantum thermodynamics, non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, quantum many-body physics. Institution: Trinity College Dublin Advisor: John Goold |
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Charles Brown charles.d.brown@berkeley.edu |
I am an experimentalist. My research interests lie in the many-body quantum physics of ultracold gases trapped in a frustrated optical lattice. Institution: University of California, Berkeley Advisor: Dan Stamper-Kurn |
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Kieran Bull pykb@leeds.ac.uk |
I am a theorist. I’m interested how and if many-bodied interacting systems thermalize – this includes topics such as many-body quantum scars, many-body localization and quantum-information techniques such as tensor networks. Institution: University of Leeds Advisor: Zlatko Papic |
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Yu-An Chen ychen2@caltech.edu |
I am a theorist. My research focused on bosonization and construction of SPT phases and I am exploring quantum information. Institution: California Institute of Technology Advisor: Anton Kapustin |
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Eli Chertkov eli.chertkov@gmail.com |
I am a theorist. I work on developing computational tools to study quantum systems in new ways, such as inverse methods for designing Hamiltonians with particular eigenstates and symmetries or new methods for finding local integrals of motion in many-body localized systems. Institution: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Advisor: Bryan Clark |
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Elvia Colella elvia.colella@uibk.ac.at |
I am a theorist interested in cavity set-ups photons can indirectly induce correlations and long-range two- body interactions, favouring the emergence of self-organized structures. Many intriguing many-body collective phenomena such spontaneous crystallization, supersolidity and superfluidity can be realized in such set-ups. My research focuses on the study of the many-body phases emerging from the non-linear coupling between quantum Fermi gases and photons in different cavity geometries. Institution: Innsbruck University Advisor: Helmut Ritsch Home Page |
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Isabel Creed
isabel.creed@seh.ox.ac.uk |
I am a theorist interested in examining many-body localisation in Fock space. Institution: Oxford University Advisor: David Logan |
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Ceren Dag cbdag@umich.edu |
I am a theorist. I study quantum many-body systems out-of-equilibrium with a focus on cold atom gases, e.g. quantum thermalization, quantum chaos, information scrambling, and dynamical phase transitions with symmetry broken and/or topologically ordered phases. Institution: University of Michigan Advisor: Luming Duan & Kai Sun |
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Anna Dawid-Lekowska Anna.Dawid@fuw.edu.pl |
I am a theorist interested. My research interests include quantum simulations (especially with ultracold molecules) and interpretable machine learning. Institution: University of Warsaw Advisor: Prof. Maciej Lewenstein (ICFO, Spain) and Dr. Michał Tomza (University of Warsaw, Poland) |
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Arinjoy De arinjoy0010@gmail.com |
I am an experimentalist. Trapped-ion quantum simulation and quantum computing.
Institution: University of Maryland, College Park Advisor: Christopher Monroe |
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Giulia De Rosi giulia.derosi88@gmail.com |
I am a theorist interested in quantum liquids and polarons in low-dimensional Bose-Bose mixtures, analytical and Monte Carlo methods Institution: UPC – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Advisor: Jordi Boronat |
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Tharindu W. Fernando tharindu@uw.edu |
I am using theoretical techniques to explore topological and geometric effects in material excited states and non-Hermitian systems. Institution: University of Washington Advisor: Ting Cao Web Page |
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Fabian Finger ffinger@phys.ethz.ch |
I am an experimentalist. My areas of physics interest are comprised of quantum many-body physics, cavity QED and nonequilibrium dynamics. Institution: Institute for Quantum Electronics, ETH Zurich Advisor: Tilman Esslinger |
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Matthew Frye
matthew.frye@dur.ac.uk |
I am a theorist. My background is in sophisticated calculations of cold and ultracold 2-body physics, both scattering and bound states, which I am now interested in extending and applying to many-body physics, including quantum information and quantum simulation. Institution: Durham University Advisor: Jeremy M. Hutson |
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Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi sghorashi@wm.edu |
I am a theorist. I am broadly interested in the role of topology, disorder and interaction in physical systems. Institution: William & Mary Advisor: Enrico Rossi |
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Tomohiro Hashizume tomohiro.hashizume@strath.ac.uk |
I am a theorist and computational physicist, who is interested in spin chains on exotic geometry and Tensor Product State Algorithms. Institution: University of Strathclyde Advisor: Andrew Daley |
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Kasra Hejazi kasra@physics.ucsb.edu |
I am a theorist, interested in many body physics, quantum information and quantum computing. Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara Advisor: Leon Balents |
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Michael Highman highman2@illinois.edu |
I am an experimentalist interested in ultracold molecules, quantum computation, and quantum information. Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Advisor: Bryce Gadway, Brian DeMarco |
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Raphael Holzinger raphael.holzinger@uibk.ac.at |
I am a theorist interested in theoretical quantum optics. Institution: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Innsbruck, Austria Advisor: Helmut Ritsch |
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Ana Hudomal a.hudomal@leeds.ac.uk |
I am a theorist. My research interests include artificial gauge fields in optical lattices, higher-order topological insulators, and quantum many-body scars. Institution: University of Leeds |
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Eduardo Ibarra Garcia Padilla eibarragp@rice.edu |
I am a theorist interested in SU(N) Fermi Hubbard Model, Numerical Methods, and Synthetic Dimensions with Molecules and Rydbergs. Institution: Rice University Advisor: Kaden Hazzard |
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Romaric Journet romaric.journet@institutoptique.fr |
I am an experimentalist. We will investigate the far from equilibrium dynamic of a quantum gas of strontium in a 2D lattice. Institution: Laboratoire Charles Fabry Advisor: Marc Cheneau |
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Anant Kale akale@caltech.edu |
I am an experimentalist. I’m interested in quantum simulation using AMO systems to study emergent behavior and push the boundaries of our theoretical understanding. For my PhD, I’m focusing on the Fermi-Hubbard model.
PhD advisor and institution: Markus Greiner, Harvard
Institution: California Institute of Technology Advisor: Manuel Endres |
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Thomas Kiely tgk37@cornell.edu |
I am a theorist. My interests include transport, exotic phases of matter, and out-of-equilibrium dynamics in cold atom systems. Institution: Cornell University Advisor: Erich Mueller |
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Francisco Machado fmachado@berkeley.edu |
I am a theorist. I’m interested in the dynamics of quantum systems with particular focus on emergent hydrodynamics, novel phases of matter and thermalization properties. Institution: University of California, Berkeley Advisor: Norman Yao |
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Carla Mariela carla.mariela729@gmail.com |
I am a theorist interested in open quantum systems, and quantum optimization algorithms involving noise-tolerant quantum annealers, hybrid quantum-classical machine learning models, and quantum gate based approaches such as the variational quantum eigensolver.
Institution: Colorado School of Mines Advisor: Eliot Kapit |
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Manuel Munoz-Arias mhmunoz@unm.edu |
I am a theorist interested in the applications quantum measurement and feedback control. I focus on their potential as a platform for quantum simulation of complex dynamics of quantum systems, and the possibilities of implementing these simulations on atomic-based architectures. Institution: University of New Mexico Advisor: Ivan Deutsch |
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Hong Nhung Nguyen nhunghng@umd.edu |
I am an experimentalist. I am interested in analog and digital quantum simulation with trapped ions. Institution: University of Maryland, College Park Advisor: Norbert Linke |
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Eulàlia Nicolau eulalia.nicolau@uab.cat |
I am a theorist interested in the study of ultracold atoms in optical lattices as quantum simulators of condensed matter systems exhibiting topological properties and the design of atomtronic devices and quantum sensing applications with ultracold atoms. Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Advisor: Verònica Ahufinger and Jordi Mompart |
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Philip Osterholz philip.osterholz@mpq.mpg.de |
I am an experimentalist. I am interested in cold atoms trapped in optical tweezers and interactions mediated using Rydberg dressing to study quantum magnets. Institution: University of Tübingen Advisor: Christian Groß |
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Daniel Paz dap12d@gmail.com |
I am a theorist. I am interested in all things quantum mechanics, with a focus on non-equilibrium many-body quantum physics, particularly its intersection with both integrability and quantum information. Institution: Michigan State University Advisor: Mohammad Maghrebi |
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Valerio Peri periv@phys.ethz.ch |
I am a theorist. I am interested in the experimental realization of topological matter both in real materials and simulating platforms.
Institution: ETH Zurich Advisor: Sebastian D. Huber |
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Lukas Rammelmüller lukas.rammelmueller@physik.uni-muenchen.de |
I am a theorist with a broad interest in the fields of ultracold atoms, strongly-correlated systems, condensed-matter physics and lattice gauge theories. I primarily study these systems with numerical methods, mainly quantum Monte Carlo approaches. Institution: LMU Munich Advisor: Lode Pollet |
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Boaz Raz boaztec@gmail.com |
I am an experimentalist. My lab is performing an experiment in an ultracold quantum degenerate mixture of bosons and fermions in search of mediated interactions. Institution: Weizmann Institute of Science Advisor: Nir Davidson and Roee Ozeri |
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Alexander Schuckert alexander.schuckert@tum.de |
I am a theorist interested in finding new protocols to probing thermalization dynamics in cold atom and solid state quantum simulators. I also seek to describe those experiments with nonequilibrium quantum field theory techniques. Institution: Technical University of Munich Advisor: Michael Knap |
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Vaibhav Sharma vs492@cornell.edu |
I am a theorist. My interests include studying non-equilibrium dynamics and novel phases of matter in cold atom systems. Institution: Cornell University Advisor: Erich Mueller |
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Grace Sommers gsommers@princeton.edu |
I am a theorist interested in the critical phenomena of many-body systems, both quantum, including measurement-induced entanglement transitions in quantum circuits, and classical, including entropically driven phase transitions and glassy dynamics. Institution: Princeton University Advisor: David Huse |
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Varsha Subramanyan varshas2@illinois.edu |
I am a theorist interested in quantum Hall Systems, Topological phases, Bulk-Edge correspondence Institution: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Advisor: Smitha Vishveshwara |
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Canon Sun csun25@jhu.edu |
I am a theorist interested in topological superconductivity and Weyl semimetals. Institution: Johns Hopkins University Advisor: Yi Li |
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Federica Maria Surace federicamsurace@gmail.com |
I am a theorist. I am interested in non-equilibrium many-body physics, and in the quantum simulation of constrained models and lattice gauge theories. Institution: SISSA Advisor: Marcello Dalmonte |
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Joseph Szabo szabo.48@osu.edu |
I am a theorist interested in understanding how exotic phenomena in correlated materials can be extracted through novel nonequilibrium probes and applied to quantum sensing and information technologies. Institution: Ohio State University Advisor: Nandini Trivedi |
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Jugal Talukdar jugal.talukdar@ou.edu |
I am an AMO Theorist. I study photonic systems and quantum magnets in few-body and many-body regimes. Institution: University of Oklahoma, Norman Advisor: Doerte Blume Web Page |
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Junheng Tao jhtao18@terpmail.umd.edu |
I am an experimentalist, currently setting up a BEC machine suitable for quantum simulation in 2D. My interest now lies in out-of-equilibrium quantum phenomena in those from hydrodynamics to analog cosmology. Institution: University of Maryland, College Park Advisor: Ian Spielman |
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Tsz-Chun Tsui tctsui@terpmail.umd.edu |
I am an experimentalist working on setting up an apparatus for studying two-species Rydberg atoms in optical tweezers. Institution: University of Maryland, College Park Advisor: Steven Rolston and Trey Porto |
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Xhek Turkeshi
xturkesh@sissa.it |
I am a theorist intersted in entanglement in topological and strongly interacting systems; entanglement dynamics in hybrid unitary-measurement evolution; disordered phases of matter. Institution: SISSA Advisor: Marcello Dalmonte |
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Agnes Valenti avalenti@phys.ethz.ch |
I am a theorist. My research interest lies in the intersection between condensed matter and machine learning, in particular in relation to ground state problems as well as tuning and validation of experiments. Institution: ETH Zurich Advisor: Sebastian Huber |
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Alex Vargas alexjvargas1996@gmail.com |
I am a theoreist. I aspire to learn more about the behavior of subatomic particles at ultra-low temperatures to explain the phenomena of superconductivity, phase transitions and magnetization. Institution: Jan Jose State University Advisor: Ehsan Khatami |
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Botao Wang botao@pks.mpg.de |
I am a theorist. I am interested in investigating quantum dynamics from temporarily changing artificial gauge fields, which can be employed to realize quantized charge pumping in Chern insulators, and may open up new possibilities for optimizing adiabatic state preparation. Institution: Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems Advisor: André Eckardt and Roland Ketzmerick |
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Hanteng Wang wang6243@umn.edu |
I am a theorist interested in Theoretical condensed matter physics, including disordered systems and strong correlated many-body systems Institution: University of Minnesota Advisor: Alex Kamenev |
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Haotian Wei weihaotian776@gmail.com |
I am a theorist interested in strongly correlated systems of both quantum materials and cold atoms, including frustrated magnets and topological phases of matter. Institution: Fudan University Advisor: Kaden Hazzard |
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Storm Weiner
stormweiner@berkeley.edu |
I am an experimentalist. I’m interested in designing and building atom interferometers as tools for domains beyond atomic physics. Institution: University of California, Berkeley Advisor: Holger Mueller |
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Dariusz Wiater dariusz.wiater@fuw.edu.pl |
I am a theorist. I am interested in ultracold systems consisting of interacting atoms, ions and molecules. Institution: University of Warsaw Advisor: Michał Tomza |
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Garrett Williams grw5@illinois.edu |
I am an experimentalist. I am interested in investigating novel states of quantum matter through cold-atom trapping techniques and optical lattice phenomena. Institution: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Advisor: Bryce Gadway |
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Tianrui Xu tianrui_xu@berkeley.edu |
I am a theorist. I am interested in non-equilibrium quantum dynamics of correlated fermions in both AMO and solid state systems. Institution: University of California, Berkeley Advisor: Joel E. Moore |
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Youjiang Xu youjiang.xu@rice.edu |
I am a theorist. I aim for deeper insight into quantum phase translations in AMO physics. Institution: Rice University Advisor: Han Pu |
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Hong Yang yanghongphy@gmail.com |
I am a theorist interested in Topological and dynamical phenomena in lattice spinor atoms Institution: The University of Tokyo Advisor: Hosho Katsura |
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Man Hon Yau myau6@gatech.edu |
. I am a theorist who is interested in cold atom physics. Institution: Georgia Tech Advisor: Carlos Sa de Melo |
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Jeremy Young jeremy.young@jila.colorado.edu |
I am an theorist. My research interests are centered on non-equilibrium behavior in open quantum systems as well as long-range interactions. Institution: JILA, University of Colorado, and NIST Advisor: Ana Maria Rey |
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Yaakov Yudkin yaakov.yudkin@gmail.com |
I am an experimentalist. My research interests includes universality and beyond universality in loosely bound few body states and their implications on fundamental few- and many-body physics. Institution: Bar-Ilan University Advisor: Lev Khaykovich |
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Yicheng Zhang yjz5120@psu.edu |
I am a theorist. I am interested in the non-equilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body systems. Institution: Penn State University Advisor: Marcos Rigol |
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Yingyue Zhu yzhu18@umd.edu |
I am an experimentalist. My current research interests include digital quantum simulation, studying and developing physical platforms for quantum computing. For my PhD. I am focusing on trapped ion quantum computing experiments. Institution: University of Maryland, College Park Advisor: Norber M. Linke |
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Kaden Hazzard kaden.hazzard@gmail.com |
Understanding interacting quantum matter, especially in ultracold systems. New analytic and computational tools. I am a theorist. Institution: Rice University Home Page |
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Leo Radzihovsky radzihov@colorado.edu |
Radzihovsky’s theoretical research interests span a broad spectrum of classical and quantum condensed matter. These range from entropy-dominated liquid crystals, colloids, membranes, rubber and other “soft” matter to quantum matter, such as superconductors, magnets, degenerate atomic gases, quantum Hall and other topological states of matter. He aims to understand the nature of phases and phase transitions exhibited by these systems, with the unifying theme of collective universal behavior that emerges at long scales and low energies, driven by a combination of strong interactions, fluctuations, and/or local heterogeneity. Institution: University of Colorado Boulder Home Page |
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Ana Maria Rey arey@jilau1.colorado.edu |
Our research interests are in the scientific interface between atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics and quantum information science. Specifically, on ways of developing new techniques for controlling quantum systems and then using them in various applications ranging from quantum simulations/information to time and frequency standards. We want to engineer fully controllable quantum systems capable to mimic desired real materials as well as to develop advanced and novel measurement techniques capable of probing atomic quantum systems at the fundamental level. I am a theorist. Institution: University of Colorado Boulder/JILA Tower Home Page |
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Ian B. Spielman spielman@umd.edu |
I am an experimentalist. My research focus on realizing cold atom systems inspired by and with application to many-body condensed matter systems. Institution: Joint Quantum Institute, NIST and the University of Maryland Home Page |
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Monika Aidelsburger monika.aidelsburger@physik.uni-muenchen.de |
I am an experimentalist. My group is working with ultracold atoms in optical lattices to perform analog quantum simulations of many-body systems in and Institution: LMU Munich Home Page |
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Ehud Altman ehud.altman@berkeley.edu |
I am a theorist interested in correlated states and quantum dynamics in atomic and solid state systems. I also explore connections between quantum information, statistical physics and condensed matter physics. Institution: University of California, Berkeley Home Page |
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Ana Asenjo-Garcia ana.asenjo@columbia.edu |
My research is at the intersection of quantum optics, atomic physics and open quantum systems. In particular, a significant part of it focuses on emergent phenomena that arises from photon-mediated atomic interactions. I am a theorist. Institution: Columbia University Home Page |
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Waseem Bakr wbakr@princeton.edu |
Quantum gas microscopy of ultracold atoms and molecules in optical lattices for studying quantum many-body. I am an experimentalist. Institution: Princeton University Home Page |
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Immanuel Bloch immanuel.bloch@mpq.mpg.de |
I am an experimentalist. My work focus on quantum simulations with ultracold atoms in optical lattices. In my research team, we explore novel many-body quantum phases, develop new detection methods for quantum many-body systems as well as novel light-matter interfaces for quantum information purposes. Institution: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics Home Page |
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John Bollinger john.bollinger@nist.gov |
I am an experimentalist. I am interested in investigations of quantum simulation and sensing with large crystals of trapped-ions that are confined and controlled in Penning traps.
Institution: NIST Boulder Home Page |
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Antoine Browaeys antoine.browaeys@institutoptique.fr |
I am an experimentalist. Our group studies many-body physics using ensemble of cold atoms where we control the interactions between them. These synthetic quantum systems allow us to explore open questions in quantum magnetism, the interplay between topology and interactions and quantum optics problems where the interacting atoms form a non-linear medium. Institution: Institut d'Optique, CNRS Home Page |
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Nigel Cooper nrc25@cam.ac.uk |
Topological phases of matter and their realizations in both solid state and cold atom systems. I am a theorist. Institution: University of Cambridge Home Page |
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Eric Cornell cornell@jila.colorado.edu |
Ultra-cold atoms, Bose-Einstein Condensation; Precision metrology in service to fundamental physics. I am an experimentalist. Institution: JILA, University of Colorado, and NIST Home Page |
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Sebastian Diehl diehl@thp.uni-koeln.de |
My research interest is in quantum systems driven out if equilibrium in platforms from ultracold atoms to solid state, topology, strong correlations, and quantum field theory approaches to these problems. I am a theorist. Institution: University of Cologne Home Page |
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Tilman Esslinger esslinger@phys.ethz.ch |
I am an experimentalist. In our research we use ultracold atoms to synthetically create and study key models of quantum many-body physics. Institution: ETH Zurich Home Page |
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Thierry Giamarchi Thierry.Giamarchi@unige.ch |
I am a theorist, working at the intersection between condensed matter and cold atomic gases. I have a special interest on low dimensional interacting quantum systems, as well as the combined effects of disorder and interactions in classical and quantum systems. Institution: University of Geneva Home Page |
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Alexey Gorshkov gorshkov@jqi.umd.edu |
Gorshkov group is a theoretical research group working at the interface of quantum optics, atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum information science. I am a theorist. Institution: JQI and QuICS, NIST/University of Maryland Home Page |
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Randy Hulet randy@rice.edu |
My research uses ultracold atomic gases to explore interesting many-body states of matter of atomic bosons and fermions. Recent experiments have focused on one-dimensional quantum wires and atoms in optical lattices. I am an experimentalist. Institution: Rice University Home Page |
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David Huse huse@princeton.edu |
Statistical physics of many sorts. I am a theorist. Institution: Princeton University Home Page |
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Adam M Kaufman adam.kaufman@colorado.edu |
I am an experimentalist. We use optical microscopy techniques to control and detect many-body quantum systems of neutral alkaline-earth atoms. These atoms host a range of transitions that are key to studies in metrology, quantum information, and quantum simulation, which we pursue in my group. Institution: JILA/CU/NIST Home Page |
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Konrad Lehnert konrad.lehnert@jila.colorado.edu |
Quantum control of acoustical systems. Quantum transduction between electrical and optical domains. Analog quantum integrated circuits. I am an experimentalist. Institution: University of Colorado Boulder Home Page |
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Christopher Monroe monroe@umd.edu |
I am an experimentalist in the areas of quantum information systems, quantum computing, quantum communication, atomic, molecular, and optical physics, and quantum optics. My laboratory controls individual trapped atomic ions for a variety of uses in quantum information and quantum physics. Institution: University of Maryland Home Page |
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Kang-Kuen Ni ni@chemistry.harvard.edu |
I am an experimentalist. I pursue new approaches to create and gain quantum control of ultracold molecules for studies of chemical reactions, quantum information processing, and quantum many-body physics. Institution: Harvard University Home Page |
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Meera Parish meera.parish@monash.edu |
I am a theorist. My research is broadly focussed on the theory of strongly correlated phenomena in ultracold atomic gases and electron systems. In particular, I am interested in superconductivity and superfluidity, low-dimensional systems, and magnetotransport. Institution: Monash University Home Page |
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James K. Thompson jkt@jila.colorado.edu |
I am an experimentalist. We perform experiments on laser-cooled strontium and rubidium atoms in optical cavities for creating highly entangled states, ultra stable superradiant lasers, and interacting quantum many-body systems. Institution: JILA, University of Colorado Home Page |