Imagine extending decades of exquisite quantum control from atoms, ions, photons, and related quantum platforms to the rigid-body motion of an entire solid containing billions of atoms. This capability is now becoming a reality through rapid advances in the control of mechanical quantum systems, opening new opportunities for quantum sensing, precision metrology, and tests of the fundamental laws of physics.
Realising this potential, however, requires theoretical frameworks that connect realistic quantum experiments with the fundamental questions they are expected to address.
What you will do.
- Develop and lead analytical and numerical research on the quantum dynamics of mechanical systems and their interactions with complex environments.
- Formulate and investigate new approaches to quantum control, noise mitigation, and quantum sensing.
- Establish the fundamental limits that govern the preparation, manipulation, and certification of quantum states in realistic experiments.
- Contribute to defining what laboratory-scale quantum experiments can, and cannot, achieve in terms of sensing capabilities.
- Contribute to revealing decoherence, the quantum-to-classical transition, the interface between quantum mechanics and gravity, and the limits of quantum mechanics in general.
- Help build a collaborative research environment based on open scientific discussion, creative thinking, intellectual curiosity, and rigorous, yet experimentally relevant theory.
- Work closely with students and collaborators within an international network.
- Develop independence, mentoring experience, and scientific communication skills.
Profile
- A researcher who enjoys discussing physics in an open and collaborative environment.
- Enjoys moving across different levels of abstraction, from concrete, experimentally grounded models of quantum systems to general mathematical frameworks.
- Excited by the opportunity to develop as an independent researcher, gradually taking on greater scientific responsibility while building the leadership and mentoring skills needed for a successful academic career.
What they ask
- A PhD in Physics or a closely related discipline by the start of the appointment.
- Expertise in one or more of the following areas: quantum optics, quantum technologies, quantum information, quantum sensing, or related fields.
- Experience developing analytical and numerical models of quantum systems.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Excellent communication skills.
- An interest in mentoring students and contributing to the scientific development of a growing research group.
Preferences.
- Knowledge of one or more of the following topics:
- Quantum metrology.
- Continuous-variable quantum systems and Gaussian state formalism.
- Quantum information theory and entanglement theory.
- Theory of spin-mechanical systems.
- Open quantum systems, continuous quantum measurement and feedback, and stochastic methods for quantum dynamics.
- Tests of fundamental physics with quantum systems, including collapse models, deformed commutation relations, and related modifications of quantum theory.
- The interface between gravity and quantum mechanics, including linearized quantum gravity, hybrid classical-quantum theories of gravity, and gravity-mediated quantum interactions.
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