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Many-body Quantum Dynamics

Cavendish Laboratory
 

Group leader

Prof Ulrich Schneider

Principal investigator 

Professor of Many-body physics

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 834
Phone +44 (0) 1223 337239
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 Postdoctoral Research Associates

Dr Tiffany Harte

Senior Research Associate

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 988
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Dr Mehedi Hasan

Postdoc

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 874
Phone +44 (0) 1223 337010
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Dr Kimberly Tkalcec

Postdoc

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 988
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Dr Shengnan Zhang

Postdoc

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 988
Email 

 

Dr Yong-Guang Zheng

Postdoc

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 832
Phone +44 (0) 1223 766462
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Dr Jeremiah Mitchell

Postdoc

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 931
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 PhD students

Luca Donini

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 873
Phone +44 (0) 1223 766298
Email 

 

Georgia Nixon

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 832
Phone +44 (0) 1223 766464
Email 

Emmanuel Gottlob

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 832
Phone +44 (0) 1223 766464
Email

Sompob Shanokprasith

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 874
Phone +44 (0) 1223 337010
Email

 

Leanne Reeve

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 832
Phone +44 (0) 1223 766464
Email

Daniel Braund

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 874
Phone +44 (0) 1223 337010
Email

Michael Hsu

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 988
Email

Tobias Marozsak

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 874
Phone +44 (0) 1223 337010
Email

 

Mariame Karzazi

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 988
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Noam Mouelle

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 948
Email

Chelsea (Zhuoxian) Ou

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 832
Phone +44 (0) 1223 766462
Email

Yijun Tang

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 988
Email

Jiajun Chen

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 988
Email

 

Julian Scheper

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 988
Email

 

Qijun (Michael) Wu

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 832
Phone +44 (0) 1223 766462
Email

Liam Crane

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 873
Phone +44 (0) 1223 766298
Email

Ben Millward

PhD student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 988
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 Master's and Visiting students

Chen Lu

MPhil student

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 988
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 Technical Staff

  

Dr Stephen Topliss

Electronics Workshop Technician

University of Cambridge
Cavendish Lab, AMOP group
JJ Thomson Avenue
Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK

Office Rutherford 965
Phone +44 (0) 1223 766761
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Former members

Postdoctoral Research Associates

  Current affiliation Contact
Dr Bo Song    

PhD Students

  Current affiliation Contact
Dr Jr-Chiun Yu    
Dr Shaurya Bhave    
Dr Dan Reed ColdQuanta UK Website
Dr Max Melchner Postdoc in the Bloch group at MPI for quantum optics Website
Dr Ed Carter Trainee patent attorney at Marks & Clerk Website
Dr Matteo Sbroscia Postdoc at Jet Propulsion Laboratory

 & Website

Dr Konrad Viebahn  

Postdoc in the Esslinger group at ETH Zurich  Website

Master's Students

  Current affiliation Contact
Bhavana Panchumarthi    
David Gröters    
Moritz Epping    
Tim Rein    
Brian Bostwick    
Zach Eyler    
Xintong Su PhD student in the Groß group at Tübingen University Website
Maurice Zeuner    
Vanessa Koh Research Assistant at CQT, Singapore Website
Damien Bloch PhD student in the Browaeys group at Institut d'optique Website
Florian Störtz PhD student in the Minary Group at Oxford University Website
Michael Höse    PhD student in the Kubanek Group at Ulm University Website
Hendrik von Raven    PhD student at LMU Munich/MPQ (Germany) Website
Oliver Brix    

Latest news

Nature: Observing the 2D Bose glass

13 September 2024

Our work on observing the 2D Bose glass in our optical quasicrystal has been published in Nature: Observing the two-dimensional Bose glass in an optical quasicrystal Jr-Chiun Yu, Shaurya Bhave, Lee reeve, Bo Song, Ulrich Schneider Nature 633 , 338–343 (2024). Press release on the Department of Physics Webpage : Physicists...

Individual tunnelling control in optical lattices

9 September 2024

Optical lattices are power quantum simulators with many applications in e.g. strongly-correlated and topological systems. However, up to now, they were limited in programmability since typically all tunnelling links were of the same strength. In this new paper, we show theoretically how local control over individual...

Cold atoms and molecules for fundamental physics Conference

1 August 2024

Last week we had the pleasure of hosting 85 scientists for our ICAP satellite conference on Cold Atoms and Molecules for Fundamental Physics in Cambridge. Many thanks to all the speakers, poster presenters and participants for 3 days of inspiring discussions! Cold atoms and molecules for fundamental physics - ICAP satellite

IOP Joseph Thomson Medal

22 December 2023

Professor Ulrich Schneider received the IOP 2023 Joseph Thomson Medal and Prize for groundbreaking experiments on the collective dynamics of quantum gases in optical lattices, including fundamental studies of localization effects in both disordered and quasicrystalline systems. More information at: https://www.iop.org/...

Postdoc Positions available

1 July 2023

We have two experimental postdoc opportunities on many-body physics in Optical Quasicrystals and on being part of the UK Quantum Technology Hub and developing optical optical-lattice and tweezer-based Quantum Simulators . More information at: https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/41624/ Applications close on 15/8/23.