New Post-doc! By Sarah Nutt14th May 202414th May 2024 Dr Byeong Wood Cho joins us as our newest post-doc and will be working on moiré physics. Welcome to Heriot-Watt University and the QPL group Cho!
Welcome Federico and Borja! By Cristian Bonato14th May 202414th May 2024 Federico Belliardo is joining us from the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Federico has developed model-aware reinforcement learning methods to optimise quantum sensors, and will be collaborating with experimentalists to implement them in the lab. Borja Varona Uriarte is a PhD student in Bilbao, working with Jorge Casanova: he is joining us for a couple…
Atomic Architects – Falkirk Science Festival May 2024 By Sarah Nutt14th May 202414th May 2024 Our Atomic Architects outreach exhibit was back on the road again, this time at the STEM @ the Helix event which was part of the Falkirk Science Festival. It was a fun filled 2 days for school pupils and families as well as all the volunteers from our group!!
“Distinguished Student” award! By Cristian Bonato15th March 202415th March 2024 Muhammad was one of the awardees for the “Distinguished Student Program” at this year’s APS March Meeting in Minneapolis! Congratulations, wonderful news!
New Post-doc! By Sarah Nutt18th January 202418th January 2024 Dr Zhe Li joins us as a new post-doc who will be working on optical nonlinear effects in moiré heterostructures. A huge, if somewhat chilly and frosty, welcome to Scotland, Heriot-Watt and the QPL group Zhe!!
Happy New Year from the QPL group! By Sarah Nutt4th January 20244th January 2024 Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024 – lang may yer lum reek!
New PhD Student! By Sarah Nutt4th January 20244th January 2024 Stefan is joining us as a new PhD student who will be working on improving the sensitivity of spin-based quantum sensors by employing machine learning techniques to reduce computing time. Welcome to the QPL group Stefan!
QPL Xmas Lunch By Sarah Nutt12th December 202312th December 2023 After initially booking this venue for December 2020, we finally got to enjoy a great Christmas lunch with very nearly the full QPL group!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!
New Post-Doc! By Sarah Nutt7th November 2023 Dr George Kourmoulakis joins us as a new post-doc who will be working on pick-and-place assembly of single sheets of atoms into moiré materials with high levels of uniformity. A huge welcome to Heriot-Watt and the QPL group George!!
New PhD students! By Sarah Nutt7th November 20237th November 2023 A huge welcome to our 2 new PhD students Sachin and Prokhor who join us to start working on spectroscopy and quantum optics of the collectively coupled indistinguishable quantum emitters and fabrication and optical spectroscopy of transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures respectively. Welcome to the group both!!