Exotic Quantum Matter Group

Researchers at the Exotic Quantum Matter lab use lasers to trap and manipulate atoms prepared at nearly absolute zero temperature and explore how quantum effects can be used to realize new states of matter and new technologies such as quantum enhanced sensors, quantum simulators and quantum computers.

Group leader: Prof. Shannon Whitlock

Shannon Whitlock

Shannon Whitlock is professor at the University of Strasbourg and the director of the Exotic Quantum Matter laboratory the European Center for Quantum Sciences.

2021- Coordinator of aQCess – public quantum computing platform based on atomic qubits
2021- Co-coordinator of EFEQT – European Master Certificate in Quantum Science and Technology
2020- Training manager of EU networks QUSTEC and MOQS
2018- Executive Committee – International Graduate School “Quantum Science and Nanomaterials – QMat”
2016 “Chaire attractivité recherche” prize of the Initiative d’Excellence (IdEx) at the University of Strasbourg
2010-2017 Researcher and Emmy-Noether research group leader, University of Heidelberg, Germany
2007-2010 Postdoc and Marie Curie fellow at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007 PhD at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia

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Tom Bienaimé

CNRS Reaseacher

After studying at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Tom did his PhD in the group of Robin Kaiser (Nice) on cooperative scattering of light from cold atomic clouds. After two postdoctoral experiences on utracold Bose gases in the groups of Jean Dalibard (Paris) and Gabriele Ferrari (Trento), he worked as a lecturer of physics at École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He is now a permanent CNRS researcher in the exotic quantum matter group, exploring how strong atomic interactions can be used to create exotic states of light.

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Chang Li

Chang LI did his PhD at CQI, Tsinghua University under the supervision of Lu-ming DUAN, studying the multiplexing properties of atomic quantum memory for quantum networks. Meanwhile, he cooperated with Fu-li ZHANG and Yuan-cheng FAN, investigating the non-Hermitian in the hybrid metal-dielectric metamaterials. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher in EQM working on a programmable quantum simulator based on microscopic ensembles with Rydberg interaction.

Shuzhe Yang

Shuzhe Yang was born and brought up in Jingmen in China. He obtained his master’s degree in South China normal university. There, his research work focused on Microwave measurement in cold Rydberg atoms. Currently, he is an Early Stage Researcher in the EU MSCA Initial Training Network MOQS. He will advance the state-of-art quantum processors based on arrays of Rydberg-excited atomic ensembles for the implementation scalable quantum information processing and solving molecular physics problems.

Swayangdipta Bera

Swayangdipta Bera is an Early Stage Researcher in the EU MSCA Initial Training Network MOQS. His PhD concerns hybrid quantum-classical Molecular Quantum simulations with Rydberg qubits. He will investigate molecular spectra and dynamics using Rydberg quantum simulators.

Manuel Morgado

PhD student – Exotic Quantum Matter Laboratory

Manuel is an Early Stage Researcher at the Quantum Science and Technologies at the European Campus doctoral programme (QUSTEC). He studies multipartite entanglement generation in arrays of optical tweezers with ultracold potassium Rydberg atoms for quantum technology applications.

Formerly, Manuel completed a 5-years Licentiate degree in Physics at the Universidad Simón Bolívar in Venezuela where he studied the theory of superconducting qubits and quantum error correction codes. In 2018, he joined the École Universitaire de Recherche Quantum Science and Nanomaterials (EUR QMat) at the Université de Strasbourg. He did his Master thesis in the EQM group on “Rydberg excitation in small atomic ensembles”.

He is also an active and enthusiastic member of the Young Investigators Group of QMat (QMat & YIG).

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