Postdoctoral researchers

George McArdle

My general research interests are in many-body physics and non-equilibrium systems. I am currently focused on the realisation of Majorana fermions in heterostructures that give rise to topological superconductivity. Primarily using analytical techniques, I explore how the Majorana fermions arise in vortices and the properties they have, especially those that will allow for their experimental verification, such as their non-Abelian statistics.

Arash Jafarizadeh

My research interests lie specifically in the areas of quantum entanglement, spin chains, and many-body physics. I am interested to know the properties of quantum many-body systems, with a particular emphasis on the role of entanglement in these systems. I investigate the properties of spin chains, such as their ground-state properties and dynamics, and analyze the entanglement properties of these systems using a variety of theoretical and numerical methods.

PhD students

Anna Dalmasso

The main focus of my research is many-body physics, particularly topological systems in (2+1) dimensions. Using both analytical and numerical methods, I investigate the dynamics of anyonic excitations, with the first aim of developing a compact anyon-to-qubit mapping. I am also interested in these systems in the context of topological quantum computing and quantum error correction.

Caitlin Lewis

Jointly supervised with Jonathan Hirst and Katherine Inzani

I completed my undergraduate MSci degree in Chemistry and Molecular Physics at the University of Nottingham. My masters project, conducted within the Hirst group, focused on electronic structure calculations for protein Circular Dichroism. Now, I'm pursuing my PhD with the same group, exploring how quantum computing can enhance quantum chemistry research.

Molly Gibbins

Jointly supervised with Bruno Bertini

My research interests are currently focused on the dynamics of various many-body systems after quenching. My first project in the group is based on the quasiparticle description for entanglement growth. This description provides an exact picture for entanglement in the semiclassical limit and assuming that correlations do not develop between quasiparticles over time. The aim of our project is to extend the above case from previous literature to general translation invariant initial states and to higher spatial dimension.

Previous Postdocs

2023-2024 EPSRC Doctoral Prize → Oxford Quantum Circuits