Ferlaino Group

✨Check out our new theory paper on arxiv, "Topology meets superconductivity in a one-dimensional t-J model of magnetic atoms"!
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2509.03387

💡In a highly controllable version of the iconic t-J model, we uncover a range of exotic phases, including topological superconducting states.

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Elena Poli!
🎓 Elena from our Theory team has successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Unveiling the Superfluid and Solid Behaviour in Dipolar Supersolids”!
🚀 We wish you all the best for your future, Elena!

💡 This is a tenure-track opportunity with strong institutional support and the opportunity to lead the scientific and technical development of a cutting-edge quantum experiment from its early stages.

👉 Apply here: dipc.ehu.eus/en/dipc/join...

⚛️ The Fellow will lead the development of a new platform for atomic quantum computation with single dysprosium atoms in programmable optical tweezer arrays.
🔬 This new line of research will be embedded in the activities of the Quantum Science Lab led by our PIs F. Ferlaino and M. Mark.

🚀 We’re hiring! The Quantum Science Lab at the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) @dipcehu.bsky.social — in collaboration with the Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science — is opening an tenure-track position as an Ikerbasque Research Fellow for an experienced experimental physicist.

💡Eva presented her work on “𝑂𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑”, carried out at the IQOQI in Innsbruck @iqoqi.bsky.social and University of Innsbruck @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy, and recently published in 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒: www.nature.com/articles/s41....

🏆The award invited researchers from the Euregio region Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino to submit their work on "Competitiveness and the Euregio as a Business Location."
At the Euregio Days in Alpbach, the finalists presented their research to a jury of leading experts across all three Euregio regions.

Congratulations to Eva @evacasotti.bsky.social who was awarded with the 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 of the Euregio Young Researcher Award 2025! 🎉

Find more information about the prize here: www.europaregion.info/euregio/proj...

📸 Land Tirol/Sedlak

🥳Congratulations to Lauritz Klaus who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
🌀 Lauritz did some amazing work on supersolids and vortices in the Er-Dy lab.
🎓 He is now a PostDoc in the Erbium lab of Rob Smith in Oxford.
👏Goodbye and we wish you all the best for your future, Lauritz!

👏 A huge thank you to all the speakers, sponsors, organizers, and participants of YAO 2025! ⚛️
📆 Last week was packed with insightful talks, poster sessions, social events, a startup panel, industry presentations, and lab tours — what an amazing experience! 🤩
📸 Photo credit: D. Jordan / IQOQI

▶️ Today, the 2025 edition of the Young Atom Opticians Conference (YAO) has started here in Innsbruck!
🙋‍♀️We thank Clemens Ulm and @evacasotti.bsky.social, PhD students from our group, and Johanna Hennebichler and Alberto Canali, PhD students from Rudi Grimms group, for orgnanizing the event!

👉 Check out the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....

🧾 You can read about the publucation in the press release of our university here: www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/....

🎓 You can find more details about the ceremony and the other award winners here: www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/...

🎉 Congratulations to our PhD student Eva Casotti for winning the “Best Student Paper Award 2025” of the @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social!

🏆 The prize was awarded for her excellent paper, “Observation of vortices in a dipolar supersolid” published in the Nature journal.

Photo Credit: Universität Innsbruck

👉 For more details and how to apply, please visit: www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=r1cs...

📢 Job Opportunity in our group!
We invite you to apply for the position as a

🔬 Academy Scientist (f/m/x) in experimental quantum physics

focusing on dipolar quantum gases and Rydberg physics. Join us as an advanced scientist that is of great long-term importance in our research strategy.

🚨 Check out our latest paper on "Light-Assisted Collisions in Tweezer-Trapped Lanthanides" on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2506.05123!

💡 In a combined effort of our theory team and the Treqs experiment, we study the tweezer population dynamics during light-assisted collisions and cooling processes.

🎥 Watch Francesca's keynote speech at this year's Stupor Quanti event, hosted by the University of Naples Federico II.
The talk dives into some of our group’s most exciting research findings ⚛️
📺 Watch here 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSyG...

#QuantumMechanics #Research #StuporQuanti #ScienceTalk

Francesca Ferlaino: Quantenphysikerin mit Faible für kalte Atome und Kaspressknödel Kein Physikunterricht bis 13 und doch führende Quantenphysikerin: Francesca Ferlainos Werdegang zwischen Fußball, Französisch und Fleiß beeindruckt

Francesca Ferlaino: Quantenphysikerin mit Faible für kalte Atome und Kaspressknödel
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

So great to run all together! 4 teams, 16 of us 😉Thanks @atominnen.bsky.social and @iqoqi.bsky.social for organizing it!!

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PhD position. PhD Position in Quantum Simulation and Computation with Ultracold Atoms in Tweezers at DIPC- Donostia International Physics Center https://www.cuantica2025.es/job-market

Österreich-Bild aus dem Landesstudio Tirol: Die Zukunft beginnt jetzt - Innsbruck im Zentrum der Quantenforschung Innsbruck zählt heute zu den weltweit führenden Standorten in der Quantenforschung. Die Grundsteine dafür wurden bereits in den 1990er-Jahren gelegt, als Wissenschafter wie Anton Zeilinger, Rainer Bla...

⚡The future begins now⚡
Innsbruck at the center of quantum research

#ORF documentary (in German) with @ferlainogroup, Gregor Weihs, Gerhard Kirchmair, Rainer Blatt, Peter Zoller, Thomas Monz, Serge Haroche, and many more.

👉🏻 on.orf.at/video/142763...

We are very excited to be featured in the docu! 😃

📽️Our group is featured in the ORF Tirol documentary “The Future Begins Now – Innsbruck at the Center of Quantum Research” (in German)! Éric Berdaguer explores Innsbruck’s rise in quantum science, from Zeilinger’s work to today's cutting-edge research.🏆

📺 Sun, May 18, 18:25, ORF 2 – Don’t miss it!

🎓 PhD in the mountains or by the sea? Why choose?Join us at @dipcehu.bsky.social in San Sebastián 🌊 with strong ties to Innsbruck 🏔️! Explore tweezer-based atomic quantum simulation in a brand-new experiment!
👉 Apply here: dipc.ehu.eus/en/dipc/join...

#PhD #QuantumPhysics #UltracoldAtoms #Hiring

What do ultracold quantum gases and neutron stars have in common? This is the question Manfred is going to answer at the SciComm event Pint of Science Innsbruck next Monday (May 19)! 🍻🎤
Talk in German – come for science, stay for drinks!
🎟️ pintofscience.at/event/from-s...
#SciComm #PintofScience

🎶 Congrats to our PhD student Arfor who turned our research topics into a dazzling music video and won the international "Dance Your PhD" competition in the categories physics and AI/quantum physics! 🏆🕺

📽️ Check out the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPry...

#DanceYourPhD #Science #QuantumPhysics

💡 We’re featured in today’s Quantum Snapshot by QuantA!
⚛️ The spotlight is on IQOQI Innsbruck @iqoqi.bsky.social and the atom*innen initiative @atominnen.bsky.social.

Pictured (left to right): Our PhD students Sarah Embacher, Elena Poli, and Eva Casotti.

📸 Photo credit: IQOQI | D. Jordan

📽️ Francesca is featured in the social media campaign #breakthebias of Austria’s Ministry of Education, Science and Research!
👩‍🔬She highlights the importance of women’s perspectives in science and advocates for more women in leading positions to serve as a role model.

#breakthebias #equality #bmbwf

Registration is now open for the Long-Range Workshop 2025 taking place Sepltember 21-24 at the Old Castle Stuttgart! Join for an insightful conference in a unique setting.

🗓 Register by July 15 to secure your spot: www.pi5.uni-stuttgart.de/news/longran...

#LongRangeWorkshop #UniversitätStuttgart

On Tuesday, the groundbreaking ("Spatenstich") for the new House of Physics took place on our campus. 🏗️ What is still a construction site now, is expected be a finished building in 2028, and we are very much looking forward to our new lab and office spaces! 🤩
#HouseofPhysics #CampusDevelopment