A Special Honor: Francesca was invited to sign the Golden Book of the City of Innsbruck! π The invitation followed her recognition as Austriaβs Scientist of the Year. Innsbruckβs mayor Johannes Anzengruber warmly congratulated Francesca and emphasized how proud the city is of her achievement. ποΈ
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βοΈI am happy to share that I am selected to be part of the "Quantum 100" for the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology! Itβs exciting to see how the Quantum 100 provides a snapshot of the diverse community in quantum science.
Read my story here: quantum2025.org/quantum-100/...
Apply now for the Aurora excellence fellowship program for visiting Master and PhD students! More information can be found here: www.erbium.at/FF/join-us/a...
#quantumphysics #pysicsinternship #auroraexcellencefellowship #universityofinnsbruck #universityofnaples
π Iβm happy to share my interview printed in the Austrian newspaper "Die Presse am Sonntag", titled: Physikerin Francesca Ferlaino: βJa, Fehler motivieren mich sehrβ!
π Read the interview online here: www.diepresse.com/20388954/phy...
#SciComm #QuantumScience #WomenInScience #Interview #DiePresse
π More info:
β’ Week-long programme on quantum research & technology
β’ Talks, lab tours, discussions & student exchange
β’ 16 fully funded spots for UNITN + UIBK students, supported by Euregio
β’ Open to Bachelor & Master physics students
β’ Lectures in English
π Registration now OPEN!
Join TIQIT 2026 β Trento-Innsbruck Quantum Information Tour (22β28 Feb).
A week of quantum research in Innsbruck & Trento!
Apply π ai-sf.it/tiqit
π Deadline: 24 Dec 2025
@iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy
πΈ: @David Jordan/IQOQI
πThe Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has approved a new special research area (SFB) on quantum systems of neutral atoms!
π€©Our group will be part of the QNNECT project, together with the Innsbruck groups led by Hannes Bernien and Hannes Pichler and many more national and international collaborators.
π Register now for the Long-Range Interactions Workshop 2026!
πIβm pleased to share that this year, the workshop will take place in the beautiful setting of Les Houches, from February 15β20!
π Register until December 1st
π Program, list of speakers & registration: www.erbium.at/longrange26/...
Iβm excited to share that Silvia Trabucco, our new theory postdoc, has been awarded the QuantA Fellowship 2025 β Empowering Women in Quantum Science by Quantum Science Austria! π
Congratulations, Silvia, and welcome to the team! π π«
πΈ Photo credit: Quantum Science Austria / David Jordan
π Celebrating 100 Years of Quantum Science at βWillkommen Quantenweltβ, organized by QuantA!
π€ Francesca was on stage for a live interview session and Arfor performed his song βLaser Cooling & Ultracold Atomsβ together with several group members. πΊ π
π· Photo credit: FF Group / Matthias Heisler
π° One of our latest papers "Synchronization in rotating supersolids" is now published in Nature Physics!
π Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
β¨Check out our new theory paper on arxiv, "Topology meets superconductivity in a one-dimensional t-J model of magnetic atoms"!
π arxiv.org/abs/2509.03387
π‘In a highly controllable version of the iconic t-J model, we uncover a range of exotic phases, including topological superconducting states.
π Congratulations to Dr. Elena Poli!
π Elena from our Theory team has successfully defended her PhD thesis, βUnveiling the Superfluid and Solid Behaviour in Dipolar Supersolidsβ!
π We wish you all the best for your future, Elena!
π‘ 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.
π Apply here: dipc.ehu.eus/en/dipc/join...
βοΈ The Fellow will lead the development of a new platform for atomic quantum computation with single dysprosium atoms in programmable optical tweezer arrays.
π¬ 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.
π Weβre hiring! The Quantum Science Lab at the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) @dipcehu.bsky.social β in collaboration with the Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science β is opening an tenure-track position as an Ikerbasque Research Fellow for an experienced experimental physicist.
25.08.2025 08:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0π‘Eva presented her work on βπππ πππ£ππ‘πππ ππ π£πππ‘ππππ ππ π πππππππ π π’ππππ ππππβ, 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 πππ‘π’ππ: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
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πThe award invited researchers from the Euregio region TyrolβSouth TyrolβTrentino 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 ππ¬π π©π«π’π³π of the Euregio Young Researcher Award 2025! π
Find more information about the prize here: www.europaregion.info/euregio/proj...
πΈ Land Tirol/Sedlak
π₯³Congratulations to Lauritz Klaus who successfully defended his PhD thesis!
π Lauritz did some amazing work on supersolids and vortices in the Er-Dy lab.
π He is now a PostDoc in the Erbium lab of Rob Smith in Oxford.
πGoodbye and we wish you all the best for your future, Lauritz!
π A huge thank you to all the speakers, sponsors, organizers, and participants of YAO 2025! βοΈ
π Last week was packed with insightful talks, poster sessions, social events, a startup panel, industry presentations, and lab tours β what an amazing experience! π€©
πΈ Photo credit: D. Jordan / IQOQI
βΆοΈ Today, the 2025 edition of the Young Atom Opticians Conference (YAO) has started here in Innsbruck!
πββοΈWe 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!
π Check out the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
π§Ύ You can read about the publucation in the press release of our university here: www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/....
π You can find more details about the ceremony and the other award winners here: www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/...
π Congratulations to our PhD student Eva Casotti for winning the βBest Student Paper Award 2025β of the @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social!
π The prize was awarded for her excellent paper, βObservation of vortices in a dipolar supersolidβ published in the Nature journal.
Photo Credit: UniversitΓ€t Innsbruck
π For more details and how to apply, please visit: www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=r1cs...
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π’ Job Opportunity in our group!
We invite you to apply for the position as a
π¬ 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.
π¨ Check out our latest paper on "Light-Assisted Collisions in Tweezer-Trapped Lanthanides" on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2506.05123!
π‘ 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.
π₯ 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 groupβs most exciting research findings βοΈ
πΊ Watch here π www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSyG...
#QuantumMechanics #Research #StuporQuanti #ScienceTalk
Francesca Ferlaino: Quantenphysikerin mit Faible fΓΌr kalte Atome und KaspressknΓΆdel
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
So great to run all together! 4 teams, 16 of us πThanks @atominnen.bsky.social and @iqoqi.bsky.social for organizing it!!
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