We are happy to announce that our dipolar quantum gas group has two PhD positions open for 2024/2025! For more information, see the open positions page.
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Francesca receives the Order of the Star of Italy (Ordine della Stella d’Italia)
Photo credit: Italian Embassy in Vienna
On the 14 of April 2024, Francesca received the Grade of honor “Commendatore – Ordine della Stella d’Italia” at the Italian Embassy in Vienna by the Ambassador Pugliese. The Order of the Star of Italy is appointed by the Italian President, upon proposal of the Minister of Foreign Affairs after consulting the Council of the Order. You can read more about the honour here.
Launch of Atom*innen: online platform to empower and support women in physics
Photo credit: ÖAW/Elia Zilberberg
Atom*innen, the brainchild of group leader Francesca Ferlaino, grew from the need for an online, user-interactive platform for women in (quantum) physics. Today, the project has taken form, with the aim of providing a focal point to:
- inform with data on gender equality in physics to understand where we stand and what still has to be done,
- support women with the information about fundings, prizes, associations, job offers etc,
- empower women and girls by featuring role models and,
- connect women in physics.
We are delighted to announce the launch of atom*innen: Networking for women in physics on the International Day for Quantum Physics (14th of April 2024). Why that date? Because we want people to understand that gender equality is everyone’s fight. The in-person launch event took place in Wien on the 11th of April 2024, attended by the Federal Minister for Women, Family, Youth and Integration Susanne Raab.
You can learn more about Atom*innen here, and you can read the UIBK press release here.
ATOM*INNEN HOST INSTITUTIONS
ATOM*INNEN COLLABORATIONS
Aurora Fellowship 2024: Application deadline extended to April 14th!
The application deadline for the 2024 Aurora Fellowship has been extended to April 14th! The Aurora excellence fellowship program for visiting Master and PhD students is an internship to enhance scientific collaboration and exchange in the fast-developing field of quantum science and technology between three of the nine universities that build up the Aurora European Universities Alliance. You can find more information about the program and the application here.
Contact information: AuroraQfellowship@uibk.ac.at
Profile of Francesca by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs!
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a profile on group leader Francesca Ferlaino, Univ.-Prof. Dr., about her research, career and commitment to gender equality in Science. This interview was conducted by Emeline Ogereau from the French Embassy in Austria . Read the full article on the website of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs here.
Andrea L. wins ÖAW and FWF Disruptive Innovation – Early Career Seed Money!
Andrea Litvinov, postdoc in the Er-Dy lab, has won the “Disruptive Innovation – Early Career Seed Money” from the joint funding program of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). This funding program facilitates the implementation of unconventional, innovative, and potentially high-risk ideas with an uncertain outcome.
Andrea’s project involves studying the connection between supersolid glitches in dipolar quantum gases and spin-ups in the rotation velocity in pulsars — highly magnetized and extremely rapidly rotating neutron stars. Read more about his project below. Congratulations Andrea!