Welcome to Gerard Solà Berga, who as of March 2025 has joined the Er-Dy lab as a PhD student! Gerard joins us from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Munich, where he worked on implementing a scheme for global addressing of Strontium atoms at the 698nm clock transition for his Master thesis.
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Goodbye to Felix
We said adieu to our Masters Intern, Felix Borchers, at the end of February! Felix joined the T-REQS lab for 5 months back in October 2024 from ETH Zurich, where he is currently in the third semester of his Masters in Physics. Good luck with the rest of your MSc., Felix – it was a pleasure having you here with us!
Goodbye to Tom Bland
We said goodbye to Postdoc Thomas Bland in December 2024! Dr. Bland joined the Ferlaino Group in December 2020 as one of the first members of the theory team. Tom was at the forefront of demystifying two-dimensional supersolidity, and we thank him for leading the theory team for four glorious years! Tom has now moved back to the UK and will soon start a new position as a senior researcher in the group of Stephanie M. Reimann at Lund University. Best of luck at your new position, Tom!
Goodbye to Andrea Di Carli
We said goodbye to Academy Scientist Andrea Di Carli at the end of October 2024! Dr. Di Carli joined the Ferlaino Group from the University of Strathclyde in March 2023, and he has now moved into an industry position in Munich. Best of luck at your new position, Andrea!
Goodbye to Silvia
We bade farewell to the Theory group‘s visiting PhD student Silvia Trabucco on the 21st of October, 2024! Silvia joined us in the first week of September from Gran Sasso Science Institute in L’Aquila, Italy, to work with our PhD student, Elena Poli, on an already successful collaboration regarding vortices in a dipolar supersolid and their connection to glitches in neutron stars.
It was a pleasure to have you join us, Silvia, and we wish you the best with the rest of your PhD back in Gran Sasso!
Welcome to Felix
Felix Borchers joins us in the T-REQS lab for 5 months as a Masters Intern! Felix is originally from Bonn, Germany and in 2023 he completed his Bachelors in Heidelberg with a thesis on ‘Simulating Absorption Imaging of Ultracold Fermi Gases’. He is currently in the third semester of his Masters in Physics at ETH Zurich. Welcome to the group, Felix!