Ferlaino Group
@ferlainogroup.bsky.social
Research group working on dipolar #quantum #ultracold gases at @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social and @iqoqi.bsky.social | @oeaw.bsky.social
👉 Register now for the Long-Range Interactions Workshop 2026!
📍I’m pleased to share that this year, the workshop will take place in the beautiful setting of Les Houches, from February 15–20!
🗓 Register until December 1st
🔗 Program, list of speakers & registration: www.erbium.at/longrange26/...
📍I’m pleased to share that this year, the workshop will take place in the beautiful setting of Les Houches, from February 15–20!
🗓 Register until December 1st
🔗 Program, list of speakers & registration: www.erbium.at/longrange26/...
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
👉 Register now for the Long-Range Interactions Workshop 2026!
📍I’m pleased to share that this year, the workshop will take place in the beautiful setting of Les Houches, from February 15–20!
🗓 Register until December 1st
🔗 Program, list of speakers & registration: www.erbium.at/longrange26/...
📍I’m pleased to share that this year, the workshop will take place in the beautiful setting of Les Houches, from February 15–20!
🗓 Register until December 1st
🔗 Program, list of speakers & registration: www.erbium.at/longrange26/...
I’m excited to share that Silvia Trabucco, our new theory postdoc, has been awarded the QuantA Fellowship 2025 – Empowering Women in Quantum Science by Quantum Science Austria! 🚀
Congratulations, Silvia, and welcome to the team! 👏 💫
📸 Photo credit: Quantum Science Austria / David Jordan
Congratulations, Silvia, and welcome to the team! 👏 💫
📸 Photo credit: Quantum Science Austria / David Jordan
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I’m excited to share that Silvia Trabucco, our new theory postdoc, has been awarded the QuantA Fellowship 2025 – Empowering Women in Quantum Science by Quantum Science Austria! 🚀
Congratulations, Silvia, and welcome to the team! 👏 💫
📸 Photo credit: Quantum Science Austria / David Jordan
Congratulations, Silvia, and welcome to the team! 👏 💫
📸 Photo credit: Quantum Science Austria / David Jordan
🎉 Celebrating 100 Years of Quantum Science at “Willkommen Quantenwelt”, organized by QuantA!
🎤 Francesca was on stage for a live interview session and Arfor performed his song “Laser Cooling & Ultracold Atoms” together with several group members. 🕺 💃
📷 Photo credit: FF Group / Matthias Heisler
🎤 Francesca was on stage for a live interview session and Arfor performed his song “Laser Cooling & Ultracold Atoms” together with several group members. 🕺 💃
📷 Photo credit: FF Group / Matthias Heisler
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🎉 Celebrating 100 Years of Quantum Science at “Willkommen Quantenwelt”, organized by QuantA!
🎤 Francesca was on stage for a live interview session and Arfor performed his song “Laser Cooling & Ultracold Atoms” together with several group members. 🕺 💃
📷 Photo credit: FF Group / Matthias Heisler
🎤 Francesca was on stage for a live interview session and Arfor performed his song “Laser Cooling & Ultracold Atoms” together with several group members. 🕺 💃
📷 Photo credit: FF Group / Matthias Heisler
📰 One of our latest papers "Synchronization in rotating supersolids" is now published in Nature Physics!
👉 Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🚀 Supersolid spins into synchrony! 💫
Supersolids just got even cooler: @ferlainogroup.bsky.social discovered that when supersolids are rotated, #quantum vortices cause the precession and revolution of the superfluid crystal structure to synchronize their motion. 🌀
👉 iqoqi.at/en/current/n...
#physics
Supersolids just got even cooler: @ferlainogroup.bsky.social discovered that when supersolids are rotated, #quantum vortices cause the precession and revolution of the superfluid crystal structure to synchronize their motion. 🌀
👉 iqoqi.at/en/current/n...
#physics
October 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📰 One of our latest papers "Synchronization in rotating supersolids" is now published in Nature Physics!
👉 Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 Read the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
✨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.
👉 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.
September 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
✨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.
👉 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!
🎓 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!
August 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🎉 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!
🎓 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!
🚀 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.
August 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🚀 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.
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
Find more information about the prize here: www.europaregion.info/euregio/proj...
📸 Land Tirol/Sedlak
August 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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
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!
🌀 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!
July 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
🥳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!
🌀 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
📆 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
July 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
👏 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
📆 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!
🙋♀️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!
July 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
▶️ 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!
🙋♀️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!
🎉 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
🏆 The prize was awarded for her excellent paper, “Observation of vortices in a dipolar supersolid” published in the Nature journal.
Photo Credit: Universität Innsbruck
June 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🎉 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
🏆 The prize was awarded for her excellent paper, “Observation of vortices in a dipolar supersolid” published in the Nature journal.
Photo Credit: Universität Innsbruck
📢 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.
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.
June 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
📢 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.
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.
💡 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.
June 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🚨 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.
💡 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
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
June 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🎥 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
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
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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
www.derstandard.at
May 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Francesca Ferlaino: Quantenphysikerin mit Faible für kalte Atome und Kaspressknödel
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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!!
May 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
So great to run all together! 4 teams, 16 of us 😉Thanks @atominnen.bsky.social and @iqoqi.bsky.social for organizing it!!
Reposted by Ferlaino Group
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
May 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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
Reposted by Ferlaino Group
⚡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...
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...
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...
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May 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
⚡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...
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! 😃
TV-Tipp 📺 Am 18.5. um 18:25 Uhr zeigt ORF2 #Innsbruck als Hotspot der #Quantenforschung 💫 Mehr zu Nobelpreisträger und Alt-Präsident der ÖAW Anton Zeilinger und der Forschung am @iqoqi.bsky.social erfahrt ihr hier ⤵️
tv.orf.at/program/orf2...
tv.orf.at/program/orf2...
Österreich-Bild aus dem Landesstudio Tirol - tv.ORF.at
tv.ORF.at: 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,...
tv.orf.at
May 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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!
📺 Sun, May 18, 18:25, ORF 2 – Don’t miss it!
May 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📽️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!
📺 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
👉 Apply here: dipc.ehu.eus/en/dipc/join...
#PhD #QuantumPhysics #UltracoldAtoms #Hiring
May 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🎓 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
👉 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
Talk in German – come for science, stay for drinks!
🎟️ pintofscience.at/event/from-s...
#SciComm #PintofScience
May 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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
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
📽️ Check out the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPry...
#DanceYourPhD #Science #QuantumPhysics
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May 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🎶 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
📽️ 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
⚛️ 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
April 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
💡 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
⚛️ 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