🎉 Congrats to Elena Poli, theoretical physicist & former PhD student from @ferlainogroup.bsky.social, on receiving the IQOQI Dissertation Prize 2025! 🏆 Awarded since 2013 for outstanding achievements in quantum physics — so well deserved! ✨ #QuantumPhysics #WomenInScience

Lernt Wissenschaftlerin des Jahres Francesca Ferlaino @iqoqi.bsky.social im Gespräch mit Elke Ziegler kennen: Die Quantenphysikerin spricht in der ORF-Reihe "Frauen forschen" über ihren Werdegang und ihre Forschung mit Elementen der Seltenen Erden. Mehr dazu 👉 radiokulturhaus.orf.at/artikel/7275...

Francesca Ferlaino has been awarded the Tyrolean Order of the Eagle — recognizing her 2 decades of contributions to physics in Tyrol. Congratulations!👏 🔗 iqoqi.at/en/current/news/1072-tyrolean-eagle-order-for-francesca-ferlaino 📸: Land Tirol/Die Fotografen #WomenInScience @ferlainogroup.bsky.social

Elena Poli, former PhD student in the @ferlainogroup.bsky.social, received this years IQOQI Dissertation Prize. Many Congratulations! In her dissertation, Elena characterizes the dual-nature of supersolids, states that could be realized in ultracold dipolar #quantum gases. iqoqi.at/en/current/n...

The 2nd quantum revolution is underway — and Innsbruck is at its core. 🌐 We recently hosted business leaders from Tyrol, Trento, Bolzano & Munich — including chamber presidents Barbara Thaler, Andrea De Zordo & Michl Ebner — at IQOQI for a deep dive into our #quantum ecosystem & a live lab tour. 🔬

🎉 Big news! Francesca Ferlaino (@ferlainogroup.bsky.social), experimental physicist and Austrian Scientist of the Year, has been elected a full member of the @oeaw.bsky.social. And a historic first: women now make up the majority of ÖAW members under 60.🌟 #QuantumPhysics #WomenInScience

Talent ain't got no gender. 💡 State minister C. Hagele visited IQOQI Innsbruck ahead of #InternationalWomensDay – meeting @ferlainogroup.bsky.social and young physicists from the atom*innen network she founded to make women in quantum physics visible & connected www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjNS...

Ist die Welt verrückt? This was the question the German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT asked quantum physicist Peter Zoller. The result is a really interesting conversation about #physics and how we think about #nature. It's in German, but worth listening: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKs... #podcast

Save the Date: Die #ÖAW lädt anlässlich des Weltfrauentags zu Vorträgen von Francesca Ferlaino & Anaïs Angelo über Vielfalt, Wissenschaft & Frauen in der Forschung. 📅 06.03.2026 | 17:45 | ÖAW-Festsaal und via Zoom www.oeaw.ac.at/detail/veran... @iqoqi.bsky.social @ya-oeaw.bsky.social

📣 Francesca Ferlaino is Austria's Scientist of the Year 🎉🥳 👏 She has been deeply committed to science communication for many years, intensifying her efforts during #IYQ2025. With her enthusiasm, she succeeds in bringing her field of research to a wider audience. @ferlainogroup.bsky.social

🚀 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

🚀 No Research, No Answers 📌 Public funding for science is under pressure. But without research, the big questions of our future stay unanswered. At IQOQI Innsbruck, we push the frontiers of quantum physics – shaping tomorrow’s technologies. 🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/keine-forsch... #researchmatters

Theoretical physicist Torsten Zache has been awarded a Starting Grant by the @erc.europa.eu for his research into #quantum simulations of lattice gauge theories. He aims to help overcome limitations in their numerical investigation. Congratulations, Torsten 👏 iqoqi.at/en/current/n... #ERCStG

A research team led by Robert Ott & Hannes Pichler has developed a novel architecture for #quantum processors that is specifically designed for simulating fermions—particles such as electrons. The method can be implemented using #technologies already available today 👉 iqoqi.at/en/current/n...

This year's #Euregio Young Researchers' Award 🥇 goes to @evacasotti.bsky.social from Francesca Ferlaino's research group. 🥳🤩 Eva impressed the jury with her work on #supersolidity, a fascinating state in which matter exhibits both solid and superfluid properties at the same time. Congratulations 👏

Bavarian State Minister Markus Blume honored experimental physicist Rainer Blatt with the PRO MERITIS SCIENTIAE ET LITTERARUM award for his achievements in the field of #quantum #optics and quantum #information. He also co-founded the @munichquantum.bsky.social research network. Congratulations! 👏

We went on a trip to Seefeld together with our colleagues from the Departments of Experimental & Theoretical Physics at the University of Innsbruck – over 100 team members in total, including a few kids. We were lucky with the weather 🌞 A perfect day that combined team spirit & the beauty of nature!

YAO 2025 started! Having a great time and enjoying the rainy view on top of the famous Bergisel ski jump! #YAO2025 @iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social

An international team led by Peter Zoller together with #QuEra Computing has directly observed “string breaking” in a two-dimensional analog #quantum #simulator 🧲⚡️⚛ Read more: iqoqi.at/.../1006-str.... 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com 📸: Harald Ritsch @fwf-at.bsky.social #physics

📣 On Tuesday evening, experimental physicist Hannes Bernien and theoretical physicist Hannes Pichler gave their inaugural lectures at the @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy. Read more: iqoqi.at/en/current/n... Photo: David Jordan

⚡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...

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...

🏆 Experimental physicist Yusuf Karlı, a former PhD student in the research group of Gregor Weihs at @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy, has been awarded the IQOQI Dissertation Prize 2024. 🚀 We warmly congratulate Mr. Karli on his success! 👏 👉 iqoqi.at/en/current/n... #quantum #physics

🎶 Arfor Houwman from @ferlainogroup.bsky.social turned his research topic into a music video and won the international "Dance Your PhD" competition in the categories of physics and AI/quantum physics! 🏆🕺 Congratulation! 🎶 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPry... #DanceYourPhD #Science #QuantumPhysics

A new architecture for improved #quantum control of microwave resonators: A recently published study shows how a superconducting fluxonium #qubit can be selectively coupled & decoupled with a microwave resonator & without additional components. 👉 journals.aps.org/prxquantum/a... 📸: Dominik Pfeifer

💡 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

Superpositions of #quantum states known as Schrödinger cat states can be created in “hot” environments with temperatures up to 1.8 K, say researchers @iqoqi.bsky.social and @icfo.eu. ⚛️🧪 physicsworld.com/a/schrodinge...

Researchers led by Gerhard Kirchmair & Oriol Romero-Isart have demonstrated that it is possible to create quantum superpositions from thermally excited states. Hot Schrödinger cat states 🐈‍⬛ in a microwave resonator: iqoqi.at/en/current/n... 📸: Harald Ritsch @oeaw.bsky.social @fwf-at.bsky.social

Less than a week left to register for YAO 2025! ⌛️ Join us in Innsbruck from July 6–11 for talks, lab tours, an industry panel, and networking with fellow young researchers in AMO and quantum physics. Register by March 31: yao.iqoqi.at #YAO2025 @iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social

Innsbruck is hosting YAO!!!! Are you not yet registered? Hurry up :-) list of speakers AMAZInG! Honestly, YAO is one of the best event the Atomic Physics community has ever created for PhD Students! @yao2025.bsky.social

Hats off to Michael Meth for doing the experiments on this monster project: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Francesca Ferlaino lives & works in Innsbruck for almost 20 years now. In an interview she explains what inspires her work, how she is advocating for more women in physics and what "aussi" and "ummi" mean in Tyrol. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tbt... (in German) @ferlainogroup.bsky.social

🔬 Exciting opportunities at IQOQI-INNSBRUCK!🌟 We are looking for an Academy Scientist + Post-docs to join Prof. Ferlaino's team to work on cutting-edge research in dipolar quantum gases! ⚛️ 🔗Apply now: erbium.at/FF/join-us/ #QuantumScience #ResearchJobs #Physics

Eugene Polzik (Niels Bohr Institute) and Jun Ye (JILA) have published an #obituary in #Nature, reflecting on Jeff Kimble’s groundbreaking contributions to science, the deep appreciation he received from the community, and the personal friendships he built beyond science. 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

✨ We are part of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025! ✨ Today, the launch of the IYQ kicks off at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, marking 100 years of quantum science. 🔗 For more, visit www.quantum2025.at #IYQ2025 #quantumscience #UNESCO #quantA #quantumcurious

🚀Big news! The #YAO2025 invited speaker lineup is now live on our website!🎉🎉 Check out the amazing researchers joining us in Innsbruck this July. Don't miss out—registration is still open! 🔗: yao.iqoqi.at #QuantumScience #AtomOptics @iqoqi.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social

Today, Francesca Ferlaino (@ferlainogroup.bsky.social) took part in a #TechDiplomacyTalk at the Austrian Foreign Ministry discussing the impact of quantum technologies to better understand them, anticipate policy responses & build quantum-ready societies. #IYQ2025 📺: www.youtube.com/live/B2LjcPC...

🎉 Registrations for YAO 2025 are OPEN! 📅 Join us July 6–11, 2025 in Innsbruck, Austria for talks, poster sessions, industry talks & networking! 🔗 Register by the 31st of March: yao.iqoqi.at Don’t miss out! 🌍⚛ #YAO2025 #QuantumPhysics #AMO @iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social

Hello Bluesky! We're very excited to start sharing our research here, and connect with the #quantum #matter community ⚛️ Say hello below if you work on ultracold physics, or let us know who to follow here!

Welcome @ferlainogroup.bsky.social here! Francesca Ferlaino and her team focus on ultracold strongly magnetic Lanthanides for realizing dipolar #quantum #matter.

🌟 Welcome to YAO 2025 on Bluesky! The Young Atom Opticians (YAO) Conference is an annual event for PhD & Master’s students in AMO & quantum physics. Join us July 6–11, 2025, in Innsbruck, Austria. 🔗 More info: yao.iqoqi.at #YAO2025 @iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social

Looking forward to this 👀Rainer Blatt and Peter Zoller from IQOQI Innsbruck will also take part in this great event 😊 #IYQ2025

🎊 Happy International Year of Quantum Science & Technology 🎊 For all events in #Austria see www.quantumscience.at/quantum2025 #iyq2025 #quantum2025 #quantumat #quantum #physics #quanta

Mathematical physicist Cécile DeWitt-Morette was born #OTD in 1922. She made foundational contributions to Feynman functional integrals, organized the first American conference on general relativity (important for gravitational waves), and started the Les Houches Summer School. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩‍🔬 (1/n)

Inspiring seminar today by Caterina Foti from Algorithmiq/Qplaylearn! She shared insights on how to make quantum physics accessible to the private sector and general public (including kids!). 👉Explore their free teaching and outreach materials here: qplaylearn.com

In this fascinating interview, Ignacio Cirac and Peter Zoller reminisce about how their ideas turned quantum computing into an experimental subject 30 years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X1v...

📣 Apply now! 📣 IQOQI Innsbruck invites applications for the 𝗜𝗤𝗢𝗤𝗜 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. For outstanding experimental or theoretical physicists! ✏️ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: January 15, 2025 👉 For more details: iqoqi.at/de/das-iqoqi... #quantum #physics #fellowship #postdoc #job

A highlight of 2024: “A team in Innsbruck created a long-predicted exotic state of matter called a supersolid, and even imaged the hallmark “quantum tornadoes” that formed when they stirred an otherwise rigid crystal of dysprosium atoms.” Congrats to Francesca Ferlaino and team 👏

📣 Apply now! 📣 IQOQI Innsbruck invites applications for the 𝗜𝗤𝗢𝗤𝗜 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. For outstanding experimental or theoretical physicists! ✏️ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: January 15, 2025 👉 For more details: iqoqi.at/de/das-iqoqi... #quantum #physics #fellowship #postdoc #job

Uncovering an exotic phase of matter called a supersolid came down to the perfect spin cycle. Researchers used a magnetic field to stir atoms about 50 times a second —fast enough to trigger vortices but gentle enough to preserve the quantum phase. www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-s...