New preprint just dropped: arxiv.org/abs/2506.20594 Geometry and quantum control are deeply connected and these connections can manifest in weird (but also fun) ways. It was an absolute pleasure to work on this with @michael-tayler.bsky.social

From a historical perspective - what is incredible (to me) reading quantum literature from the 50s-60s, is that authors would often emphasize how *similar* QM/CM are. To this end, introductions to PhD theses would have thoughtful, intuitive analogies. … but I guess Weird™ woos the funding agencies.

Happy new year! I want to draw attention to an exciting postdoc fellowship opportunity on quantum sensing + microfluidic technology: zintellect.com/Opportunity/... We have active projects in this area (as featured recently in Sci. Adv. tinyurl.com/yfukhbtw). Please reach out if interested.

This is a misconception. 2D NMR originated in lectures given at a summer school in Yugoslavia by Jean Jeener in 1971 (doi.org/10.1016/j.pn...). The exercise confused most students but not Richard Ernst's grad student Thomas Baumann who brought back its wisdom (doi.org/10.1002/9780...).

"Alongside ‘AI‘, the word ‘quantum’ has become the latest buzzword in tech marketing, and Samsung has decided to jump on the bandwagon with the launch of Galaxy Quantum 5. [...] Galaxy A55 that’s been given a dose of supposed quantum enhancement." techhq.com/2024/09/sams...

Fun fact: the "Knill pulse"; perhaps the most well-known composite pulse in quantum information science - popularized by Ryan, Hodges & Cory¹ in 2010, attributed to Emanuel Knill - was actually first described by Tycko & Pines² in 1984. #nmrchat ¹ doi.org/10.1103/Phys... ² doi.org/10.1016/0009...

Signs of the endtimes: for the first time in the 7 years that I've been here at Southampton, they actually gave me card access to fill the magnets over Christmas (instead of having to call security to let me in as usual.)

2025 ISMAR awards The ISMAR Prize recipient is Dame Clare Grey of the University of Cambridge The Abragam Prize recipient is Dr. Irene Marco-Rius from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona Prof Sami Jannin of the University of Lyon is the 2025 Paul Callaghan Lecturer #NMRchat

Merry Christmas/happy holidays to my buddies in magnetic resonance, quantum, and everything else!

Early Morning Lecture Series @enc-conference.org Monday - Thursday, 7:00 - 7:50 am, by Malcolm Levitt, Professor in Physical Chemistry, University of Southampton www.enc-conference.org/ENC-ISMAR-Ea... #NMRchat #NMR 🧲

In other news: today I was granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK aka job freedom. I am looking for a UK-based (or remote) job after a looong stint in the Levitt group. You might find me useful if you want a pulse sequence guru. #nmrchat My CV: sabba.me/nmr/cv/

Hello lovely folks of Bluesky! Nice to see old and new faces here, particularly from the NMR community. There's a good bit of healthy noise here now, and I'll try to be more active on this platform.

Follow @globalnmr.bsky.social for online tutorials, conferences and magnetic resonance events and networking! #NMRchat #chemsky

Another fascinating talk by Malcolm Levitt today at @chimieens.bsky.social. Thank you for stopping by in between two trains. With some great work by @sabba.bsky.social inside!