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Professor Mauro Paternostro

School of Mathematics and Physics
Professor Mauro Paternostro

Professor Mauro Paternostro

School of Mathematics and Physics

Professor Paternostro’s research interests are in the areas quantum information and quantum technology. He has worked on the foundations of quantum mechanics and the design of quantum technologies for all his academic career. His work has pioneered the fields of cavity optomechanics, quantum communication, quantum thermodynamics, and the foundations of quantum mechanics.

He has authored 180+ research papers published in top-tier international journals (including Nature and Phys. Rev. Lett.) and has attracted 7000 citations (h-index = 42) and €9+ Million of research funding from various sources.

He is Vice Chair and Grant Holder of COST Action CA15220, of which he was one of the primary proposers. He is Chief Editor of the De Gruyter journal “Quantum Measurement and Quantum Metrology” and served as Editorial Board Member of Phys. Rev. A (2011-2014).

He held Visiting Professor positions at Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris (France), Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), Universität Ulm (Germany), and the Federal University of ABC (Sao Paulo, Brazil).

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  • m.paternostro@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 1928

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Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Quantum optics
  • Quantum information
  • Quantum technologies

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Research students

PhD Title Probing corrections to quantum mechanics using spatial quantum superpositions
Name Sam McMillen
Country Northern Ireland
Year of Study  2014 - 2018
   
PhD Title  Is a plant a quantum engine
Name James Cormican
Country Northern Ireland
Year of Study  2015 - 2018
   
PhD Title  Quantum state engineering and machine learning
Name Luca Innocenti
Country Italy
Year of Study  2016 - 2019

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title Interplay beteen entanglement and purity in multipartite systems
Name Dr Steve Campbell
Country Northern Ireland
Year of Study  2008 - 2011
Current Position Marie Curie Fellow at Universitaet Aarhus, Denmark
   
PhD Title  Irreversibility and correlations in bosonic systems
Name Dr Matteo Brunelli
Country Italy
Year of Study  2013 - 2017
Current Position Postdoctoral fellow at University of Cambridge, UK
   
PhD Title  Non-equilibrium thermodynamics in quantum many-body systems
Name Dr Lorenzo Fusco
Country Italy
Year of Study  2013 - 2016
Current Position Chief Analyst at ACSoftware

 

 

 


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