Professor Simon Cornish, from our Department of Physics, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in recognition of his pioneering research into ultracold quantum matter.
APS Fellowship is a prestigious honour recognising exceptional achievements in physics through research, teaching, innovation or service.
Each year, no more than 0.5% of the Society membership, excluding student members, is recognised by their peers for election to Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Simon’s official APS citation reads:
“For pioneering advances in ultracold quantum matter, including control of interactions via Feshbach resonances, the creation of bright matter-wave solitons, and contributions to ultracold polar molecules, enabling quantum simulation and quantum information science.”
Simon is Head of Quantum, Light and Matter at Durham and is project lead for UKRI-funded national research programme investigating quantum simulation with ultracold molecules (QSMol).
Simon’s research focuses on ultracold atoms and molecules, quantum simulation, precision measurement and Bose–Einstein condensation.
His team studies atoms and molecules at temperatures within a millionth of a degree of absolute zero.
He leads an experimental group exploring the distinctive properties of ultracold polar molecules and their potential applications across quantum science.
His work could open new possibilities for quantum computing and for simulating complex quantum systems.
A Durham research team led by Simon recently achieved world-leading quantum entanglement of individual molecules held in optical tweezers.
The breakthrough demonstrated precise control of individual molecules and their interactions, marking progress towards processing quantum information with molecular systems.
These systems could also help researchers investigate and understand exotic phenomena that emerge in systems of many interacting quantum particles – high temperature superconductivity is a prime example.
It is an enormous honour to be recognised by my US colleagues and the American Physical Society in this way. Of course, much of the credit should go to the many talented PhD students and postdocs that I have had the privilege to work with in Durham.
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