New Research Staff in the Quantum Machines Unit

We welcome two new research fellows to the Quantum Machines Unit - starting in Dec 2025. 

Dr. José Luis Gaona Reyes is a theoretical physicist who specialises in the study of how quantum mechanics can mesh with gravity. It has been a big problem in science that to-date quantum mechanics does not mesh well with gravity and despite the invention of many beautiful theories..eg. string theory, M-theory etc. we still have no good understanding. Researchers are now able to experimentally bring the motion of massive objects into the quantum regime and such massive objects exert significant gravitational forces themselves. The time is ripe to probe the interaction between gravity and the quantum world in the lab both experimentally and theoretically. 

Dr. Jonathan D Pritchett is an experimental physicist who specialises in the levitation of nanoparticles in high vacuum, and has experience in AMO (atomic/molecular/optical) physics. He has researched the topic of thermodynamics in trapped particle systems and has developed neuromorphic detection of levitated particles. He is passionate about science outreach. His expertise will greatly assist our efforts to bring the motion of large massive objects closer to the ground state of motion.

You can read more about them here. We are looking forward to the exciting science José and Jonathan will develop in the Quantum Machines Unit.