QuMat@Veldhoven 2024
During the annual Phsyics@Veldhoven, there were many QuMat researchers present. Unfortunately not all had the opportunity to join in on the image.
QuMat yearly meeting
Thank to everyone for making the first QuMat yearly meeting such a success. We are now looking forward to the Pillar Meeting in April 22 – 23 2024.
Nobel Lectures 2023
Dr. Peter Kraus (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Prof. dr. Daniël Vanmaekelbergh (Utrecht University, QuMat), Dr. Gorben Pijlman (Wageningen University) are guests at the Nobel Lectures organized by TNW and Studium Generale to talk about the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine. Dr. Peter Kraus (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) explains the Nobel Prize for Physics 2023 won …
NWO Vici grant 2022 for Floris Zwanenburg
We are happy to congratulate QuMat researcher Floris Zwanenburg from Twente Unviersty, who has been awarded an NWO Vici grant for the round of 2022. With the funding from this Vici grant, Floris Zwanenburg will be hiring 3 PhD students and a postdoc. Together they will perform research on “Single-atom quantum coherence”. The researchers will manufacture …
QuMat yearly meeting 23 – 25 October in Nijmegen
QuMat 2023 Yearly meeting in Nijmegen The first yearly meeting will take place 23 – 25 October in Nijmegen.Please mark it in your calendars – More information will follow later on this page The Yearly meeting is a three-day meeting where all QuMat scientist, associated students as well as the two advisory boards come together to …
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The QuMat PhD student site visit to Utrecht
The QuMat PhD student/posdoc site visit to Utrecht We happy to that that so many students took part in the QuMat site visit to Utrecht on February 24th. The event was for PhD students and postdocs of the QuMat, as well as PhD-students/postdocs affiliated with QuMat. A successful day! The QuMat site visit was a …
QuMat Seminar YouTube Channel
As part of your community-building QuMat is sponsoring a seminar series at Utrecht University on quantum materials. The seminars take place on Wednesdays at 16:00 and are also broadcasted online via MS – teams. Did you miss the latest QuMat seminar on quantum materials? Fear not; QuMat now also has a YouTube channel where we …
ERC starter grants to QuMat scientists
Two QuMat researchers were awarded ERC starter grants in 2022: Marcos Guimaraes from Rijksuniveristeit Groningen and Dmytro Afanasiev from Radboud University. Both researchers are tackling the increased need for energy-efficient storage and manipulation of information on computers. QuMat congratulates them both! Their research is expanded upon on the respective announcement webpages: Marcos Guimaraes In his ERC project, Guimaraes …
The OCW inauguration of QuMat
The OCW presentation of QuMat On October 10, the festive presentation of the gravity programs of 2022 was held under the guidance of the Dutch minister of Education, Cultire and Science, Robbert Dijkgraaf. QuMat was then represented by (from left to right) Alexander Brinkman, Erik Bakkers, Daniel Vanmaekelbergh, Cristiane de Morais Smith and Kobus Kuipers. …
The QuMat Kick-Off
QuMat had its kick-off on October 26 at Hotel Mitland in Utrecht. It was an inspirational day where all the project staff, their Ph.D. students, and postdocs could meet for the first time. The day featured presentations from the four pillars and the methods and techniques group. As an extra spice, Maia Vergniory from the …