Photo Credit: T. Schwerdt
- Position
- Professor
- Speciality
- Experimental, theoretical physics
- Field
- Institution
- Quantum matter, simulation
- Universität Heidelberg, Germany
- Research page
- Quantum-Fluid group
Lauriane Chomaz is a quantum physicist born in France in 1986. After her preparatory classes, she studied as an "engineering student" at Ecole Polytechnique. She obtained her PhD at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris under the supervision of Jean Dalibard and Jerome Beugnon. Her research explored experimentally the exotic dynamics and thermodynamics of two-dimensional quantum gases, including their superfluid behavior related to the Beresinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless mechanism, the transverse condensation phenomenon, and the related Kibble-Zurek dynamics. In 2015, she joined the dipolar quantum gas group led by Francesca Ferlaino in Innsbruck for an extended postdoctoral stay until the end of 2020. The team uncovered new quantum states of dipolar systems, including quantum droplets, roton excitations, and supersolids. In February 2021, she joined the Physics Institute at the Heidelberg University and started her own group, the "Quantum Fluids" group, which explores experimentally and theoretically the collective behaviours of quantum matter. In particular, Lauriane and her team are currently focusing on the physics of dipolar matter upon crossing from three to two dimensions. Besides physics, Lauriane is an outdoor enthusiast with a strong affinity for rock climbing.
Key words
ultracold atoms