📣 Francesca Ferlaino is Austria's Scientist of the Year 🎉🥳 👏 She has been deeply committed to science communication for many years, intensifying her efforts during #IYQ2025. With her enthusiasm, she succeeds in bringing her field of research to a wider audience. @ferlainogroup.bsky.social
📣 Francesca Ferlaino ist Österreichs Wissenschaftlerin des Jahres 🎉👏
In der Wissensvermittlung und Wissenschaftskommunikation zeigt die Quantenphysikerin seit Jahren großes Engagement, das sie im Internationalen Jahr der Quantenwissenschaft noch einmal […]
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🚀 Registration now OPEN!
Join TIQIT 2026 – Trento-Innsbruck Quantum Information Tour (22–28 Feb).
A week of quantum research in Innsbruck & Trento!
Apply 👉 ai-sf.it/tiqit
🗓 Deadline: 24 Dec 2025
@iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy
📸: @David Jordan/IQOQI
🎉 Celebrating 100 Years of Quantum Science at “Willkommen Quantenwelt”, organized by QuantA!
🎤 Francesca was on stage for a live interview session and Arfor performed his song “Laser Cooling & Ultracold Atoms” together with several group members. 🕺 💃
📷 Photo credit: FF Group / Matthias Heisler
👉 Register now for the Long-Range Interactions Workshop 2026!
📍I’m pleased to share that this year, the workshop will take place in the beautiful setting of Les Houches, from February 15–20!
🗓 Register until December 1st
🔗 Program, list of speakers & registration: www.erbium.at/longrange26/...
Excited to share our 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴 — check out our exploration of the fascinating dynamics of rotating 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝘀! 🌀
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
So happy and grateful! 🙏🎉
👏 A huge thank you to all the speakers, sponsors, organizers, and participants of YAO 2025! ⚛️
📆 Last week was packed with insightful talks, poster sessions, social events, a startup panel, industry presentations, and lab tours — what an amazing experience! 🤩
📸 Photo credit: D. Jordan / IQOQI
▶️ Today, the 2025 edition of the Young Atom Opticians Conference (YAO) has started here in Innsbruck!
🙋♀️We thank Clemens Ulm and @evacasotti.bsky.social, PhD students from our group, and Johanna Hennebichler and Alberto Canali, PhD students from Rudi Grimms group, for orgnanizing the event!
YAO 2025 started!
Having a great time and enjoying the rainy view on top of the famous Bergisel ski jump!
#YAO2025
@iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
@oeaw.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to our PhD student Eva Casotti for winning the “Best Student Paper Award 2025” of the @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social!
🏆 The prize was awarded for her excellent paper, “Observation of vortices in a dipolar supersolid” published in the Nature journal.
Photo Credit: Universität Innsbruck
⚡The future begins now⚡
Innsbruck at the center of quantum research
#ORF documentary (in German) with @ferlainogroup, Gregor Weihs, Gerhard Kirchmair, Rainer Blatt, Peter Zoller, Thomas Monz, Serge Haroche, and many more.
👉🏻 on.orf.at/video/142763...
📽️Our group is featured in the ORF Tirol documentary “The Future Begins Now – Innsbruck at the Center of Quantum Research” (in German)! Éric Berdaguer explores Innsbruck’s rise in quantum science, from Zeilinger’s work to today's cutting-edge research.🏆
📺 Sun, May 18, 18:25, ORF 2 – Don’t miss it!
Lasers, lasers, lasers, lasers 🎵
🎉 Congratulations to Arfor Houwman for winning the #physics category and the extra AI/quantum prize in this year's #DanceYourPhD competition.
Watch the entire video and learn more about the other category winners: scim.ag/4lSpjCl
💡 We’re featured in today’s Quantum Snapshot by QuantA!
⚛️ The spotlight is on IQOQI Innsbruck @iqoqi.bsky.social and the atom*innen initiative @atominnen.bsky.social.
Pictured (left to right): Our PhD students Sarah Embacher, Elena Poli, and Eva Casotti.
📸 Photo credit: IQOQI | D. Jordan
Less than a week left to register for YAO 2025! ⌛️ Join us in Innsbruck from July 6–11 for talks, lab tours, an industry panel, and networking with fellow young researchers in AMO and quantum physics.
Register by March 31: yao.iqoqi.at
#YAO2025 @iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
Exciting to see our research featured in @profil.at! 🚀🔬 Our @ferlainogroup.bsky.social , led by Francesca Ferlaino, shares insights alongside Thomas Monz, Gregor Weihs & Hannes Pichler—plus a glimpse into our lab!
🚀Quantum Computing Panel at #YAO2025 with experts from Alpine Quantum Technologies, IonQ, and planqc discussing:
🔹 Strengths & challenges of each platform
🔹 Real-world applications
🔹 Industry & academia collaboration
📅 Register by March 31st → yao.iqoqi.at
#quantumcomputing #quantum #QuantumTech
If you haven't done it yet, go register for #YAO2025 now!
🚀 TIQIT 2025 (Trento-Innsbruck Quantum Information Tour) has officially started! See you all tomorrow for the first lectures. Huge thanks to
@uniinnsbruck.bsky.social, @iqoqi.bsky.social, AISF, and
Euregio for making this possible! #TIQIT25 #euregiomobilityfund #Quantumphysics #Quantuminformation
An illustration of some dipolar atoms in a lattice. The text is about open position in Prof. Ferlaino's team at the university of Innsbruck and IQOQI Innsbruck. There are openings for an Academy scientist position and for postdocs. Link to the website: https://www.erbium.at/FF/join-us/
🔬 Exciting opportunities at IQOQI-INNSBRUCK!🌟
We are looking for an Academy Scientist + Post-docs to join Prof. Ferlaino's team to work on cutting-edge research in dipolar quantum gases! ⚛️
🔗Apply now: erbium.at/FF/join-us/
#QuantumScience #ResearchJobs #Physics
Happy #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience!! ⚛️
Today, we celebrate the women in science who inspire us every day with their work, perseverance and determination - despite persistent patriarchal challenges. Thank you for empowering so many of us! 👏
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🚀Big news! The #YAO2025 invited speaker lineup is now live on our website!🎉🎉 Check out the amazing researchers joining us in Innsbruck this July. Don't miss out—registration is still open! 🔗: yao.iqoqi.at
#QuantumScience #AtomOptics
@iqoqi.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
🎉 Registrations for YAO 2025 are OPEN!
📅 Join us July 6–11, 2025 in Innsbruck, Austria for talks, poster sessions, industry talks & networking!
🔗 Register by the 31st of March: yao.iqoqi.at
Don’t miss out! 🌍⚛
#YAO2025 #QuantumPhysics #AMO @iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
