Non-equilibrium quantum dynamics investigates how complex quantum many-body systems evolve far from equilibrium and give rise to emergent physical phenomena. Our research explores thermalization, quantum transport and the foundations of quantum statistical physics, seeking to understand how collective behaviour arises from the microscopic laws of quantum mechanics. We also develop methods for quantum simulation that exploit the unique capabilities of quantum computers to emulate natural quantum processes with unprecedented precision, enabling the study of physical phenomena beyond the reach of classical computation.

Selected recent group publications

• Experimentally probing Landauer's principle in the quantum many-body regime 
  Nature Physics 21, 1326 (2025) 
• Typical thermalization of low-entanglement states 
  Communications Physics 8, 301 (2025) 
• Experimental observation of curved light-cones in a quantum field simulator
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120, e2301287120 (2023)
• Quantum simulation of thermodynamics in an integrated quantum photonic processor
  Nature Communications 14, 5039 (2023)
• Decay and recurrence of non-Gaussian correlations in a quantum many-body system 
  Nature Physics 17, 559 (2021) 
• Quantum field thermal machines
  PRX Quantum 2, 030310 (2021) 
• Floquet engineering topological many-body localized systems
  Physical Review Letters 124, 190601 (2020) 
• Probing the relaxation towards equilibrium in an isolated strongly correlated 1D Bose gas 
  Nature Physics 8, 325 (2012)
• Exact relaxation in a class of non-equilibrium quantum lattice systems
  Physical Review Letters 100, 030602 (2008)

Group reviews

• Mind the gaps: The fraught road to quantum advantage
  Nature Physics 22, in press (2026)
• Equilibration, thermalisation, and the emergence of statistical mechanics in closed quantum systems
  Reports on Progress in Physics 79, 056001 (2016)
• Quantum many-body systems out of equilibrium
  Nature Physics 11, 124 (2015)