PhD school on Quantum Sensing for Fundamental Physics

24 Aug 2026, 08:45 → 28 Aug 2026, 19:00 Europe/Zurich

4/3-006 - TH Conference Room (CERN)

Clara Murgui Galvez (CERN), Diego Blas Temino (ICREA/IFAE), Hannah Banks, Joachim Kopp (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE)), Mario Reig (Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC)), Maurizio Pierini (CERN)

The School is targeted at PhD students in both theoretical and experimental physics with a background in quantum mechanics and an interest in quantum technologies and sensing.

Attendance will be limited, and participants will be selected to ensure that they have the required background to benefit fully from the School.
Selected participants will be informed by the end of June.

The School will have a fee of 150 CHF, and instructions on how to pay this fee will be sent to the selected participants.

The school will cover a broad range of topics in quantum sensing (cold atoms, optomechanical sensors, spin systems, quantum measurements, electromagnetic cavities), led by the lecturers:

• Chelsea Bartram (Stanford U.)
• Sebastian Ellis (Kings College)
• Roni Harnik (Fermilab)
• Andreu Riera-Campeny (ICFO)
• Dennis Schlippert (Hannover U.)
• Alex Sushkov (John Hopkins U.)

 

 

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Monday 24 August

08:45 → 09:00 Welcome

Speakers: Clara Murgui Galvez (CERN), Hannah Banks, Joachim Kopp (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE)), Mario Reig Lopez

phd_school.pdf

Recording

09:00 → 10:30 Introduction [1/3]

Speaker: Sebastian Ellis (University of London (GB))

Recording

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Introduction [2/3]

Speaker: Sebastian Ellis (University of London (GB))

Recording

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:30 Cold atoms [1/2]

Speaker: Dennis Schlippert

Bloch_sphere_Ramsey_notes.pdf

CERN_AI_1.pdf

Recording

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 → 17:30 Discussion session

introductions.pdf

Tuesday 25 August

09:00 → 10:30 Cold Atoms [2/2]

Speaker: Dennis Schlippert

CERN_AI_2.pdf

Recording

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Introduction [3/3]

Speaker: Sebastian Ellis (University of London (GB))

Recording

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 15:00 Spin systems [1/2]

Speaker: Alexander Sushkov

Recording

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 → 17:00 Discussion session

Wednesday 26 August

09:00 → 10:30 Optomechanics [1/2]

Speaker: Andreu Riera-Campeny (ICFO)

QP4FP_Optomechanics.pdf

Recording

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Spin systems [2/2]

Speaker: Alexander Sushkov

Recording

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:00 Talk on quantum activities @ CERN

Speaker: Michael Doser (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))

MichaelsTalk.pdf

Recording

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 → 17:00 Discussion session

Thursday 27 August

09:00 → 10:30 EM cavities [1/2]

Speaker: Chelsea Bartram (SLAC)

Recording

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Optomechanics [2/2]

Speaker: Andreu Riera-Campeny (ICFO)

Recording

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 15:00 Quantum measurements [1/2]

Speaker: Roni Harnik

Quantum-Measurment.pdf

Recording

15:00 → 15:30 Coffee break

Friday 28 August

09:00 → 10:30 EM cavities [2/2]

Speaker: Chelsea Bartram (SLAC)

Recording

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 → 12:30 Quantum measurements [2/2]

Speaker: Roni Harnik

Recording

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 14:00 Ending

Speaker: Clara Murgui (CERN)