LHQS member Justin Lane has been awarded the 2021 Mossman Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Yale University Physics Department. Justin's Ph.D. research has been focused at the boundary between quantum information science (QIS) and condensed matter physics. In particular, Justin has been researching superconducting circuit based quantum bits (qubits) and the coupling of these tailor-made quantum objects with many-body quantum systems, such as superfluid states of matter, and quantum acoustic devices. In particular, Justin’s ground breaking experiments investigating the integration of superfluids with superconducting qubit systems pave the way for an entirely new research direction in the field quantum fluids research by leveraging the precision coherent control of the quantum states of superconducting transmon qubits. More broadly, Justin and collaborators at the LHQS have been investigating a wide variety of QIS and condensed matter systems ranging from atomically thin layers of carbon (graphene) to trapped electrons systems floating above the surface of superfluid helium to color-center qubits in diamond with the goal of revealing fundamentally new physical phenomena and developing next generation technologies for QIS ... if you want to learn more just check out our "Publications" page.

The Mossman fellowship at Yale is intended to support promising physicists in the early stages of their careers and provides Justin a three year appointment, competitive stipend and a discretionary annual research fund. The 2021 Mossman Fellowship was competitive across all subfields of physics. At Yale Justin will be working in the group of Prof. Jack Harris whose research focuses on quantum aspects of motion in macroscopic objects that combine mechanical, optical, and superfluid components.