About
Dr. Jayadev Vijayan is a Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Research Fellow and Head of the Quantum Engineering Lab at the University of Manchester's Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. His research focuses on developing quantum technologies using mechanical and atomic systems, particularly in optomechanics, levitated nanoparticles, and quantum sensors. He holds a PhD in Quantum Many-Body Physics from the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics and a Master's in Optics and Photonics from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
- Education: BSc Physics (Loyola College, Chennai), MSc Optics & Photonics (Europhotonics, Europe), PhD Quantum Many-Body Physics (MPQ, Munich)
Research interests include quantum optomechanics, levitated systems, quantum control, and applications in inertial sensing. He leads collaborations with ETH Zurich, TU Vienna, and King's College London. Notable achievements include scalable optical cooling techniques and cavity-mediated interactions in levitated nanoparticles. Awards include the Horizon 2020 Seal of Excellence. His lab explores quantum engineering with doped quantum emitters and advanced optical systems.
