Jonathan Prance

Professor Jonathan Prance is a leading experimental physicist at the Department of Physics, Lancaster University, specializing in low-temperature nanoscale systems. His research focuses on exploiting quantum phenomena in nanoelectronics for computation, metrology, and sensing, particularly through techniques to achieve temperatures below 1 millikelvin.

• Key research themes: quantum dots, graphene/superconducting hybrids, ultralow-temperature thermometry, on-chip refrigeration
• Active in PhD supervision in low-temperature nanoelectronics
• Collaborates with the QUEST-DMC dark matter detection project

Research Interests: Prance's work bridges quantum nanotechnology, condensed matter physics, and cryogenics, with applications in dark matter detection and quantum information systems. His team develops cutting-edge methods for electron cooling and precise thermal measurement at nanoscale.

Selected Awards:

• Talent and Research Stabilisation Fund (2022)

Projects: Leads initiatives like LANCQTFP (Quantum Enhanced Superfluid Technologies), GrapheneCore3, European Microkelvin Platform, and FET-Graphene grants, focusing on device stabilization and quantum metrology.