Anupam Mazumdar

Prof. Anupam Mazumdar is an Associate Professor at the University of Groningen's Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Astronomy, part of the Faculty of Science and Engineering. His research focuses on quantum gravity, cosmology, and quantum technologies. He holds affiliations at institutions like the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics (University of Edinburgh) and has been a visiting scholar at IAS Princeton. Mazumdar's work includes groundbreaking protocols like the 'Spin Entanglement Witness for Quantum Gravity' and contributions to nonlocal gravity theories.

Education & Positions:

• PhD in Physics, Imperial College London (2000)
• Postdoctoral Fellowships at ICTP (2000-2002), McGill University (2002-2004), and NORDITA (2004-2007)
• Reader at Lancaster University (2007-2017) before moving to Groningen

Research Interests:

• Testing quantum gravity via entanglement experiments (QGEM protocol)
• Matter-wave interferometry for gravitational wave detection
• Cosmological singularities and nonlocal gravity
• Quantum technologies for macroscopic superpositions

Awards & Grants:

• INLAKS Award (1997-2000)
• JSPS Professorship (2018)
• Co-Investigator in MAST-QG (2023-2028, $3.25M USD)

Key Projects:

• MAST-QG collaboration with Yale, UCL, and others
• SINGULAR project on cosmological/astrophysical singularities