Berislav Buca

Dr. Berislav Buca is an Assistant Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, and a member of the Niels Bohr International Academy. He holds a Villum Young Investigator grant for his research on non-equilibrium quantum many-body systems. Previously, he served as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford (2017-2022) and remains a visitor there. His work bridges mathematical physics and experimental quantum technologies.

• University of Ljubljana (PhD, 2015)
• University of Oxford (Postdoc 2017-2022, Lecturer 2019-2022)
• University of Copenhagen (Assistant Professor 2022-present)

His research focuses on non-equilibrium quantum dynamics, particularly in systems with dynamical symmetries and dissipative time crystals. He has developed algebraic frameworks for quantum synchronization and exact solutions for dissipative many-body systems. Key applications include cold atom experiments and quantum information processing.

Recent publications analyze spatiotemporal order in dissipative systems, Hilbert space fragmentation, and Stark many-body localization with implications for coherence preservation. His 2023 Physical Review X paper introduced a unified theory of quantum many-body dynamics.

• Villum Young Investigator Grant (2022)
• Contributions to quantum time crystal theory and Bethe ansatz for dissipation

Collaborations span institutions in the UK, France, and Denmark, with applications to quantum simulators and optical cavity experiments. His work demonstrates persistent oscillations in systems previously thought to equilibrate, challenging foundational assumptions in statistical physics.