Mark Mitchison

Mark Mitchison is a Senior Lecturer in Quantum Science at King’s College London since April 2025 and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). He completed his PhD at Imperial College London and held postdoctoral positions at the University of Ulm and TCD, where he founded the Theory of Controlled Quantum Systems (ToCQS) group in 2021. His research focuses on quantum thermodynamics, open quantum systems, and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.

His work spans

• quantum nanomachines
• ultracold atomic gases
• mesoscopic electronic circuits
• quantum information theory
• stochastic thermodynamics

with methodologies including tensor networks and full counting statistics.

Mark’s publications emphasize non-equilibrium quantum thermodynamics, precision measurement, and quantum coherence. He has mentored PhD students Oisín Ó Conchubhair, Khalak Mahadeviya, Sindre Brattegard, Peter O’Donovan, and Alessandro Summer. Awards include the Royal Society-SFI University Research Fellowship. He co-organized the ASPECTS Hackathon and leads the EU-funded ASPECTS project on quantum-enhanced measurement devices.