New paper on vortex instabilities
The paper, written together with my Nottingham / KCL / São Paulo team is now available on arXiv. In the article, we develop a theoretical framework for inviscid, but vorticity-containing vortex flows and discuss the conditions under which this system can develop instabilities with links to the physics of black holes – especially a phenomenon […]
I have a new job!
Last month, I took up the position of chargé de recherche at Institut Néel (CNRS) in Grenoble. My new colleagues are incredibly welcoming and already helped me to settle in this amazing city in the French Alps. I am so excited to start a new chapter in my research career!
Speaker at the European Researchers’ Night
I had such a great time last week! On Friday 26 September, I took part in the European Researchers’ Night in Bratislava, the Slovak capital. Apart from meeting many inspiring and friendly people, I also gave a talk about lab simulations of black holes (see the recording below) and set up a workshop using the […]
Just out: Digital holography in superfluid helium
I’m excited to announce that our paper Digital holographic imaging of superfluid helium free surfaces is now live on arXiv. This was an incredibly enjoyable collaboration, especially with Vitor Barroso. Together with my co-authors, we show how off-axis digital holography (lasers!) can capture nanometre- to micrometre-scale fluctuations on the surface of superfluid helium, allowing us to […]
New preprint on arXiv
I’m excited to share that our latest paper, titled Optical lever for broadband detection of fluid interface fluctuations, is now available on arXiv! This work presents a high-sensitivity optical method for detecting surface fluctuations in fluids. Based on the principle of the optical lever, we measured the spectrum of minute surface waves in water and […]
Photon Bricks landing page
The Photon Bricks project – a LEGO-based interferometer I am developing in Nottingham – now has a brand new home on the ARTlab Nottingham website! On the new landing page, you can explore the story behind the project, download the comprehensive user guide, and access all the resources you need to build your own interferometer […]
QSimFP Community Workshop 2025
I was a part of the team who organised the 2025 Community Workshop for the Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics (QSimFP) consortium, which took place last week (16-21 March 2025) at the University of Nottingham. The workshop brought together researchers from all over the globe to discuss recent progress in analogue quantum simulation and its […]
Inaugural qmeets talk
I recently gave the inaugural talk for the qmeets series, titled Capturing Black Holes and the Early Universe in the Lab, together with Silke Weinfurtner. This event marked the launch of qmeets, a new platform dedicated to fostering discussions at the intersection of quantum science, fundamental physics, and beyond. In our talk, we explored how fluids can be […]
Notts TV interview
Yesterday, I appeared at Notts Today, presenting the Photon Bricks project. What a cool experience!
LEGO & Lasers in Nature’s best science images
A stunning photo of an early prototype (maybe the first one properly working?) of my LEGO interferometer was selected by Nature photo team into February’s best science images collection. Huge congratulations to Leonardo, who took the photo! If you are wondering how we managed to visualise the laser beam, the answer is simple – a […]