QA section news

Newly employed

2025.08.08

Maximilian Matzler, PhD student

Maximilian was employed as a PhD student at the department’s section for Analysis & Quantum as of 1 August 2025.

Research funding

2025.05.28

ERC Starting Grant to Daniel Stilck França

Daniel brings a grant from the European Research Council to Copenhagen to tackle noise in quantum computing.

Research funding

2025.05.14

Villum Investigator grant to Jan Philip Solovej

Jan Philip Solovej receives DKK 30 million to search for a mathematical explanation of the periodic table's structure and phenomena such as superfluid and superconducting matter.

Grant

2025.05.13

Quantum researcher training programme

With a DKK 60 million grant from the Villum Foundation, the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark are establishing a new research training programme for the growing field of quantum research.

EDUCATION PROJECT:

2025.05.07

Large-scale simulation of quantum systems

The Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Niels Bohr Institute have teamed up with DTU to develop new teaching programmes in quantum science. Simulation modules will teach how to handle the upcoming quantum…

Research funding

2025.04.07

DFF grant for Asger Dag Törnquist

Associate Professor Asger Dag Törnquist's project “Borel dynamics and distributed algorithms” has received DKK 3 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Appointment

2025.03.06

Henrik Holm, professor

The Dean has appointed Henrik Holm as Professor of Mathematics at the Department for Mathematical Sciences from 1 March 2025.

Grants

2025.02.19

Marie Curie grants to David Jekel and Harold Nieuwboer

David Jekel from the USA and Harold Nieuwboer from the Netherlands have won the competitive European Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, which they will carry out here in Copenhagen.

Education project

2025.01.31

Lifelong learning in quantum science

The Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Niels Bohr Institute have teamed up with DTU to develop new teaching programmes in quantum science. The programmes will be aimed at high schools, universities and…

Newly empoyed

2024.12.12

Gabriele Ciccarello, PhD student

Gabriele Ciccarello started on 1 December 2024 as a PhD student at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, affiliated with the Analysis & Quantum Section and the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory.

Newly employed

2024.11.01

Mateusz Kandybo, PhD student

Mateusz Kandybo was employed as a PhD student in the Analysis & Quantum Section on 1 November 2024.

Newly employed

2024.10.07

Aleksei Kulikov, postdoc

Aleksei Kulikov started on 15 September 2024 as a postdoc in the Analysis & Quantum Section.

quantum

2024.10.03

Quantum researchers come up with a recipe that could accelerate drug development

University of Copenhagen mathematicians have developed a recipe for upgrading quantum computers to simulate complex quantum systems, such as molecules. Their discovery brings us closer to being able to predict how new…

Newly employed

2024.09.24

Daniel Stilck França, associate professor

Daniel joined the Quantum for Life Centre as associate professor on September 1st funded by the centre’s Novo Nordisk Foundation grant.

Newly employed

2024.09.23

Ian Thompson, postdoc

Ian Thompson was 15 September 2024 employed as a postdoc, working in the Analysis and Quantum section.

Newly employed

2024.09.20

Yuming Zhao, postdoc

Yuming Zhao joined the Department and the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH) on 15 September 2024. He is hosted by Laura Mančinska.

Newly employed

2024.09.19

Yifan Jia, postdoc

Yifan Jia started as a postdoc on 1 August 2024, working in the Section for Analysis & Quantum and the QMATH centre.

Newly employed

2024.09.18

Marco Fanizza, postdoc

Marco Fanizza was employed as a postdoc on 1 September 2024, working in the Section for Analysis & Quantum and the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH) under the mentorship of Matthias Christandl.

Appointment

2024.09.18

Matthias Christandl appointed Turing Chair

Professor Matthias Christandl has been appointed the “2024 Turing Chair” at the Dutch research centre for quantum software & technology, QUSoft.

Newly employed

2024.09.09

Garbiñe Cid Ruiz, PhD student

Garbiñe Cid Ruiz was employed as a PhD student on 1 August 2024 in the Analysis & Quantum Section working with the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH).

Newly employed

2024.09.04

Alexander Gjelsvik Ravnanger, PhD student

Alexander was hired on 1 September 2024 as a PhD student in the section for Analysis & Quantum, with Mikael Rørdam as his supervisor.

Newly employed

2024.08.13

Ulrik Thinggaard Hansen, postdoc

Ulrik Thinggaard Hansen started on 15 July 2024 as a postdoc, working with two of the department’s sections; Statistics and Probability as well as Analysis & Quantum.

Newly employed

2024.08.12

Alexander Taveira Blomenhofer, postdoc

Alexander Taveira Blomenhofer was employed as a postdoc on 1 July 2024, working in the Section for Analysis & Quantum and the QMATH centre.

Newly employed

2024.06.10

David Jekel, postdoc

David Jekel started as a postdoc in Copenhagen on 1 June 2024, joining the operator algebras group in the Analysis and Quantum section and plans to work closely with Mikael Rørdam and Magdalena Musat.

Newly employed

2024.06.06

Thomas Theurer, postdoc

Thomas Theurer was employed as a postdoc on 1 June 2024, working in the Section for Analysis & Quantum and the Villum Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory.

Appointment

2024.06.04

Damian Osajda, professor

The Dean has appointed Damian Osajda as Professor of Mathematics at the Department for Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, from 1 June 2024.

Newly employed

2024.02.06

Carsten Lunde Petersen, Professor

Carsten Lunde Petersen is employed in a professorship at the Department of Mathematical Sciences from 1 February 2024. He is affiliated with the section for Analysis and Quantum.

Funding

2024.02.02

Albert H. Werner receives additional grant from Villum Foundation

Albert H. Werner’s new research project is called “Standard operating procedures for robust characterization and calibration of quantum hardware”.

Newly employed

2024.01.18

Li Liu, postdoc

Li Liu started 15 January 2024 as a postdoc at the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH).

Newly employed

2024.01.09

Harold Adriaan Nieuwboer, postdoc

Harold Adriaan Nieuwboer started on 1 January 2024 as a postdoc in the Analysis & Quantum Section, associated with the Quantum for Life Centre.

Newly employed

2024.01.05

Thomas Fraser, postdoc

Thomas Fraser joined the Analysis & Quantum Section on 1 January 2024 as a postdoc.

Obituary

2023.12.22

Obituary for Bent Fuglede

With the death of Bent Fuglede, Denmark has lost one of its very important mathematicians and the Department of Mathematics at the University of Copenhagen has lost a highly valued teacher, researcher and colleague.

Research grants

2023.12.21

Semper Ardens grants to Bladt & Osajda

Martin Bladt and Damian Osajda receive The Carlsberg Foundation’s Semper Ardens Accelerate grant. Bladt will find statistical tools that can provide more accurate risk assessment for catastrophic events. Osajda will…

Award

2023.11.21

The Boeing Quantum Creators Prize awarded to Freek Witteveen

At the newly held Chicago Quantum Summit, postdoc Freek Witteveen from the department’s QMATH Centre won the 2023 Boeing Quantum Creators Prize.

Newly employed

2023.11.20

Taro Spirig, PhD student

Taro Spirig was employed on 2 October 2023 as a PhD student at the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory under the supervision of Prof. Laura Mancinska.

Newly employed

2023.11.16

Rune Thinggaard Hansen, PhD student

Rune Thinggaard Hansen was employed on 1 October 2023 as a PhD student at the QMATH Centre and the department’s Analysis and Quantum Section.

Newly employed

2023.11.16

Peter Hearnshaw, postdoc

Peter Hearnshaw was employed as a postdoc on 1 October 2023 in the department’s Analysis and Quantum Section.

Newly employed

2023.10.30

Huaitao Gui, PhD student

Huaitao Gui will be employed as a PhD student starting 1 November 2023, in the Analysis & Quantum section.

Newly employed

2023.10.02

Lukas Junge, PhD student

Lukas Junge started as a PhD student at the QMATH centre on 1 September 2023.

Newly employed

2023.09.29

Emil Tore Mærsk Pedersen, PhD student

Emil Tore Mærsk Pedersen was employed as a PhD student on 1 September 2023 in the Quantum for Life Centre.

Newly employed

2023.09.07

Léo Morin, postdoc

Léo Morin is employed as a postdoc in the Analysis & Quantum Section, affiliated with QMATH, the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory.

Newly employed

2023.09.03

Elias Theil, PhD student

Elias Theil was employed on 1 September 2023 as a PhD student in the department’s Analysis & Quantum section affiliated with the QMATH Centre.

Newly employed

2023.08.30

Bhavik Kumar, PhD student

Starting 1 September 2023, Bhavik Kumar will begin his PhD at the Quantum for Life Centre, associated with the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Newly employed

2023.08.17

Lubashan Pathirana, postdoc

Lubashan Pathirana was employed 1 August 2023 in the department’s section for Analysis & Quantum, associated with the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH).

Nyansat

2023.08.17

Johannes Agerskov, postdoc

From 1 September 2023, Johannes is employed as a postdoc at the department, where he is associated with the Analysis & Quantum section and the QMATH centre.

Newly employed

2023.08.09

Ashutosh Goswami, postdoc

Ashutosh Goswami started as a postdoc on 1st July 2023, within the QMATH Centre. His supervisor is Matthias Christandl.

Newly employed

2023.08.08

Marco Olivieri, postdoc

Marco Olivieri started on 1 August 2023 as a postdoc in the department’s section of Analysis & Quantum, working in the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory.

Appointment

2023.08.07

Mikael Rørdam appointed Honorary Professor at ECNU

East China Normal University in Shanghai has appointed Mikael Rørdam Honorary Professor “in recognition of his outstanding contributions and academic achievements in the field of mathematics”.

Newly employed

2023.08.03

Sigurd Storgaard, PhD student

From 1 August 2023, Sigurd Storgaard is employed as a PhD student at the department’s section for Analysis & Quantum affiliated with the QMATH Centre. Laura Mančinska will be his supervisor.

MSc QIS

2023.06.14

The first group is ready for the new quantum education

The MSc programme in Quantum Information Science has admitted its first students, starting after the summer holidays. Many applied, and 42 were accepted.

Research grant

2023.06.13

Marie Curie grants to Spaas and Olivieri

Two postdocs - from Italy and Belgium - have won a competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, which they will carry at our department during the next two years.

Newly employed

2023.04.14

Martin Dam Larsen, PhD student

Martin Dam Larsen will from 1 April 2023 be employed as a PhD student at the department’s Analysis & Quantum section and the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH).

Quantum research

2023.03.08

QMATH researchers publish in JAMS

Quantum Intuition leads to progress on Matrix Multiplication Problem. Now published in the Journal of the American Mathematical Society (JAMS).

Newly employed

2023.03.07

Marek Miller, postdoc

Marek Miller was employed as a postdoc on 1 March 2023. He will work with the QMATH research group.

Stieltjesprijs

2023.01.18

Freek Witteveen awarded the Stieltjes Prize

Postdoc Freek Witteveen won the prestigious Dutch PhD Stieltjes Prize for the academic year 2021-2022.

Nyansat

2023.01.06

Lasse Harboe Wolff, PhD student

First of January 2023 started Lasse Harboe Wolff as an PhD student at the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory within the Analysis & Quantum section.

Research grant

2022.11.29

ERC Starting Grant for Laura Mančinska

Associate Professor Laura Mančinska has received a € 1.5 million Starting Grant from the European Research Council for her project “Quantum Information Processing with Interacting Parties”.

Quantum grant

2022.11.08

RECRUIT grant of 11.8 mio. DKK allows the Quantum for Life Centre to expand

Theoretical physicist Daniel Malz joins the University of Copenhagen in April 2023 with a RECRUIT grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The grant is given to the most talented or leading researchers to strengthen…

Newly employed

2022.11.01

Anton Rask Lundborg, postdoc

Anton Rask Lundborg started on 17 November 2022 as a postdoc in the department’s section for Statistics and Probability Theory.

Newly employed

2022.10.05

Freek Witteveen, postdoc

Freek Witteveen will be joining the department’s Analysis & Quantum section as a postdoc on 1 October 2022.

Appointment

2022.09.07

Damian Osajda, associate professor

Damian Osajda has been appointed as Associate Professor at the Department for Mathematical Sciences from 1 September 2022.

Newly employed

2022.09.07

Pedro Vinícius Ferreira Baptista, research assistant

From September to December 2022, Pedro Vinícius Ferreira Baptista will work as a research assistant at the QMATH centre.

Newly employed

2022.09.04

Pieter Spaas, postdoc

Pieter Spaas is employed as a postdoc in the Analysis & Quantum Section from 1 September 2022.

Nyansat

2022.08.29

Tommaso Aschieri, PhD student

Tommaso Aschieri will from 1 September 2022 be employed as a PhD student at the department’s Analysis & Quantum section and the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH).

Newly employed

2022.08.24

Søren Fournais, professor

Professor Søren Fournais is employed at the Department of Mathematical Sciences for the next year. He will work with the section of Analysis & Quantum and will be associated with the centres QMATH and Quantum for Life.

Newly employed

2022.08.17

James Hyde, postdoc

James Hyde was employed as a postdoc on 1 August 2022 in the Analysis & Quantum Section. His mentor is Magdalena Musat.

Newly employed

2022.08.12

Blazej Ruba, postdoc

Blazej Ruba was employed on 1 August 2022 as a postdoc at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, associated with the Analysis & Quantum Section.

Newly employed

2022.08.04

Jakob Günther, PhD student

Jakob Günther started 1 July 2022 as a PhD student at the Quantum for Life Centre and the section for Analysis & Quantum.

Newly employed

2022.08.02

Dylan Harley, PhD student

On 1 August 2022 Dylan Harley started an integrated PhD programme with the Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum for Life Center, which will run until July 2026.

Quantum information

2022.06.23

Denmark's first quantum information science programme to open soon

With quantum technologies blossoming globally, the demand for quantum experts is already high across several sectors. To meet this demand, the University of Copenhagen will soon open Denmark's first quantum science…

ICM 2022

2022.05.29

Virtual ICM 2022 - International Congress in Copenhagen

The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM), originally planned to be held in St Petersburg this summer, has become an online event due to the war in Ukraine. The University of Copenhagen will play a prominent…

Cyber ​​security

2022.04.28

A new tool in the fight against hackers

A new form of security identification could soon see the light of day and help us protect our data from hackers and cybercriminals. Quantum mathematicians at the University of Copenhagen have solved a mathematical riddl…

Appointment

2022.04.04

Albert H. Werner, Associate Professor

The Dean has appointed Albert H. Werner as Associate Professor of Mathematics from 1 April 2022. He will be affiliated with the section Analysis & Quantum.

Newly employed

2022.01.19

Boris Bolvig Kjær, PhD student

1 January 2022 Boris Bolvig Kjær was employed as a PhD student in the Analysis & Quantum Section, and the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH).

Newly employed

2021.11.22

Ranyiliu Chen, PhD student

Ranyiliu Chen is employed as a PhD student from 1st November 2021 at the QMATH Centre under the Analysis and Quantum Section.

Appointment

2021.11.16

Solovej elected as Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

With this appointment, Professor Jan Philip Solovej, University of Copenhagen, is honoured for his contribution to the rigorous analysis of quantum systems, particularly many-body systems.

Former employed

2021.09.03

Christophe Charlier, postdoc

Christophe Charlier was employed as a postdoc on 1 September 2021, associated with Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory. He works in the research group of Torben Krüger.

Newly employed

2021.09.03

Jurij Volcic, postdoc

Jurij Volcic is employed as a postdoc at the department from 1 September 2021, associated with both the Analysis & Quantum and Algebra & Geometry sections, and the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory.

Research grants

2021.08.19

Marie Curie grants to Moon, Schmidt and Kock

Two postdocs and an associate professor have each won a competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship, which they will carry at our department during the next two years. They will research in spectral gap stability,…

Prize

2021.08.19

Asbjørn's thesis on mathematical quantum mechanics was the best

The Danish Mathematical Society has awarded the Edlund-DMF Thesis Prize for 2020 to Asbjørn Bækgaard Lauritsen, a graduate of the University of Copenhagen. He receives the prize for the thesis “A Mathematical Formulatio…

Prize

2021.08.02

Henri Poincaré Prize awarded to Jan Philip Solovej

The International Association of Mathematical Physics has awarded Professor Jan Philip Solovej with its highest honour. He is the first Danish researcher to receive the prize.

Research

2021.05.19

Operator algebras receives DFF-grant for research in quantum mathematics

The operator algebras groups at UCPH and SDU (Odense) was granted more than 5 MDKK for the DFF (Independent Research Fund Denmark) Research project 2 ”Operator Algebras, Groups, and Quantum Spaces”.

Research Grant

2021.03.20

Dynamics on Correlated Networks

Associate Professor Torben Krüger has been granted 2.7 million DKK to a research project exploring how random matrix theory can be used in e.g. neuroscience.

Visiting

2021.03.02

Johannes Jakob Meyer, visiting PhD student

Johannes Meyer, a PhD student from Freie Universität Berlin, will be visiting the QMATH Centre for six months.

Newly employed

2021.02.26

Jonas Raunsø Håkånsen, research assistant

In the next few months, Jonas Raunsø Håkånsen will be associated with the department as a research assistant. With Torben Krüger as supervisor, he will be working with the QA section and the QMATH center.

Appointment

2021.01.19

Magdalena Musat, professor of Mathematics

The Dean has appointed Magdalena Musat as Professor of Mathematics at the Department for Mathematical Sciences from 1 December 2020.

Newly employed

2021.01.12

August Bjerg, PhD student

August is employed as a PhD student from 1 January 2021 in the Analysis & Quantum section, where he will be affiliated with the QMATH Center.

Obituary

2021.01.02

Obituary of Professor Mogens Flensted-Jensen

Professor Mogens Flensted-Jensen passed away at the age of 78 on 21 December 2020 after a short illness. He was influential both as an internationally highly recognized researcher and as an efficient and well-liked…

Newly employed

2020.11.24

Rasmus Kløvgaard Stavenuiter, PhD student

Rasmus is employed as a PhD student from 15 November 2020, affiliated with the section Analysis & Quantum.

Appointment

2020.11.18

Hans Plesner Jakobsen appointed Affiliated Professor

The Dean has appointed Hans Plesner Jakobsen - former Head of the Section for Mathematics - Affiliated Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Experiments

2020.11.16

Research-based teaching in experimental mathematics

Closer integrating research in teaching is a focus area for the University of Copenhagen. It is now being tested at the Department of Mathematical Sciences in the field of Experimental Mathematics.

Press release from RDAS

2020.10.22

The Royal Academy’s gold medal to Gerd Grubb

The gold medal from The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters was awarded for a lifelong effort for Danish science. HM The Queen presented the award at a celebration on the occasion of the Queen's 80th birthday. …

Newly employed

2020.10.06

Alvin Moon, postdoc

Alvin Moon is employed as a postdoc at the department from 1 October 2020, associated with the Analysis & Quantum Section and the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH).

Newly employed

2020.10.06

Meng Yang, postdoc

Meng Yang was employed as a postdoc 1 October 2020, associated with Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH). His mentor is Torben Krüger.

Newly employed

2020.10.01

Jacob Fronk, PhD student

Jacob Fronk started 1. August 2020 in the section for Analysis & Quantum, as a PhD student with Torben Krüger as supervisor.

Research grant

2020.09.30

Quantum for Life – a new research centre

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted Professor Matthias Christandl from the Department of Mathematical Sciences a 6-year grant of DKK 48.6 million to build a cross-disciplinary research centre exploring the use of…

Newly employed

2020.09.03

Peter Krarup, research assistant

Peter Krarup started as a research assistant on 1 September 2020. From 1 January 2021, he is employed as a PhD student.

Newly employed

2020.08.28

Paula Belzig, PhD student

Paula Belzig started on 1 August 2020 as a TALENT PhD student at the Analysis & Quantum Section and the Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory.

Quantum science

2020.07.22

30 million DKK for quantum science research and training

The VILLUM Centre of Excellence for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH) has received DKK 30 million from the VILLUM FOUNDATION to train tomorrows quantum science experts.

Grants

2020.06.10

Three new mathematical research projects are launched with DFF support

The Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF) supports this year three researchers from the Department of Mathematical Sciences with grants of between two and 2.9 million DKK.

Coronavirus

2020.05.31

QMATH tracks the spread of Danish Coronavirus from genetic data

During the lockdown researchers at Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory (QMATH) switch gears and investigate the genomic data of Danish Coronavirus cases.

Newly employed

2020.04.02

Robin Reuvers, postdoc at QMATH

From 1 April to 30 September 2020, Robin will be employed as a postdoc at the Villum Centre for the Mathematics of Quantum Theory, while working on a project concerning electron physics.

GRANT

2020.01.23

Upcoming MATH researcher receives VILLUM grant

VILLUM FONDEN announced today, that the Villum Young Investigator grant is awarded to mathematician Torben Krüger. He will from 1 July 2020 be an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Quantum Science Students

2019.06.24

New Quantum Master of Science Pilot Project

The Departments of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science run a pilot project which may eventually lead to a future joint Master of Quantum Science (QMSc). The pilot project starts in the Fall term of 2019. It is a…

QUANTUM MATHEMATICS

2019.01.23

Albert H. Werner receives Villum Young Investigator Grant

Albert H. Werner, Postdoc in quantum information at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, has received 10 million DKK from the VILLUM Young Investigator Program.