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​Professional History

• 2019 - Assistant Prof / Lecturer, University College Dublin.
• 2019 - Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin.
• 2017 to 2018 - INFN Research Fellow, UniMi.
• 2014 to 2016 - Postdoc, QUB.
• 2013 - Postdoc, OIST.
• 2012 - Postdoc, UCC.

​Honours, Grants, & Awards​

• 2024 UCD College of Science Teaching Excellence Award
• 2023 Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers
• 2022 Co-PI John Templeton Foundation Large Grant
• 2022 APS Outstanding Referee
• 2021 Irish Research Council New Foundations grant
• 2020 G. D. Paparo Prize for young researchers who have made a significant contribution to research in Quantum Technologies. [Award Notice]
• 2019 Science Foundation Ireland Starting Investigator Research Grant
• 2018 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Individual Fellowship [Declined]
• 2017 Outstanding Reviewer Journal of Physics A [Certificate]
• 2016 INFN Independent Research Fellowship

Education

• Ph.D Theoretical Physics, Queen's University Belfast, 2011
  Thesis: Interplay between entanglement and purity in multipartite systems
  
  
• MSci. Mathematics, Queen's University Belfast, 2008

Erdős Number: 3

• Paul Erdős - Peter Cameron - Simoni Severini - SC
  (I'm very proud of this considering I'm a mediocre mathematician)

Research Interests

• Quantum thermodynamics
• Coherent control of quantum systems
• Quantum speed limits
• Open quantum systems
• Quantum phase transitions and critical spin systems
• Ultracold quantum gases
• Understanding the curious nature of my cats