People who make research happen

Ana Belén Sainz

Group Leader

webpage, arXiv, Google Scholar, email: ana.sainz@ug.edu.pl

My research interests lie in the intersection of quantum foundations and quantum information theory: which non-classical features could we observe in Nature, and how could we harness them to power information processing. 

Roberto Dobal Baldijão

Postdoctoral researcher

arXiv, Google Scholar, email: roberto.dobal.baldijao@gmail.com

Is nature really quantum or is it something else? Why does it often appear to be classical, if it is not? My primary research interest is the foundations of (quantum) physics, specially contextuality, non-classical correlations and their implications, generalized probabilistic theories and classical limits.

Vinicius Pretti Rossi

Postdoctoral research assistant

email: vinicius.pretti-rossi@ug.edu.pl

I am interested in generalised probabilistic theories, especially in investigating generalised contextuality as a primary notion of nonclassicality within this framework. I am also eager to understand the relation between contextuality and other notions of nonclassicality, such as coherence or EPR steering.

Beata Zjawin

Postdoctoral research assistant

email: beata.zjawin@phdstud.ug.edu.pl

I am still exploring the mysteries of quantum foundations! The primary focus of my current research is resource theories. I am also interested in generalizing concepts of classical causal inference to quantum mechanics.

Paulo Cavalcanti

PhD student

email: paulo.cavalcantidevasconcelosfilho@phdstud.ug.edu.pl

I'm interested in the foundations of quantum theory and causality. How can we make sense of the bizarre features of Nature?

Former members

Vicky Wright

Former member! Postdoctoral researcher

Google Scholar, Research Gate

My research centres around identifying characteristic properties of quantum theory, with a view to studying their consequences for quantum technologies. To this end I work on topics such as Gleason's theorem, general probabilistic theories and contextuality.

Marcin Karczewski

Former member! Postdoctoral researcher

arXiv, Google Scholar, email: marcin.karzcewski@ug.edu.pl

I am interested in various manifestations of nonclassicality, with a keen focus on the role of indistinguishability in quantum physics.

David Schmid

Former member! Postdoctoral researcher

Google Scholar, email: david.schmid@ug.edu.pl

I am interested in formally capturing notions of classicality, and then understanding how the world forces us to give up on these notions. Ultimately, I aim to use these insights on nonclassicality to develop a more compelling realist interpretation of quantum theory which allows for meaningful causal explanations of quantum correlations.

Jan Głowacki

Former member! Postdoctoral researcher

arXiv, Google Scholar, email: jan.glowacki.research@gmail.com

My main research interests reside around the notions of operationality, relationality and relativity in the context of quantum physics and generalized probability theories. Currently, I am working on an operational approach to Quantum Reference Frames. The ultimate goal of this program is to provide rigorous and relational foundations for relativistic quantum physics in operational terms. I am also interested in the emergence of spatiotemporal structures and classicality and in various questions in the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Idriss Hank Nkouatchoua Ngueya

Former member! PhD student

email: i.nkouatchouangueya.501@studms.ug.edu.pl

Fascinated by the applications of Quantum Mechanics in real-life problems, I am interested in using some aspects of its foundations to study the nonclassicality of nature through some well-designed experiments; Assessing quantum advantage in thermodynamics; Studying optimization of quantum technologies through novel ideas based upon contextuality.

Robin Saunders

Former member! Master student

email: saunders_robin_d@hotmail.com

I have come to view "foundations" as a proverbial elephant, a subject that researchers from various disciplines have each grasped certain aspects of (my own background is in maths). I believe these overlapping pictures can and should be drawn closer together, and my hope is to contribute to that in some way.