Welcome to the Cornish Labs
We are an experimental group studying ultracold atoms and molecules in the Quantum Light and Matter research section of the Physics Department at Durham University.
We aim to leverage the unique properties of ultracold polar molecules to expand the frontiers of quantum science and to explore applications in quantum many-body physics. Explore the website for more details, starting here for an overview of our research goals.
We are currently looking for highly motivated PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with an interest in cutting-edge experimental research in quantum science and technology with ultracold atoms and molecules to join the team!
News
October 2025
We welcome Rob to the Microscope lab and Niamh and Ikenna to the Molecular BEC lab!
September 2025
Congratulations to Jonathan on receiving a Physics Department Award for Excellence for his research in the Microscope lab!
September 2025
We are excited to begin work on our new EPSRC Programme Grant on “Quantum many-body physics with ultracold molecules” with collaborators at Birmingham, Imperial and Kings.
August 2025
Congratulations Tom and the Tweezer lab for their latest publication on Long-lived multilevel coherences and spin-1 dynamics encoded in the rotational states of ultracold molecules
July 2025
Simon participates in the summer worksop on “Cold and Ultracold Molecules” at the Aspen Center for Physics.
June 2025
We were proud to show Professor Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council, our labs on her visit to Durham. Read more here.