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BA, MSc (Waikato), Dr. rer. nat. (Innsbruck)
- University Education
- Employment Record
- Conference presentations
- Time spent and seminars given at other institutions
- Publications
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- 28/01/2000
- Graduated Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr rer nat, equivalent to PhD) with the top grade of sehr gut, mit Auszeichnung (very good, with distinction), majoring in Physics, at the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, under the supervision of Prof P. Zoller and Prof J.I. Cirac, submitting the Dissertation Quantum Measurement, Quantum Chaos, and Bose-Einstein Condensates.
- 15/04/1996
- Graduated Master of Science (MSc) with first class honours, majoring in Physics, at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
- 01/03/1995-30/10/1995
- MSc Thesis Theory and Application of Dark States in Cavity QED undertaken at the Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, under the supervision of Prof P. Zoller.
- 10/04/1994
- Graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA), majoring in Mathematics and Physics, at the University of Waikato.
- 10/04/1992
- Graduated Bachelor of Science (BSc), majoring in Biology and Chemistry, at the University of Waikato.
- 01/04/2005
- Lecturer in the Department of Physics, University of Durham.
- 01/12/2003-31/03/2005
- Post-doc at JILA, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, within the group of Dr M. Holland.
- 04/02/2002-30/11/2003
- Post-doc at the Department of Atomic and Laser Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, within the group of Prof K. Burnett. Tutored second-year quantum mechanics at St. Peters College, Oxford.
- 01/12/2000-30/11/2001
- Fellowship awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, undertaken at the Universität Potsdam, within the group of Prof M. Wilkens, and at the Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany, within the group of Prof M. Lewenstein.
- 01/06/2000-30/11/2000
- Fellowship awarded by the European Science Foundation, within the framework of the network BEC2000+, undertaken at the Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, within the group of Prof M. Wilkens.
- 01/02/2000-31/05/2000
- Post-doc at the Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, within the group of Prof P. Zoller.
- 01/10/1999-31/01/2000
- Forschungsassistent (research assistant) at the Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, within the group of Prof P. Zoller.
- 01/10/1996-30/09/1999
- Vertragsassistent (junior lecturer) at
the Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität
Innsbruck.Teaching duties were the supervision of Übungen (weekly problem
solving sessions held separately from lectures), the marking of test papers and
the grading of students, at various times for the following subjects:
- Winter 1996
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- Summer 1997
- Classical Mechanics
- Winter 1997
- Quantum Mechanics II
- Summer 1998
- Mathematical Methods of Physics II
Quantum mechanics I
Quantum Mechanics III (Quantum Information Theory) - Winter 1998
- Quantum Mechanics I
- Summer 1999
- Electrodynamics
- 01/03/1995-30/06/1995
- Scholarship awarded by the Österreichische Akademische Austauschdienst (Austrian Academic Exchange Service), undertaken at the Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, within the group of Prof P. Zoller.
- 09/08/2004-13/08/2004
- QUEST (Quantum Enabled Science and Technology) workshop, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Invited talk: Atom optical quantum resonance dynamics with gravity (S.A. Gardiner, R. Bach, A. Buchleitner, K. Burnett, Z.Y. Ma, M.B. d'Arcy, S. Fishman, I. Guarneri, L. Rebuzzini, S. Schlunk, G.S. Summy).
- 25/04/2004-29/04/2004
- DAMOP (American Physical Society Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics) meeting, in Tucson, Arizona. Talk: Cumulant dynamics of quantum accelerator modes (S.A. Gardiner, R. Bach, M.B. d'Arcy, K. Burnett).
- 16/02/2004-17/02/2004
- Classical and quantum field day in Dunedin, New Zealand. Invited talk: Adiabatic association of ultracold molecules via magnetic field tunable interactions (S.A. Gardiner, K. Góral, P.S. Julienne, T. Köhler, E. Tiesinga).
- 01/05/2003
- Conference on semiconductor microstructures and atom traps in London, UK. Poster: Quantum hydrodynamics with Wigner operators (S.A. Gardiner, K. Burnett).
- 23/02/2003-01/03/2003
- Fundamentals of quantum optics VI, in Obergurgl, Austria. Poster: Quantum accelerator modes in an atom-optical system (S. Schlunk, M.B. d'Arcy, S.A. Gardiner, D. Cassettari, R.M. Godun, G.S. Summy).
- 28/09/2002-02/10/2002
- 7th workshop on atom optics and interferometry in Lunteren, the Netherlands. Poster: Wigner operator and cumulant hydrodynamic formulation of BEC and superfluid dynamics (S.A. Gardiner).
- 15/09/2001-20/09/2001
- European research conference on Bose-Einstein condensation, in San Feliu de Guixols, Spain. Posters: Cavity assisted quasiparticle damping in a BEC (S.A. Gardiner, K.M. Gheri, P. Zoller) and Mixtures of bosons and fermions (A.P. Albus, S.A. Gardiner, F. Illuminati, M. Wilkens).
- 06/09/2001-08/09/2001
- Quantum challenges symposium, celebrating the 60th birthday of Prof. F. Haake, in Essen, Germany. Invited talk: (Quantum) chaos in BEC (S.A. Gardiner).
- 26/06/2001-02/07/2001
- ICONO XVII (International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics), in Minsk, Belarus. Invited talk: Cavity assisted quasiparticle damping in a BEC (S.A. Gardiner, K.M. Gheri, P. Zoller).
- 20/06/2001-26/06/2001
- Quantum optics V, in Koscielisko,Poland. Posters: Cavity assisted quasiparticle damping in a BEC (S.A. Gardiner, K.M. Gheri, P. Zoller) and Investigating cold atoms in a pulsed standing wave of laser light (M.B. d Arcy, R.M. Godun, D. Cassettari, S.A. Gardiner, G.S. Summy, K. Burnett).
- 03/06/2001-05/06/2001
- First international workshop on theory of quantum gases and quantum coherence, in Salerno, Italy. Invited talk: Controlled dissipative BEC dynamics via a lossy optical cavity (S.A. Gardiner, K.M. Gheri, P. Zoller).
- 02/04/2001-06/04/2001
- ECAMP VII (European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics) in Berlin, Germany. Poster: Decohering condensates (C. Henkel, S.A. Gardiner).
- 18/09/2000-21/09/2000
- WE-Heraeus seminar on driven quantum systems, in Tutzing,Germany. Invited talk: Dynamics of a driven BEC and the influence of chaos (S.A. Gardiner, D. Jaksch, R. Dum, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 17/07/2000-25/07/2000
- Euroschool on Bose-Einstein condensates and atom-lasers, in Cargèse, Corsica. Poster: Nonlinear matter wave dynamics with a chaotic potential (S.A. Gardiner, D. Jaksch, R. Dum, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 01/05/2000-24/05/2000
- Workshop on Bose-Einstein condensation, in Leiden, the Netherlands. Talk: Dynamics of a driven BEC (S.A. Gardiner, D. Jaksch, R. Dum, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 07/06/1999-11/06/1999
- ICOLS XIV (International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy), in Innsbruck, Austria. Poster: Quantum chaos, nonlinearity, and BEC (S.A. Gardiner, D. Jaksch, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 14/04/1998-18/04/1998
- YAO IV (Young Atom Opticians), in Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Talk: Quantum chaos in a single trapped ion (S.A. Gardiner, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 23/03/1998-25/03/1998
- DPG (German Physical Society) meeting in Konstanz, Germany. Talk: Quantum chaos in a single trapped ion (S.A. Gardiner, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 12/01/1997-17/01/1997
- Fundamentals of quantum optics IV, in Kühtai, Austria. Poster: Measurement of an arbitrary motional observable of a single trapped ion (S.A. Gardiner, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 09/09/1996-12/09/1996
- WE-Heraueus seminar on quantum chaos, in Günzburg, Germany. Poster: Measurement of an arbitrary motional observable of a single trapped ion (S.A. Gardiner, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 18/09/1995-22/09/1995
- ÖPG (Austrian Physical Society) meeting in Leoben, Austria. Talk: A quantum computer in cavity QED (T. Pellizzari, S.A. Gardiner, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 03/03/2004
- Seminar at the University of Auckland: Cumulant analysis of quantum accelerator modes in atom optics (S.A. Gardiner, R. Bach, K. Burnett, M.B. d'Arcy, S. Schlunk, D. Cassettari, R.M. Godun, and G.S. Summy).
- 25/06/2003-01/07/2003
- Visit to NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Gaithersburg as the guest of Dr Carl Williams. Seminar: Quantum accelerator modes in atom optics: epsilon classics and semiclassics (S.A. Gardiner, R. Bach, K. Burnett, M.B. d'Arcy, S. Schlunk, D. Cassettari, R.M. Godun, and G.S. Summy).
- 27/05/2003-06/06/2003
- Visit to LANL (Los Alamos National LAboratory) as the guest of Dr Daniel Steck. Seminar: Quantum accelerator modes in atom optics: epsilon classics and semiclassics (S.A. Gardiner, R. Bach, K. Burnett, M.B. d'Arcy, S. Schlunk, D. Cassettari, R.M. Godun, and G.S. Summy).
- 26/11/2002
- Seminar at the ETH (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule) Zürich: Quantum accelerator modes in atom optics: experiment, interpretation, and theory (D. Cassettari, M.B. d Arcy, S.A. Gardiner, R.M. Godun, S. Schlunk, G.S. Summy).
- 20/11/2002
- Seminar at University College London: Quantum accelerator modes in atom optics: experiment, interpretation, and theory (D. Cassettari, M.B. d Arcy, S.A. Gardiner, R.M. Godun, S. Schlunk, G.S. Summy).
- 08/07/2002-16/08/2002
- Visit to the Universität Basel as the guest of Prof C. Bruder, to discuss the effect of noise on the coherence of ultracold atoms held in atom-chip microtraps.
- 24/06/2002-01/07/2002
- Visit to the Polska Akademia Nauk as the guest of Prof K. Rzążewski. Seminar: Coherence of quantum accelerator modes and their application in an atomic beam-splitter (S.A. Gardiner, S. Schlunk, M.B. d Arcy, D. Cassettari, R.M. Godun, G.S. Summy, R. Bach, and K. Burnett).
- 03/06/2002-06/06/2002
- Visit to the Universität Konstanz as the guest of Dr M.K. Oberthaler. Seminar: Coherence of quantum accelerator modes and their application in an atomic beam-splitter (S.A. Gardiner, S. Schlunk, M.B. d Arcy, D. Cassettari, R. Godun, G.S. Summy, R. Bach, and K. Burnett).
- 02/12/2001-07/12/2001
- Visit to NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Gaithersburg as the guest of Dr W.D. Phillips. Seminar: Cavity assisted quasiparticle damping in a BEC (S.A. Gardiner, K.M. Gheri, P. Zoller).
- 22/03/2001-05/04/2001
- Visit to the University of Oxford as the guest of Prof K. Burnett, to work on the theoretical interpretation of experimental quantum chaos in an atom-optical system.
- 29/10/2000-11/11/2000
- Visit to the University of Oxford as the guest of Prof K. Burnett. Seminar: Dynamics of a driven BEC and the influence of chaos (S.A. Gardiner, D. Jaksch, R. Dum, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 25/05/2000
- Seminar at the Universität Konstanz: Dynamics of a driven BEC (S.A. Gardiner, D. Jaksch, R. Dum, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 04/10/1999-20/11/1999
- Visit to the University of Texas at Austin as the guest of Prof M.G. Raizen, to discuss the possible experimental implementation of theoretical work on quantum chaos and Bose-Einstein condensates. Series of three seminars: The delta-kicked harmonic oscillator as a test-system for quantum chaos and BEC dynamics (S.A. Gardiner, D. Jaksch, R. Dum, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 24/02/1999
- Seminar at the Universität Hannover: Chaotic dynamics in single atoms and Bose-Einstein condensates (S.A. Gardiner, D. Jaksch, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 22/02/1999
- Seminar at the Universität Potsdam: Chaotic dynamics in single atoms and Bose-Einstein condensates (S.A. Gardiner, D. Jaksch, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 18/02/1999
- Seminar at the Universität Basel: Chaotic dynamics in single atoms and Bose-Einstein condensates (S.A. Gardiner, D. Jaksch, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 25/05/1997-06/06/1997
- Visit to the Universität-Gesamthochschule Essen as the guest of Prof F. Haake. Seminar: The quantum delta-kicked harmonic oscillator in a single trapped ion (S.A. Gardiner, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 25/02/1996-01/02/1996
- Visit to the California Institute of Technology as the guest of Prof H.J. Kimble. Seminars: A quantum computer in cavity QED (T. Pellizzari, S.A. Gardiner, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller), and Generation of arbitrary motional states of a single trapped ion (S.A. Gardiner, J.I. Cirac, P. Zoller).
- 22/01/1995-27/01/1995
- Visit to the California Institute of Technology as the guest of Prof H.J. Kimble. Seminar: Generation of Fock states by adiabatic passage of many atoms (S.A. Gardiner, P. Zoller)
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