David Petrosyan
Senior Researcher (part time)
Education
- 1995 Diploma in Physics, Department of Physics, Yerevan State University, Armenia
- 1999 PhD in Laser Physics, Institute for Physical Research, Armenian National Academy of Science
Career
- 1997-1998 Research Fellow, Max–Planck–Institut für Quantenoptik, Germany
- 1998-2000 Research Fellow, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Greece
- 2000-2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- 2002- Research Director (since 2024), Principal (2006)/Associate Researcher, IESL/FORTH, Greece
- 2006 & 2009 Humboldt Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
- 2014-2015 D. T. Mortensen Senior Fellow, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark
- 2016-2020 Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Denmark
- 2017- Mercator Fellow, Center for Quantum Science, Physikalisches Institut Universität Tübingen, Germany
- 2019- Senior Visiting Scientist, A. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (YerPhI), Armenia
Interests
- Quantum non-linear optics with single photons and coherent atomic ensembles
- Spin lattice models with cold atoms in optical lattices, interacting Rydberg atoms
- Quantum simulations of strongly interacting few- and many-body systems
- Physical implementations of quantum information processing and communication with optical, atomic, solid-state and hybrid systems
Awards/Distinctions
- 1997 DAAD graduate student Scholarship, Germany
- 2000 Feinberg Postdoctoral Fellowship, Israel
- 2006 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Germany
- 2013 Dale T. Mortensen Senior Fellowship, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Denmark
- 2014 Friedrich W. Bessel Research Award of the Humboldt Foundation, Germany
- 2016 APS Outstanding Referee