Academic staff
Robin Kaiser
Robin Kaiser is a CNRS research director. He was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant in 2019 (ANDLICA project) and a second ERC grant in 2024 (IC4Stars project). He is in charge of the Ytterbium experiment, the quantum fluid of light experiment, and is more or less involved in other projects too!
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Anders Kastberg
Anders Kastberg has been a full professor at Université Côte d'Azur since 2009, where he teaches quantum mechanics and atomic physics. His current research interest is on spectroscopy for probing fondamental effects. He's also Editor in chief of Kosmos, the review of the Swedish Physics Society.
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Guillaume Labeyrie
Guillaume Labeyrie is a CNRS research director and has been in the group since 1998 (almost its beginning). He's in charge of one cold-atom experiment ("Rb3"), where he investigates nonlinear self-organization effects and light-induced long-range forces. He's also involved in the I2C project.
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Mathilde Hugbart
Mathilde Hugbart is a CNRS research director since 2022 (CNRS researcher since 2006) and joined the group in 2015. She's in charge of one of the cold-atom experiments ("Rb1") and is the principal investigator of the ANR project QuaCor, in collaboration with Brazilian researchers. She is also involved in the PACE-IN and I2C projects.
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William Guerin
William Guerin has been a CNRS researcher in the group since 2012 and the head of the team since 2024. He's in charge of one of the cold-atom experiments ("Rb2"), which is involved in the PACE-IN, QuaCor and 1DOrder projects. He is also the principal investigator of the ANR project I2C, in collaboration with astrophysicists, and the co-PI of the ANR project 1DOrder, in collaboration with researchers from Toulouse and Paris.
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Raphaël Saint-Jalm
Postdocs
Stephan Asselie
Stephan Asselie joined the Rb1 experiment with Mathilde Hugbart as a post-doc in December 2024, just after defending his PhD thesis, done on the Rb2 experiment with William Guerin.
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Daniel Benedicto Orenes
PhD students
Apoorva
After studying physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Apoorva started her PhD thesis in May 2022. She's working on the Yb experiment in the framework of the ANDLICA project under the supervision of Robin Kaiser.
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Adam Gabteni
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Naudson L. Lopes Matias
Jean-Marcel Nazon
After studying physics in Nice, Jean-Marcel started his PhD thesis in October 2023. He's working on the Rb2 experiment in the framework of the ANR project 1DOrder under the supervision of William Guerin.
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Apoorav S. Deo
Sarah Tolila
Research engineers (between Master and PhD)
Romain Astorga-Petit
After studying physics in Strasbourg, Romain joined the team in December 2024 to work on the hot vapor experiment in the framework of the ANR project WANOO under the supervision of Robin Kaiser.
Ilian Ellafi
After studying optical engineering at Institut d'Optique (Palaiseau) and astrophysics with a Master in Stockholm, Ilian joined the team in January 2025 to work on the ERC project IC4Stars.
Group pictures
March 2025:
From left to right: Stephan Asselie, Roméo Roudeix, Ilian Ellafi, Sarah Tolila, Anders Kastberg, Jean-Marcel Nazon, Adam Gabteni, Daniel Benedicto Orenes, Apoova, Romain Astorga-Petit, Raphaël Saint-Jalm, William Guerin, Naudson L. Lopes Matias, Guillaume Labeyrie, Mathilde Hugbart, Robin Kaiser, Apoorav S. Deo.
November 2022:
From left to right: William Guerin, Apoorva, Nolan Matthews, Stephan Asselie, Mathilde Hugbart, Hector Letellier, Guillaume Labeyrie, Robin Kaiser, Pierre Azam, Romain Caldani, Hodei Heneriz, Alvaro de Melo, Matteus Biscassi, Heitor da Silva. Absent on the picture but shown below: Martial Morisse, Pierre Lassègues, Anders Kastberg, Romain Bachelard, Dilleys Ferreira.