Departmental homepageMete Atatüre is a Professor of Physics and the Head of the Cavendish Laboratory (the Department of Physics). He completed his PhD at Boston University in 2002 and then worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at ETH Zurich. He joined the Cavendish Laboratory in 2007 as an Assistant Professor and received his full Professorship in 2015. He is also the Chief Scientific Officer of Nu Quantum Ltd, a quantum technology company that spun out of his lab. He is a Fellow of Optica, Academia Europaea, the Institute of Physics (IoP) and the Science Academy Turkey. He was awarded the IoP Thomas Young Medal and Prize in 2020 for his contributions in quantum technologies.
Professor Atatüre teaches Part IA Waves and Quantum Waves in the Natural Sciences (Physical) Tripos.
His research efforts straddle quantum networks and quantum sensing. In particular, his research team develops light-matter quantum interfaces for quantum network hardware, including semiconductors, 2D layered materials and diamond spins. Nanoscale quantum sensing is another area of interest focusing on direct imaging of emergent magnetic phenomena in novel materials.
