Cold and Ultracold Molecules
Theory of Cold and Ultracold Molecules at Durham University
Research group led by Jeremy M. Hutson
Post-docs:
- Ruth Le Sueur (2008-)
- Joy Dutta (2023-)
Graduate students:
- None in 2025-26
Undergraduate project students:
- Carlin Stewart-Wiese (2025-26)
Past group members:
Post-docs and Visiting Faculty:
- Sudhir Jain (post-doc 1988-91; now at Aston University)
- Marie-Lise Dubernet (post-doc 1989-93; now at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris)
- Andreas Ernesti (research fellow 1992-95)
- Richard J. Wheatley (research fellow 1992-93; lecturer 1993-95; now at the University of Nottingham)
- Mark M. Law (post-doc 1993-95; now at the University of Aberdeen)
- Keith M. Atkins (post-doc 1994-96; now at SmartLogik, Cambridge)
- Christine F. Roche (post-doc 1994-97)
- Markus Meuwly (research fellow 1998-2000; now at the University of Basel)
- Stuart C. Althorpe (post-doc 1998-99, then Royal Society University Research Fellow; now at the University of Cambridge)
- Pavel Soldán (post-doc 2000-05; now at the Charles University, Prague)
- Subhas Ghosal (post-doc 2007-08; now at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad)
- Jesus Aldegunde (post-doc 2007-09; now at the University of Salamanca)
- Piotr S. Żuchowski (post-doc 2007-10; now at the University of Toruń)
- Daniel A. Brue (post-doc 2010-12; now at IBM (East Fishkill, NY))
- Maykel Leonardo González-Martínez (visitor 2006-09; post-doc 2010-13; now in Cuba)
- George C. McBane (Visiting Professor 2012-13; permanent faculty at Grand Valley State University, Michigan)
- Jesse Lutz (post-doc 2011-14; now at Air Force Institute of Technology)
- Dermot Green (post-doc 2013-16; now at Queen’s University Belfast)
- Masato Morita (post-doc 2013-16; now at University of Warsaw)
- Christophe Vaillant (post-doc 2014-16; now at the Electric Ant Lab)
- Ting Xie (post-doc 2015-16; now at Hefei National Laboratory)
- Baochun Yang (postdoc 2017-19; now at Shaanxi Normal University)
- Tijs Karman (postdoc 2017-18; now at Radboud University)
- Matthew D. Frye (postdoc 2016-21; now at University of Warsaw)
- German Sinuco-Leon (postoc 2020-22; now at CGI)
- Bijit Mukherjee (postdoc 2020-24; now at University of Warsaw)
- James F. E. Croft (postdoc 2023-25)
Graduate students:
- Adam R. Cooper (graduate student 1989-92; now at Tribal Group)
- Abi J. Dobbyn (graduate student 1990-93; subsequently post-doc at University of Birmingham)
- Alice E. Thornley (now Swinburn) (graduate student 1991-94; now with RM)
- Malcolm B. Weaver (graduate student 1990-96; now with Medidata Solutions)
- Robert Bryan (graduate student 1994-97)
- Nicholas J. Wright (graduate student 1995-98; subsequently post-doc at University of Illinois; now at NERSC at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
- Joanna M. M. Howson (graduate student 1996-99; now at Cambridge Cardiovascular, University of Cambridge)
- Marko T. Cvitaš (graduate student 2001-05; subsequently Research Fellow at University of Cambridge; now at the Institute Ruđer Bošković, Zagreb)
- Hong Ran (Tracy Ran) (visiting graduate student 2009)
- Musie Beyene (graduate student 2005-10)
- Alisdair Wallis (graduate student 2006-09, post-doc 2010; subsequently post-doc at University of British Columbia and University College London; now working in the Commercial Science team at Tesco)
- James Croft (graduate student 2008-12, subsequently post-doc at the University of Colorado; now at University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
- Maja Lenz (Erasmus student 2014-15; now at Fritz-Haber Institute, Berlin)
- Caroline Blackley (graduate student 2011-15)
- Matthew D. Frye (graduate student 2012-16)
- Robert C. Bird (graduate student 2021-24)
The group is part of the Quantum Light and Matter Group at Durham University.
This page last modified November 2025 by Jeremy Hutson