The Quantum Energy Team

Alexia Auffèves and Rob Whitney lead the Quantum Energy Team, a non-local theoretical research group based at MajuLab (Singapore) and LPMMC (Grenoble, France). Our areas of expertise are quantum thermodynamics, quantum optics, quantum transport, quantum foundations and quantum technologies. In close collaboration with top level experimental groups worldwide, we explore the laws governing the flows of energy, entropy and information in the quantum realm for fundamental purposes and practical applications.

Alexia Auffèves

Alexia is a research director at CNRS and heads the International Research Lab MajuLab in Singapore. After an experimental PhD under the supervision of Serge Haroche, she takes a position at CNRS in 2005 where she develops a research line devoted to the theory of quantum optics and quantum thermodynamics, in strong interaction with experimentalists. She promotes the physics-philosophy interface within the Grenoble quantum ecosystem, that she coordinates and leads between 2017 and 2022. In 2022, she launches the Quantum Energy Initiative (QEI), an interdisciplinary and international community to understand the energetic footprint of quantum technologies, along with Robert Whitney, Olivier Ezratty and Janine Splettstoesser.

Research topics: Quantum optics, Quantum technologies, Quantum information, Quantum thermodynamics, Quantum foundations.

Most recent publications:

• Preprints and Eprints on arXiv 
• Preprints and Publications on Google Scholar