We investigate how interactions between quantum systems and complex environments shape quantum dynamical processes, and how we can certify the “quantumness” of such dynamics, and how it can be controlled and exploited in biological and molecular systems.

Our research is fundamentally interdisciplinary, connecting open quantum systems theory, quantum information science, quantum optics, physical chemistry approaches, quantum biology and emerging quantum technologies.

How do we witness and exploit quantum behaviour of complex systems?

Quantum systems are rarely isolated. In molecules and biological structures, electronic and vibrational degrees of freedom interact strongly with complex and fluctuating environments. We develop theoretical approaches to understand the resulting dynamics and ask when quantum behaviour has observable or functional consequences.