Researcher in lab — Photo: Anna-Lena Lundqvist

Our research

At the Department of Physics, cutting-edge research is conducted within a number of exciting topics. Our researchers study things like nanomagnets, extremely strong lasers, AI for active matter, horses in space, just to name a few. The research targets areas on energy, power and matter for a sustainable world.

How do we harness energy?

The answer is the fundamental and applied studies of light-matter interaction, including light harvesting, and tailor-made materials, utilizing among other design approaches extensively with artificial intelligence (AI).

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Biological Physics Lab

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Soft Matter Lab

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Statistical physics and complex systems

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Plasma physics

How much energy do we need?

The cues we provide are in the studies of the energy balance in systems from atoms and ions to complex systems comprising nanomaterials and biomolecular matter to larger climate and ecosystems.

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Laser Spectroscopy

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Low Density Matter Physics

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Gas-phase spectroscopy of bio-molecules, molecular aggregates and clusters

How do we smartly use energy?

We bring forward energy-efficient next-generation electronics, spintronics and nanophotonics, including hardware and software for (quantum) machine learning and quantum computing, for the systems that will become in the nearest future more embedded, sophisticated, versatile, pervasive and autonomous.