16 CQT students graduated from CQT’s PhD Programme this year. Congratulations to our newly minted quantum doctors! The graduates were officially awarded their doctoral degrees in a commencement ceremony held at the National University of Singapore’s University Cultural Centre on 15 July 2024. Their theses cap contributions to research at CQT that include many impressive results. We wish all our graduates the very best!

A CQT team led by Kai Dieckmann has pioneered a technique to make ultracold molecules with unprecedented efficiency – and their next step could be turning the molecules into qubits or simulating the physics of phenomena such as a new form of localisation. “The current result is the outcome of many years of effort. We found our own unique, very original pathway to transition the molecules via an excited state into the ground state,” says Kai.

Singapore has launched a new National Quantum Strategy (NQS) to strengthen its position as a leading hub in the development and deployment of quantum technologies. Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Mr Heng Swee Keat announced the NQS in his Opening Address at Asia Tech x Summit on 30 May 2024. Funded by NRF, NQS will see close to S$300 million being invested over five years.

The Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) has some 220 staff and students doing research into the foundations of quantum physics and the ways quantum physics enables new technologies. Established in 2007, CQT is hosted at the National University of Singapore and also has staff at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Nanyang Technological University, and the Singapore University of Technology and Design.