Solid State Physics

New Bilateral Project JSI-CNR: Dissipative quantum dynamics of many-particle systems (DISQU), dr. Zala Lenarčič

9. December, 2025 by
We are pleased to announce that the project DISQU (Dissipative quantum dynamics of many-particle systems) has been selected for funding under the call for scientific cooperation between the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) and the National Research Council of Italy (CNR).

On Slovenian side, the project will be led by our colleague dr. Zala Lenarčič and will be conducted in close collaboration with the Italian team led by dr. Alberto Biella (CNR-INO and University of Trento).

About the Project: The DISQU project aims to achieve a deep theoretical understanding of complex quantum systems under the effect of noise and dissipation, focusing specifically on NISQ systems (Noisy Intermediate Scale Quantum).
Research team will develop advanced analytical and numerical techniques—including hybrid tensor-network and Monte Carlo methods—to characterize and simulate open quantum systems.

Key research objectives include investigating how the competition between coherent dynamics and stochastic measurements affects entanglement, and exploring “reservoir engineering” to actively control the environment, thereby using noise as a resource to prepare non-trivial quantum states.

The project fosters the exchange of complementary expertise between JSI’s insights into non-equilibrium dynamics and CNR’s development of numerical methods.

It is scheduled to run for two years, starting on January 1, 2026.

Congratulations!