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Professor Nikolaos Proukakis

Professor of Quantum Physics

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 8832
  • Address: School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
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    Herschel Building
    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
    United Kingdom
Background

My Research Interests & Expertise Span Quantum Physics Theoretical, Modelling & Application Aspects Across Highly Distinct Physical Scales, Systems & Research Communities ranging from the Microscopic to the Macroscopic and from laboratory-based systems (e.g. ultracold atomic gases, exciton-polariton condensates, superfluid helium) to the astrophysical and cosmological (gravitational superfluids, fuzzy dark matter).


I lead a highly international research group and welcome applications from students / young researchers / fellows at all levels.


ACADEMIC HISTORY:

01/08/13 – U.K. Professor of Quantum Physics, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Â鶹´«Ã½

01/08/09 – U.K. Reader (Associate Professor) in Superfluids, School of Mathematics &Statistics, Â鶹´«Ã½

01/09/05 – U.K. Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Â鶹´«Ã½

01/11/04 – 30/08/05 Netherlands Researcher, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Utrecht (Henk Stoof Group)

01/10/03 – 30/10/04 U.K. Temporary Lecturer, Dept. of Physics, University of Durham

01/02/02 – 30/09/03 U.K. Senior Research Associate, Dept. of Physics, University of Durham (Stuart Adams Group)

15/01/00 – 14/01/02 Greece Postdoctoral Researcher, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH) Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Heraklion, Crete (Peter Lambropoulos Group)

08/03/00 – 08/06/00 Germany Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Munich

05/05/98 – 05/01/00 *** Compulsory Greek Military Service (Air Force) ***

05/01/98 – 30/04/98 Greece Postdoctoral Researcher, FORTH, IESL, Crete (Peter Lambropoulos Group) 


EDUCATIONAL HISTORY:

01/10/94 – 23/12/97 U.K. DPhil in Physics (New College & Clarendon Laboratory, Univ. of Oxford) Thesis Title: ‘Microscopic Mean Field Theories for Trapped Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates’ Supervisor: Prof. Keith Burnett, FRS, CBE, IoP President;

(Examiners: Prof. Artur Ekert & Prof. Rob Ballagh)

01/10/90 – 30/06/94 U.K. Bachelor of Science (BSc) in ‘Physics with a Year in Europe’: 1st Class Honours Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, University of London

(Also awarded the Associateship of the Royal College of Science with 1st Class Honours)

01/10/92 – 30/06/03 Germany Erasmus Exchange Student, Albert-Ludwigs Universitaet Freiburg, Freiburg 1-year Undergraduate Research Project Abroad (Prof. K. Runge’s High Energy Physics Group) Thesis Title: ‘An online monitoring program for the OPAL track-trigger at LEP’  


SELECTED CV HIGHLIGHTS:

 Lead Organiser of Major Conferences with high-profile attendees: both subject-specific and ones bridging across distinct scientific communities (ultracold atomic gases; quasiparticle condensates; superfluids; astrophysics/cosmology)

 Publication of >100 Research Publications in Leading International Peer-Reviewed Journals with extensive collaborator network from 39 different countries and > 5,000 Citations (h-index: 43, i10 index:86)

 Lead Editor in 2 Major Thematic Research Books:

Quantum Gases: Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics [NP Proukakis, SA Gardiner, MJ Davis, MH Szymanska (Eds.)] (Imperial College Press, 2013)

Universal Theems of Bose-Einstein Condensation [NP Proukakis, DW Snoke, PB Littlewood (Eds.)] (Cambridge University Press 2017)

 Editorial Board Member, Communications Physics (Nature) – Recognition of Outstanding Service (Jan 2023)

 Multiple Visiting Professorships (Toronto & Queen’s, Canada; Antwerpen, Belgium; Tubingen, Germany; NCTS, Taiwan; Rouen, France) and Invited/Extended Visiting Posts (Queensland, Australia; Vienna, Austria; Trento, Italy; Aarhus, Denmark)

 Major UK/EU Research Grant Generation, including as part of Consortium.

 100+ Invited Talks (Conferences/Academic Institutions, and a further 25 Contributed Talks) in 25 different countries, including US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, China and 16 European countries

 Supervision of 12 Researchers/Fellows, 12 PhD Students and > 25 Master’s Thesis

 External Examination of 18 PhD Thesis (UK, Ireland, Belgium, France, Germany,Spain,New Zealand, India,Taiwan).

 Outstanding Referee of the Year 2020 by the Physical Review Journals (American Physical Society)

 Significant Grant Income Generation (UK EPSRC, Leverhulme Trust, EU)

 Journal Reviewer for > 30 Journals (incl. Science, Nature, Nat.Phys., Nat. Comms., Rev.Mod.Phys., Phys. Rep., Phys.Rev.X, Phys. Rev. Lett., PNAS)

 Guest Editor, New Journal of Physics (Spotlight on Multicomponent Quantum Matter)

 EPSRC Peer Review College Member & Reviewer for the Royal Society

 External Reviewer for International-Agency Research Grants in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, New Zealand, Poland, Chile and international academic promotions/appointments (Greece, Germany, Italy, UK)

 Broad Teaching Experience across All Levels (UG, PG), Different Degree Programmes (Physics; Mathematics & Statistics) [mainly UK (Durham, Â鶹´«Ã½), with further experience incl. Greece, Italy, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Austria]

 Involvement in University Open Days, as Public Lecture Host (incl. W.D. Phillips, C.W. Clark, J. Dalibard) & Speaker

 Coordinator of Inter-University Teaching & Learning Agreement with Trento University (for Joint PhDs)  


LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Fluent in Greek; English; Spanish; German

Basic Understanding: Dutch & French


Research

My Research Interests & Expertise Span Quantum Physics Theoretical, Modelling & Application Aspects Across Highly Distinct Physical Scales, Systems & Research Communities ranging from the Microscopic to the Macroscopic and from laboratory-based systems (e.g. ultracold atomic gases, exciton-polariton condensates, superfluid helium) to the astrophysical and cosmological (gravitational superfluids, fuzzy dark matter).


They cover methodological development, applications to experimental systems (often jointly with key experimental groups) and quantum technologies and (jointly with my colleague Dr Gerasimos Rigopoulos) cosmological aspects.



I lead a highly international research group and welcome applications from students / young researchers / fellows on such and related topics at all levels.


Details of my Publications can be found at:


Among other research contributions, I have (co-)authored influential review articles and acted as Lead Editor of Research Volumes on:

-- Finite Temperature Modelling in Ultracold Atomic Gases (see, e.g. , , )

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-- Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation Extended Book

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enabling cross-fertilization of research ides across highly-distinct quantum & cosmological research communities


My Research Interests can be loosely classified into the following Categories:

-- Bose-Einstein Condensation in Atomic and Exciton-Polariton Superfluids

-- Non-Equilibrium Modelling: Quantum-Field Theory, Kinetic Equations, Classical Field & Stochastic Modelling, Quantum Many-Body Theory

-- Quantum Sensors & Quantum Technologies

-- Atomtronics: Multi-Ring Configurations, Josephson Junctions, Atom Chips & Atom Lasers

-- Large-Scale Numerical Simulations of State-of-the-Art Theories

-- Role of Thermal & Quantum Fluctuations on Bose-Einstein Condensation

-- Quantum Fluctuation Corrections (Quantum Depletion, Lee-Huang-Yang Correction, etc.)

-- Mixtures of Quantum Gases (Bose-Bose; Bose-Fermi)

-- Non-Equilibrium Phenomena & Phase Transitions

-- Microscopic & Macroscopic Modelling

-- Nonlinear Dynamics: Mode Mixing, Solitons & Quantum Vortices

-- Superfluid Turbulence

-- Cosmological and Gravitational Superfluids: Fuzzy Dark Matter, Rotation Curves, Hybrid Fuzzy-Cold Dark Matter Models, Neutron Stars

-- Superfluids with Long-Range Interactions (e.g. Dipolar Condensates, Helium, Gravitational Systems)




Completed PhD Thesis in my Group (by year completed):


--Bose Gases in and out of Equilibrium within the Stochastic Gross-Pitaevskii Equation (Stuart Cockburn, 2010)


-- Non-Equilibrium and Finite Temperature Trapped Bose Gases: Interactions and Decay of Macroscopic Excitations (co-supervision with Prof. Barenghi) (Joy Allen, 2011)


-- Ab Initio Modelling of (Quasi)-One-Dimensional Bose gas Experiments via the Stochastic Gross-Pitaevskii Equation (Donatello Galluci, 2013)


-- Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates: Equilibria and Dynamics at zero temperature and beyond (co-supervision with Dr Parker) (Rob Pattinson, 2014)


-- Theoretical Studies on the Non-Equilibrium Dynamics and Unconventional Condensation of Trapped Two-Component Bose Gases (co-supervision with Prof. Gou, Taiwan) (I-Kang (Gary) Liu, 2016)


-- Phase transitions and quench dynamics in driven-dissipative condensates (Paolo Comaron, 2018)


-- Dynamical excitations in low-dimensional condensates: sound, vortices and quenched dynamics (co-supervision with Prof. Dalfovo, Trento) (Fabrizio Larcher, 2018)


-- Critical Transport Across a Finite Temperature Bosonic Josephson Junction: Resistive Superflow Dynamics, Vortex Ring Generation and Thermal Damping (Klejdja Xhani, 2021)


-- Confined Bose superfluids: a study of vorticity in a rotating bucket, and phase transitions and sound in a trap from two to three dimensions (co-supervision with Prof. Dalfovo, Trento) (Nick Keepfer, 2022)


-- Self-interacting Fuzzy Dark Matter and its Observational Implications (co-supervision with Dr Rigopoulos) (Milos Indjin, 2025)



Current PhD Students in my Group:

-- Henry Harper-Gardner: Quantum Engine Operation & Superflow Dynamics at Finite Temperatures

-- Matt Richards: Quantum Sensing with Atomtronic Double-Ring Configurations (co-supervision with Dr Baggaley) 2024

-- Adi Verma: Modelling Astrophysical Galaxies with Fuzzy, Self-Interacting Dark Matter & N-Body Simulations (co-supervision with Dr Rigopoulos)  



Postdoctoral Research Associates / EPSRC Fellows / Marie-Curie Fellows:

(funding by EPSRC, Horizon 2020, Leverhulme Trust, QuantERA):

Dr A. White (2011-4), Dr A.J. Allen (2012-4), Dr M. Edmonds (2013-4), Dr D. Gallucci (2015), Dr K.L. Lee (2014-7), Dr P. Comaron (2018-9), Dr T. Bland (2018-20), Dr I-K. Liu (2019-23), Dr A. Gallemi (2020-2), Dr C. Grimshaw (2021), Dr A. Soto (2021-4) 


Please contact me if interested in joining my research group!



ORAL RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS:


Over 100 Invited Talks at Conferences, and a further >25 Contributed Talks and >50 departmental seminars in 25 different countries, including US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, China, Brazil and 16 EU/non-EU countries


Examples of Invited Talks at Conferences, Workshops & Summer Schools :

2025 Jul US Compressible Turbulence: From Cold Atoms to Neutron Star Mergers (INT, Seattle)

2025 Jun Spain Dynamics of Coherent Structures in Discrete & Continuum Nonlinear Systems (Granada) [declined]

2025 Mar UK QSimFP Community Workshop (Nottingham)

2024 Nov Italy Universal Themes in Bose-Einstein Condensation (Trento)

2024 Nov Spain International Workshop in Quantum Degenerate Gases (Tenerife)

2024 Sep Australia Finite Temperature Non-Equilibrium Superfluid Systems (Gold Coast)

2024 May Italy Non-equilibrium phenomena in strongly-correlated cold matter (Sicily) [declined due to CBoE duties]

2024 Feb India Turbulence and vortex dynamics in 2D quantum fluids (Bangalore)

2023 Sep Italy Ultracold matter in annular geometries (Florence)

2023 Sep Poland Strongly correlated phenomena in ultracold gases (Warsaw)

2023 July France Bridging classical and quantum turbulence workshop (Corsica)

2023 Mar Brazil Workshop on Low-Dimensional Quantum Gases (Sao Paulo)

2022 Dec Greece XMAS Theoretical Physics Workshop (Athens)

2022 May Spain Atomtronics Workshop (Benasque) 4

2022 Mar Brazil Advanced School on Bose-Einstein Condensation (Sao Carlos)

2021 July (online) 29th Annual Laser Physics (LPHYS) Workshop (Lyon)

2020 Sep France Systems out of equilibrium: Interplay between statistical, quantum and disordered dynamics [Poincare Inst.]

2020 Mar Italy Model Design for Atomtronics-enabled Quantum Technologies (Catania) [cancelled due to COVID]

2019 Nov Singapore Quantum and Kinetic Problems: Modeling, Analysis, Numerics & Applications (Inst. of Mathem. Sciences) Workshop on Modeling and Simulation for Quantum Condensation, Fluids and Information

2019 Sep Spain Atom Quantum Technologies (AtomQT) Network Summer School (Barcelona)

2019 Jun UK Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Superfluid and Coherent Quantum Systems (Â鶹´«Ã½)

2019 May Spain Atomtronics Workshop (Benasque)

2019 Apr US Quantum Turbulence Workshop (INT, Seattle)

2018 Dec Spain International Quantum Gases workshop (Tenerife)

2018 July UK 27th Annual Laser Physics (LPHYS) Workshop (Nottingham)

2018 May Italy Multi-Condensate Superconductivity and Superfluidity in Solids and Ultracold Gases (ICTP Trieste)

2018 Feb New Zealand FINESS2018: Finite temperature Non-Equilibrium Superfluid Systems (Wanaka)

2017 Sep Greece Hybrid Photonics & Materials (HPM 2017) (Mykonos)

2017 Sep Brazil Finite Systems in Non-Equilibrium: From Quantum Quench to the Formation of Strong Correlations (International Institute of Physics, Natal)

2017 July Greece The Onassis Foundation 2017 Lectures in Physics: Quantum Physics Frontiers explored with cold atoms, molecules and photons (Heraklion) [Organized by 2012 Nobel Laureate Prof. Serge Haroche, College de France]

2017 June UK Quantum Fluids Special Interest Group (Manchester)

2017 May Spain Atomtronics Workshop 2017 (Benasque Centre for Sciences)

2016 Jun France New Challenges in Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Superfluids (CIRM, Marseille)

2015 Dec Greece XMAS Theoretical Physics Workshop (Athens)

2015 Sep Poland FINESS 2015: Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Superfluid Systems (Sopot)

2015 July U.K. Non-Equilibrium Quantum Dynamics in Low Dimensions (Durham)

2015 May Greece Hybrid Photonics and Materials (HPM) 2015 (Santorini)

2014 Sep U.K. Quantum Technology Symposium (Durham)

2014 May Germany Nonlinear Physics at Nanoscale: A Cross-Fertilization on Stochastic Methods (Dresden)

2013 Jul Czech Rep LPHYS’15: 22nd International Laser Physics Workshop (Prague)

2013 Jul Germany Matariki Quantum Science Research Network (Tubingen)

2012 Aug U.K. QFS 2012: Quantum Fluids and Solids (Lancaster) 2011 Sep Germany FINESS

2011 (Heidelberg) [Last minute replacement by collaborator Dr. C. Henkel]

2011 July Bosnia LPHYS’11: 20th International laser Physics Workshop [Replacement by PhD student D. Gallucci]

2011 Apr Brazil New Trends in Quantum Matter (Sao Paolo)

2010 Sep Brazil Ultracold Quantum Gases beyond Equilibrium (Brasilia)

2010 June China Nonlinear Waves: Theory and Applications (Beijing)

2009 Sep U.K. Annual Meeting of the UK Cold-Atom / Condensed-Matter Physics Network (Durham)

2009 Sep U.K. Ultracold Matter: Simulation and Modelling (Windsor): Keynote Talk

2009 Jul Spain LPHYS’09: 18th International Laser Physics Workshop (Barcelona)

2008 July Portugal 2nd Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity (Porto)

2007 Jul Germany Ruperto Carola Symposion: Ultracold Quantum Gases (Heidelberg)

2007 June Denmark Non-equilibrium Behaviour in Superfluid Gases at Finite Temperature (Sandbjerg)

2007 Apr U.K. UK Cold Matter Forum (Durham)

2006 July Switzerland LPHYS’06: 15th International Laser Physics Workshop (Lausanne)

2005 Aug Cyprus ΧΧΙ Greek Condensed Matter & Materials Science Conference (Nicosia)

2005 July Japan LPHYS’05: 14th International Laser Physics Workshop (Kyoto)

2005 Feb Spain SOLIBEC: Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates (Almagro)

2004 July Italy LPHYS’04: 13th International Laser Physics Workshop (Trieste)

2003 Dec Germany International Workshop on Atomic Physics (Dresden)

2003 Aug Germany LPHYS’03: 12th International Laser Physics Workshop (Hamburg)

2003 May U.K. Semiconductor Microstructures and Atom Traps –Bose Condensation in Atomic and Solid State Systems Institute of Physics, London (Replace Prof. C.S. Adams in his Invited Talk)

2002 Sep Greece XVIII Greek Condensed Matter & Materials Science Conference (Heraklion)

2002 July Slovakia LPHYS’02: 11th International Laser Physics Workshop (Bratislava)

1999 May Greece ESCOLAR’99:Euroconference on Slow Collisions between Laser-manipulated Systems (Elounda)  




Major Edited Research Books Interfacing Across Research Communities:


1.

N.P. Proukakis, S.A. Gardiner, M.J. Davis,M.H. Szymanska (Eds).

[Imperial College Press (London,2013) (ISBN 978-1-84816-810-7)]


Foreword: Prof Sandy Fetter, Stanford (U.S.)

Accolade: Prof. Wolfgang Ketterle, 2001 Nobel Laureate (MIT-Harvard Centre)


Includes 30 Chapters addressing the state of-the-art theoretical models for describing quantum gases (ultracold atoms and excitonpolariton condensates), presented by their main proponents in a unified manner (unified notation across chapters, single reference list at back of book), with ample editorial notes ross-linking between approaches.


2. Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation

N.P. Proukakis, D.W. Snoke, P.B. Littlewood (Eds)

Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, 2017) (ISBN-9781107085695)


Foreword: Tony Leggett, 2003 Nobel Laureate (US)

Accolades: S.M. Girvin (Yale); HTC Stoof (Utrecht); K. Burnett (Oxford, IoP President).


Includes 33 Chapters by some of the most eminent authorities in this interdisciplinary field, spanning atomic, condensed-matter, optical and high-energy physics/astrophysics, featuring numerous high-profile accolades on the back cover.  




INTERNATIONAL / CROSS-DISCIPLINE CONFERENCE ORGANISATION:


(I) AS CHAIR / CO-CHAIR:


1. Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Superfluid and Coherent Quantum Systems (Â鶹´«Ã½, 10-12 June 2019)

Lead Organizer (with Dr Marzena Szymanska, UCL, Dr Hayder Salman, East Anglia, and Dr Tom Bland, Â鶹´«Ã½]

Funding secured from: • The "Quantum Fluids” Special Interest Group (SIG) of the EPSRC-funded UK Fluids Network (£3,500) • EPSRC NetworkPlus “in Emergence and Physics Far From Equilibrium” (£3,500) • School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics, Â鶹´«Ã½ (£3,000).

This conference was unique in its high gender balance, with 12 out of 25 Invited Speakers being female. [Funding: UK-wide Quantum Fluids Group; EPSRC Network in Emergence and Physics Far from Equilibrium, Â鶹´«Ã½ EDI Funds]


2. Multicomponent Atomic Condensates and ROtational dynamics (MACRO) (Â鶹´«Ã½, 13-16 September 2016)

Lead Organizer (jointly with Dr Kean Loon Lee (Â鶹´«Ã½), Dr John Helm, Prof. Simon Gardiner and Prof. Simon Cornish (Durham)

[Funding: EPSRC, Â鶹´«Ã½ International Conference Funds]


3. Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation (11-15 March 2013; Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands)

Lead Organizer (organized jointly with Profs. Keith Burnett, Peter Littlewood, David Snoke & Henk Stoof)

Workshop Spanned Distinct Physics Disciplines (Atomic, Condensed-matter, Optical and High-Energy, Physics/Astrophysics).

Attended by many world-leading figures, including Nobel Laureates Wolfgang Ketterle and Tony Leggett] [Funding: Lorentz Center: Leiden University, FOM, NWO, Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Europhysics Letters]


4. FINESS (Finite Temperature Non-Equilibrium Superfluid Systems) (14-17 September 2009; Van Mildert College, Durham) Co-Organiser (led by Dr. Simon Gardiner -- Acronym FINESS used since for this conference series coined jointly by the two of us in 2009)

[Funding: EPSRC, INTERCAN, UK Netword for Research at the Interface Between Cold-Atom and Condensed Matter Physics, New Journal of Physics, IOP Groups in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, Theory of Condensed Matter & Quantum Optics, Quantum Information & Quantum Control, Journal of Physics B ]


The latter 2 conferences have now evolved to regular conference series (with around 80-100 attendees) running every few years, as outlined below:



(II) AS INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD / PROGRAMME COMMITTEE MEMBER:


1. FINESS Workshop: Finite Temperature Non-Equilibrium Superfluid Systems (International Advisory Committee) Bi-Annual Conference Series held in Heidelberg (Sep. 2011), Queenstown (Feb. 2013), Sopot (Sep. 2015), Wanaka (Feb. 2018)


2. UBEC 2019 & 2024: Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation (Program Committee Member) (Pittsburgh, US, 1-5 April 2019; ECT* Trento, Italy, 4-8 Nov 2024)





Teaching

TEACHING EXPERIENCE ACROSS MATHEMATICS & PHYSICS MODULES

(see "Research" Tab for PhD Students)


Extensive Teaching Experience of a broad range of Mathematics and Physics modules in different Universities, in class sizes of 3-30 (tutorials) and 20-220 (lectures), with solid student and peer evaluations.


NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY: School of Mathematics, Statistics & Physics (2005 – ):


-- 1st Year Students:

MAS111: Modelling with Differential Equations 

MAS145: Problem-Solving Techniques

MAS1041: Mathematical Methods 

-- 2nd Year Students:

PHY2020: Principles of Quantum Mechanics

MAS209 & MAS609: Modern Fields

-- 3rd Year Students:

MAS3115: Quantum Mechanics

MAS3119: Differential Equations, Fields & Transform Methods 

MAS3121: Variational Methods 

PHY3027: Physics BSc Project (Supervision of Individual Project(s))

-- 4th year Students:

MAS8114: Topics in Applied Mathematics 

PHY8029/MAS8851/MSP8812: Quantum Fluids

PHY8029: MPhys Project (Supervision of Individual Project(s))

MAS8091: MMath Project (Supervision of Individual Project(s))


I have consistently received very high, well above-average student evaluations across all modules, including numerous nominarions for awards by students and commendations by the School Teaching & Learning Committee.


DURHAM UNIVERSITY: Department of Physics (2002-2004):


-- 1st Year Students:

PHYS1122: Foundations of Physics 1 Tutorials & Revision Lectures in All Topics 

[ Taught Material: Introduction to Classical Mechanics, Introduction to Special Relativity, Wave Phenomena, Electricity and Magnetism, Introduction to Optics, Phases of Matter, Atoms, Nuclei & Particles & Quantum Mechanics. ]

-- 2nd Year Students: Organisation of Weekly Problems in all 2nd Year Topics mentioned below

[ Examined Material: Foundation of Physics (PHYS2511): Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics, Mathematical Methods in Physics (PHYS2521), Thermal and Condensed Matter Physics (PHYS2531) & Stars and Galaxies (PHYS2541). ]

-- 3rd Year Students:

PHYS3561: Key Skills A (Essay/Poster/Presentation Preparation – Selected Physics Topics) 

-- PhD Students: Atomic & Molecular Physics Graduate Course Lectures


UNIVERSITY OF CRETE: Department of Physics (1998-2001):


-- 4th Year Students: 'Laser Spectroscopy Techniques' (A few guest lectures each year)

[ Taught Material: Laser Cooling and Bose-Einstein Condensation Lectures

-- Undergraduate Students (Summer School): Laser Cooling and Bose-Einstein Condensation 2-hour Lecture


UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD: New College (1995-1996):


-- 2nd Year Students: Kinetic Theory; Waves and Diffusion; Statistical Mechanics (Tutorials) 

-- 3rd Year Students : Kinetic Theory; Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics (Tutorials)


TEACHING EXPERIENCE AS VISITING MEMBER OF STAFF, AT SUMMER SCHOOLS & PUBLIC LECTURES:


  • Phd-Level Research Lecture Series in Sao Carlos, Brazil (March 2023)  


• Sao Paolo School of Advanced Science (Brazil – Mar 2022) [Postgraduate Course]


• Invited Lecture Course at Atom Quantum Technologies (AtomQT) Network Summer School, Barcelona (Sep. 2019)


• Public Science Talk: Delivered invited, open to the public, annual Gareth Roberts Memorial Lecture, hosted by the Institute of Physics Northeast Branch, on “Harnessing Quantum Physics for Atomtronics Applications” (1 Feb 2018)


• Department of Physics, University of Trento (April 2017) [Master’s-Level Teaching]


• Onassis Science Lecture Series in Physics entitled “Quantum Physics Frontiers Explored with Cold Atoms, Molecules and Photons”) (Heraklion, Crete) [24-28 July 2017]

(Organised by 2012 Physics Nobel Laureate, Serge Haroche, and featuring a very small number (8) of world-leading academics, including 2022 Physics Nobel Laureate Alain Aspect, Atomic Clock Pioneer Yun Je, and Magneto-Optical Trap Proposer Jean Dalibard)


• Department of Physics, University of Antwerpen (Belgium – March/April 2013) [Graduate Course]


• Department of Physics, University of Tuebingen (Germany – June/July 2011) [Advanced Undergraduate Course]


• Atominstitut, Vienna Institute of Technology (Austria – Mar 2011) [Postgraduate Lectures]


• Sao Paolo School of Advanced Science (Brazil – Apr 2011) [Postgraduate Course]





Publications

  • Articles

    • Indjin M, Keepfer N, Liu I-K, Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G. . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2026, 545(3), staf2046.
    • Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G, Soto A. . Physical Review D 2025, 111, 023505.
    • Xhani K, Proukakis NP. . Atoms 2025, 13(8), 68.
    • Chaika A, Oliinyk AO, Yatsuta IV, Proukakis NP, Edwards M, Yakimenko AI, Bland T. . SciPost Physics 2025, 19, 005.
    • Indjin M, Liu I-K, Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G. . Physical Review D 2024, 109, 103518.
    • Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G, Soto A. . Physical Review D 2024, 110(2), 023504.
    • Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G, Soto A. . Physical Review D 2023, 108(8), 083513.
    • Liu IK, Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G. . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023, 521(3), 3625–3647.
    • Keepfer NA, Liu I-K, Dalfovo F, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review Research 2022, 4(3), 033130.
    • Bland T, Yatsuta IV, Edwards M, Nikolaieva YO, Oliinyk AO, Yakimenko AI, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review Research 2022, 4(4), 043171.
    • Xhani K, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review Research 2022, 4(3), 033205.
    • Amico L, Boshier M, Birkl G, Minguzzi A, Miniatura C, Kwek LC, Aghamalyan D, Ahufinger V, Anderson D, Andrei N, Arnold AS, Baker M, Bell TA, Bland T, Brantut JP, Cassettari D, Chetcuti WJ, Chevy F, Citro R, De Palo S, Dumke R, Edwards M, Folman R, Fortagh J, Gardiner SA, Garraway BM, Gauthier G, Gunther A, Haug T, Hufnagel C, Keil M, Ireland P, Lebrat M, Li W, Longchambon L, Mompart J, Morsch O, Naldesi P, Neely TW, Olshanii M, Orignac E, Pandey S, Perez-Obiol A, Perrin H, Piroli L, Polo J, Pritchard AL, Proukakis NP, Rylands C, Rubinsztein-Dunlop H, Scazza F, Stringari S, Tosto F, Trombettoni A, VictoriN N, vonKlitzing W, Wilkowski D, Xhani K, Yakimenko A. . AVS Quantum Science 2021, 3(3), 039201.
    • Brown K, Bland T, Comaron P, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review Research 2021, 3(1), 013097.
    • Comaron P, Carusotto I, Szymanska MH, Proukakis NP. . Europhysics Letters 2021, 133(1), 17002.
    • Wilson KE, Guttridge A, Liu I-Kang, Segal J, Billam TP, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Cornish SL. . Physical Review Research 2021, 3(3), 033096.
    • Groszek AJ, Comaron P, Proukakis NP, Billam TP. . Physical Review Research 2021, 3(1), 013212.
    • Bland T, Marolleau Q, Comaron P, Malomed BA, Proukakis NP. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2020, 53(11), 115301.
    • Zamora A, Dagvadorj G, Comaron P, Carusotto I, Proukakis NP, Szymanska MH. . Physical Review Letters 2020, 125, 095301.
    • Liu I-K, Dziarmaga J, Gou S-C, Dalfovo F, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review Research 2020, 2(3), 033183.
    • Xhani K, Galantucci L, Barenghi CF, Roati G, Trombettoni A, Proukakis NP. . New Journal of Physics 2020, 22(12), 123006.
    • Xhani K, Neri E, Galantucci L, Scazza F, Burchianti A, Lee KL, Barenghi CF, Trombettoni A, Inguscio M, Zaccanti M, Roati G, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review Letters 2020, 124(4), 045301.
    • Comaron P, Larcher F, Dalfovo F, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2019, 100(3), 033618.
    • Chen Z, Li Y, Proukakis NP, Malomed BA. . New Journal of Physics 2019, 21, 073058.
    • Lee KL, Jørgensen NB, Wacker LJ, Skou MG, Skalmstang KT, Arlt JJ, Proukakis NP. . New Journal of Physics 2018, 20, 053004.
    • Bland T, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Malomed BA. . Journal of Physics B 2018, 51, 205303.
    • Liu IK, Donadello S, Lamporesi G, Ferrari G, Gou SC, Dalfovo F, Proukakis NP. . Communications Physics 2018, 1, 24.
    • Comaron P, Dagvadorj G, Zamora A, Carusotto I, Proukakis NP, Szymanska MH. . Physical Review Letters 2018, 121, 095302.
    • Ota M, Larcher F, Dalfovo F, Pitaevskii L, Proukakis NP, Stringari S. . Physical Review Letters 2018, 121(14), 145302.
    • Griffin A, Stagg GW, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF. . Journal of Physics B 2017, 50, 115003.
    • Su SW, Liu IK, Gou SG, Liao R, Fialko O, Brand J. . Physical Review A 2017, 95, 053629.
    • Henkel C, Sauer T-O, Proukakis NP. . Journal of Physics B 2017, 50(11), 114002.
    • Liu IK, Pattinson RW, Billam TP, Gardiner SA, Cornish SL, Huang TM, Lin WW, Gou SC, Parker NG, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2016, 93, 023628.
    • Rooney SJ, Allen AJ, Zulicke U, Proukakis NP, Bradley AS. . Physical Review A 2016, 93(6).
    • Lee KL, Jørgensen NB, Liu I-K, Wacker L, Arlt JJ, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2016, 94(1), 013602.
    • Lee KL, Proukakis NP. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2016, 49, 214003.
    • Gallucci D, Proukakis N. . New Journal of Physics 2016, 18, 025004.
    • Edmonds MJ, Lee KL, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2015, 92(6), 063607.
    • Edmonds MJ, Lee KL, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2015, 91, 011602(R).
    • Bland T, Edmonds MJ, Proukakis NP, Martin AM, O'Dell DHJ, Parker NG. . Physical Review A 2015, 92, 063601.
    • Allen AJ, Zuccher S, Caliari M, Proukakis NP, Parker NG, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review A 2014, 90(1), 013601.
    • Allen AJ, Zuccher S, Caliari M, Proukakis NP, Parker NG, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review A 2014, 90(1), 013601.
    • Berloff NG, Brachet M, Proukakis NP. . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2014, 111(Supplement 1), 4675-4682.
    • Allen AJ, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review A 2014, 89, 025602.
    • Yan D, Carretero-Gonzalez R, Frantzeskakis DJ, Kevrekidis PG, Proukakis NP, Spirn D. . Physical Review A 2014, 89(4), 043613.
    • Markle J, Allen AJ, Federsel P, Jetter B, Gunther A, Fortagh J, Proukakis NP, Judd TE. . Physical Review A 2014, 90(2), 023614.
    • Pattinson RW, Proukakis NP, Parker NG. . Physical Review A 2014, 90(3), 033625-1-033625-8.
    • Allen AJ, Zaremba E, Barenghi CF, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2013, 87(1), 013630.
    • Pattinson RW, Billam TP, Gardiner SA, McCarron DJ, Cho HW, Cornish SL, Parker NG, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2013, 87(1), 013625.
    • Gallucci D, Cockburn SP, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2012, 86(1), 013627.
    • White AC, Barenghi CF, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2012, 86(1), 013635.
    • Parker NG, Allen AJ, Barenghi CF, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2012, 86(1), 013631.
    • Cockburn SP, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2012, 86(3), 033610.
    • Cockburn SP, Gallucci D, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2011, 84(2), 023613.
    • Wright TM, Proukakis NP, Davis MJ. . Physical Review A 2011, 84(2), 023608.
    • Allen AJ, Jackson DP, Barenghi CF, Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2011, 83(1), 013613.
    • Cockburn SP, Nistazakis HE, Horikis TP, Kevrekidis PG, Proukakis NP, Frantzeskakis DJ. . Physical Review A 2011, 84(4), 043640.
    • Cockburn SP, Negretti A, Proukakis NP, Henkel C. . Physical Review A 2011, 83(4), 043619.
    • White AC, Barenghi CF, Proukakis NP, Youd AJ, Wacks DH. . Physical Review Letters 2010, 104(7), 075301.
    • Cockburn SP, Nistazakis HE, Horikis TP, Kevrekidis PG, Proukakis NP, Frantzeskakis DJ. . Physical Review Letters 2010, 104(17), 174101.
    • Parker N, Proukakis N, Adams C. . Physical Review A 2010, 81(3), 033606.
    • Cockburn SP, Proukakis NP. . Laser Physics 2009, 19(4), 558-570.
    • Jackson B, Proukakis N, Barenghi C, Zaremba E. . Physical Review A 2009, 79(5), 053615.
    • Jackson B, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF. . Physical Review A 2007, 75(5), 051601.
    • Frantzeskakis DJ, Kevrekidis PG, Proukakis NP. . Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics 2007, 364(2), 129-134.
    • Frantzeskakis DJ, Kevrekidis PG, Proukakis NP. . Physics Letters A 2007, 364(2), 129-134.
    • Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A 2006, 74(5), 053617.
    • Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2006, 74(5), 053617.
    • Proukakis NP, Schmiedmayer J, Stoof HTC. . Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2006, 73(5), 053603.
    • Proukakis NP. . Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2006, 73(2), 023605.
    • Barenghi CF, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Adams CS. . Journal of Low Temperature Physics 2005, 138(3-4), 629-634.
    • Sakellari E, Proukakis NP, Adams CS. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2004, 37(18), 3681.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. . Physical Review Letters 2004, 93(13), 130408.
    • Sakellari E, Proukakis NP, Leadbeater M, Adams CS. . New Journal of Physics 2004, 6(42), 1-11.
    • Frantzeskakis DJ, Proukakis NP, Kevrekidis PG. . Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2004, 70(1), 015601.
    • Proukakis NP, Parker NG, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. . Laser Physics 2004, 14(2), 284-290.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. . Physical Review Letters 2004, 92(16), 160403-1.
    • Proukakis NP, Parker DJ, Frantzeskakis NG, Adams CS. . Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics 2004, 6(5), S380.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Leadbeater M, Adams CS. . Physical Review Letters 2003, 90(22), 220401.
    • Nikolopoulos GM, Lambropoulos P, Proukakis NP. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2003, 36(13), 2797-2816.
    • Khawaja UAl, Proukakis NP, Andersen JO, Romans MWJ, Stoof HTC. . Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2003, 68(4), 043603.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Leadbeater M, Adams CS. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2003, 36(13), 2891-2910.
    • Proukakis NP. . Laser Physics 2003, 13(4), 527-536.
    • Al Khawaja U, Andersen JO, Proukakis NP, Stoof HTC. . Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2002, 66(1), 013615.
    • Proukakis NP, Lambropoulos P. . European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physi 2002, 19(3), 335-370.
    • Proukakis NP. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2001, 34(23), 4737-4755.
    • Hutchinson DAW, Burnett K, Dodd RJ, Morgan SA, Rusch M, Zaremba E, Proukakis NP, Edwards M, Clark CW. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2000, 33(19), 3825-3846.
    • Proukakis NP, Burnett K, Stoof HTC. . Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 1998, 57(2), 1230-1247.
    • Proukakis NP, Morgan SA, Choi S, Burnett K. . Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 1998, 58(3), 2435-2445.
    • Proukakis NP, Burnett K. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 1997, 355(1733), 2235-2245.
    • Proukakis NP, Burnett K. . Journal of Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology 1996, 101(4), 457-469.
    • Proukakis NP, Burnett K, Edwards M, Dodd RJ, Clark CW. Theory of Bose-Einstein condensed trapped atoms. Trends in Optics and Photonics Series 1995, 7.

  • Book Chapters

    • Snoke DW, Proukakis NP, Giamarchi T, Littlewood PB. . In: Proukakis, NP; Snoke, DW; Littlewood, PB, ed. Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp.3-21.
    • Parker N, Allen AJ, Barenghi C, Proukakis NP. . In: N. Proukakis, D. Snoke and P Littlewood, ed. Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp.348-370.
    • Proukakis NP, Snoke DW, Littlewood PB. . In: Proukakis NP; Snoke DW; Littlewood PB, ed. Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp.xi-xii.
    • Davis MJ, Wright TM, Gasenzer T, Gardiner SA, Proukakis NP. . In: N. Proukakis, D. Snoke and P. Littlewood, ed. Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017, pp.117-150.
    • Cockburn SP, Proukakis NP. . In: Proukakis, NP; Gardiner, SA; Davis, MJ; Szymanska, MH, ed. Quantum Gases: Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics. London; Singapore: Imperial College Press (World Scientific), 2013, pp.177-189.
    • Proukakis NP, David MJ, Gardiner SA. . In: Proukakis, NP; Gardiner, SA; Davis, MJ; Szymanska, MH, ed. Quantum Gases: Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics. London; Singapore: Imperial College Press (World Scientific), 2013, pp.261-286.
    • Wright TM, Davis MJ, Proukakis NP. . In: Proukakis, NP; Gardiner, SA; Davis, MJ; Szymanska, MH, ed. Quantum Gases: Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics. London (Singapore): Imperial College Press (World Scientific), 2013, pp.299-312.
    • Proukakis NP, Burnett K. . In: Proukakis, NP; Gardiner, SA; Davis, MJ; Szymanska, MH, ed. Quantum Gases: Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics. London; Singapore: Imperial College Press (World Scientific), 2013, pp.7-24.
    • Davis MJ, Gardiner SA, Hanna TM, Nygaard N, Proukakis NP, Szymanska MH. . In: Proukakis, NP; Gardiner, SA; Davis, MJ; Szymanska, MH, ed. Quantum Gases: Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics. London (Singapore): Imperial College Press (World Scientific), 2013, pp.63-83.
    • Allen AJ, Barenghi CF, Proukakis NP, Zaremba E. . In: Proukakis, N.P., Gardiner, S.A., Davis, M.J., Szymanska, M.H, ed. Quantum Gases: Finite Temperature and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics. London: Imperial College Press, 2013, pp.93-105.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Adams CS. . In: Chen, L.V, ed. Focus on Soliton Research. New York: Nova Publishing, 2007, pp.1-49.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

    • Allen AJ, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF. . In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2014, Edinburgh, UK: Institute of Physics Publishing.
    • Pattinson RW, Parker NG, Proukakis NP. . In: 22nd Annual International Laser Physics Workshop. 2014, Prague, Czech Republic: Institute of Physics Publishing.
    • White A, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF. Topological stirring of two-dimensional atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. In: Isaac Newton Institute TOD conference "Knotted, Linked and Tangled Flux in Quantum and Classical Systems". 2013, Cambridge (Isaac Newton Institute): Institute of Physics. Submitted.
    • Allen AJ, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF. Quantum turbulence in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. In: Isaac Newton Institute TOD conference "Knotted, Linked and Tangled Flux in Quantum and Classical Systems". 2013, Cambridge (Isaac Newton Institute): Institute of Physics. Submitted.
    • White AC, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF. . In: Quantised Flux in Tightly Knotted and Linked Systems. 2012, Cambridge, UK: Institute of Physics Publishing.
    • White AC, Proukakis NP, Youd AJ, Baggaley AW, Barenghi CF. . In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, European Turbulence Conference ETC13. 2011, Warsaw, Poland: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
    • White AC, Proukakis NP, Youd AJ, Wacks DH, Baggaley AW, Barenghi CF. . In: 3th European Turbulence Conference (ETC): Vorticity Dynamics. 2011, Warsaw, Poland: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
    • Jackson B, Barenghi CF, Proukakis NP. . In: Journal of Low Temperature Physics: Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Quantum Fluids and Solids. 2007, Kyoto University, Japan: Springer New York LLC.
    • Barenghi CF, Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Adams CS. . In: Journal of Low Temperature Physics: International Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids (QFS). 2005, University of Trento, Povo, Italy: Springer New York LLC.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. . In: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. International Workshop on Theory of Quantum Gases and Quantum Coherence. 2004, Levico, Italy: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
    • Proukakis NP, Parker NG, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. . In: Laser Physics: 12th Annual International Laser Physics Workshop. 2004, Hamburg, Germany: MAIK Nauka - Interperiodica.
    • Parker NG, Proukakis NP, Barenghi CF, Adams CS. . In: Theory of Quantum Gases and Quantum Coherence: The Levico BEC Workshop. 2003, Levico, Italy: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
    • Hutchinson DAW, Dodd RJ, Proukakis NP, Morgan SA, Choi S, Rusch M, Burnett K. Interactions in Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates. In: AIP Conference Proceedings: Sixteenth International Conference on Atomic Physics. 1998.

  • Edited Books

    • Proukakis NP, Snoke DW, Littlewood PB, ed. . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2017.
    • Proukakis NP, Gardiner SA, Davis MJ, Szymanska MH, ed. . London and Singapore: Imperial College Press, 2013.

  • Letter

    • Wlazlowski G, Xhani K, Tylutki M, Proukakis NP, Magierski P. . Physical Review Letters 2023, 130, 023003.

  • Note

    • Proukakis NP. . Communications Physics 2025, 8(1), 264.

  • Review

    • Proukakis NP, Jackson B. . Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2008, 41(20), 203002.