Armin Tavakoli's research focuses on the complex phenomena that characterize the quantum world, where particles can affect each other at a distance and are governed by chance. His work explores both the fundamental aspects of quantum physics and its practical applications, such as quantum computers and quantum communications, which are central to the second quantum revolution.
“It feels like a recognition of my work, and now I feel really integrated after only a year and a half here in Lund,” says Armin Tavakoli about the award. He is an associate senior lecturer at the Department of Physics and conducts research in quantum physics.
Prizes for experimental physicists
The 2024 Sten von Friesen Prize was awarded at the Royal Physiographic Society’s annual meeting on December 2 in Lund. The prize derives from the 1992 testament of Sten von Friesen. The prize is awarded to a young physicist. For every three awards, the prize is given to an experimental physicist twice, and to a theoretical physicist once. The prize is awarded every third year, and was awarded for the first time in 2001. In 2018 the prize was worth 60,000 kr.
The Royal Physiographic Society of Lund, founded in 1772, has for several years also used the secondary title “Academy for the Natural Sciences, Medicine and Technology”. The charter of the Society is to promote scientific endeavour in all of these disciplines.