Maria Violaris

MPhys

Status

Postgraduate Student

Co-supervised by Artur Ekert in the Mathematical Physics group and Vlatko Vedral in the Frontiers of Quantum Physics group (Department of Physics).

DPhil Affiliate of the Future of Humanity Institute; Public Engagement Officer for IOP QQQ group; and Quantum Student Contributor for Physics World. Founder of Oxford University Quantum Information Society.

Contact form

+44 1865 280613

Research groups

Mathematical Physics

Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG

Research interests

Foundations of quantum information, quantum thermodynamics, constructor theory.

Prizes, awards, and scholarships

DPhil Scholarship (2020 - 2024)

STEM for BRITAIN finalist (2021)

SIAM student chapter Oxford 3 minute thesis competition winner (2021)

Best Poster Prize in Quantum Thermodynamics for Young Scientists conference (2020)

FameLab Oxford winner (2020)

Gibbs Prize (2018)

Teaching

TA for Classical Mechanics (Michaelmas 2020)

TA for Introduction to Quantum Information (Hilary 2021)

Major / recent publications

Violaris, M., Bhole, G., Jones, J.A., Vedral, V. and Marletto, C., 2021. Transforming pure and mixed states using an NMR quantum homogenizer. Physical Review A, 103(2), p.022414.

Phys. Rev. A 103, 022414 (2021) - Transforming pure and mixed states using an NMR quantum homogenizer (aps.org)