Dr Bruno Bertini

• DPhil in Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 2015
• Diploma di Licenza in Fisica, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, 2012
• MSc in Theoretical Physics, University of Pisa, 2012
• BSc in Physics, University of Pisa, 2010

After completing his undergraduate studies in Pisa, Italy, Bruno obtained his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 2015. He then had two stints as a postdoctoral research associate, the first one (2015-2017) at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA, Trieste, Italy) and the second one (2017-2020) at the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), before moving back to Oxford in 2020 being awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. In 2021 he was appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham. Bruno joined Birmingham as an Associate Professor in 2024.

Bruno is interested in doctoral supervision. Please enquire via email.

The main theme of Bruno’s research revolves around the study of out-of-equilibrium quantum matter. Specifically, his main goal is to identify the general principles governing the dynamics of quantum many-body systems. Bruno chose to work in this field because he believes it poses some of the most interesting questions of modern theoretical physics: it explores new emergent dynamical phenomena as well as long-standing gaps in our fundamental understanding of Nature. This quest also led him to consider aspects of quantum integrability and many-body quantum chaos.

Bruno’s research is mainly analytical and combines ideas from statistical mechanics, quantum information, quantum integrability, and random matrix theory.