Victor Galitski

Chesapeake Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics

Dr. Galitski, holding two PhDs in applied mathematics and condensed matter physics, joined the University of Maryland in 2002 as a postdoc and became a professor in 2005. His group specializes in theoretical physics and quantum information science, with twenty alumni now in professorial and leading industry roles.

Galitski's educational efforts include authoring the Oxford-published 'Exploring Quantum Mechanics,' collaborating with Montgomery Blair High School's Magnet Program, and teaching a Coursera MOOC course on quantum physics (taken by 200,000+ students). Galitski is a board member of tech companies and a co-founder of Aspen Quantum Consulting.

The group's research interests also include exploring links among spin glasses, chaos, and deep learning.

Research Topics

Quantum chaos & hydrodynamics

Probing Many-Body Quantum Chaos with Quantum Simulators Spontaneous Breaking of Unitarity Turbulence in hydrodynamic materials

Glasses

Spectral statistics of a minimal quantum glass model Quantum packing problem Spectral form factor of a quantum spin glass

Non-equilibrium quantum matter

Floquet topological insulators Many-body dynamical (de)localization

Quantum circuits

Effective field theory of random quantum circuits Chaotic Roots of Shor's Factoring Algorithm

Superconductivity

Surface Cooper-Pair Spin Waves in Triplet Superconductors Cavity Quantum Eliashberg Enhancement of Superconductivity

Strongly-correlated topological materials

Strongly correlated electron–photon systems Topological Kondo Insulators

Synthetic gauge fields & synthetic gravity

Artificial gauge fields with ultracold atoms Spin–orbit coupling in quantum gases Moiré gravity