Hey!
I am a low-temperature experimental physicist fascinated by the strange and beautiful world of quantum fluids. At the University of Nottingham, I explore the hydrodynamics of superfluid helium and the behaviour of quantum vortices. I created the largest superfluid vortex flows ever made, which act as powerful simulators of black hole physics. This research brings together condensed matter, general relativity, and quantum field theory, and was published in Nature in 2024.
Outside the lab, I am passionate about sharing the excitement of science. During my time at Charles University, I helped lead national physics and math competitions Výfuk and Náboj Junior. Many of the intriguing problems that appeared in these competitions are now published in two books I co-authored.
I am currently leading the development of Photon Bricks, a hands-on laser interferometer built from LEGO bricks that makes cutting-edge physics playful and accessible.
I was born in 1994 in Trenčín, Slovakia.
Latest news
New preprint on arXiv
I’m excited to share that our latest paper, titled Optical lever for broadband detection of fluid interface fluctuations, is now available on arXiv! This work presents a high-sensitivity optical method for detecting surface fluctuations in fluids. Based on the principle of the optical lever, we measured the spectrum of minute
Photon Bricks landing page
The Photon Bricks project – a LEGO-based interferometer I am developing in Nottingham – now has a brand new home on the ARTlab Nottingham website! On the new landing page, you can explore the story behind the project, download the comprehensive user guide, and access all the resources you need
QSimFP Community Workshop 2025
I was a part of the team who organised the 2025 Community Workshop for the Quantum Simulators for Fundamental Physics (QSimFP) consortium, which took place last week (16-21 March 2025) at the University of Nottingham. The workshop brought together researchers from all over the globe to discuss recent progress in