Jared Cole

Professor Jared Cole

Professor

Details

  • College: School of Science
  • Department: School of Science
  • Campus: City Campus Australia
  • jared.cole@rmit.edu.au

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Industry Projects
  • Collaborative projects

About

Professor Jared Cole is a member of the Physics discipline of the School of Science and leader of the Theoretical, Computational and Quantum Physics research group. He is also the Director of the RMIT Applied Quantum Technologies research centre.

Jared is a theoretical and computational physicist, specialising in quantum theory and its application in electronics, computing and condensed-matter physics. He has extensive collaborations with both theoretical and experimental researchers overseas and within Australia. Jared's current research interests include quantum circuit theory, superconducting devices, spin physics and photochemistry, semiconductor devices, decoherence, nano-electronics, quantum information and computing.

Research fields

  • 510404 Electronic and magnetic properties of condensed matter; superconductivity
  • 510805 Quantum technologies
  • 510403 Condensed matter modelling and density functional theory
  • 401804 Nanoelectronics
  • 510804 Quantum optics and quantum optomechanics
  • 340606 Photochemistry

Academic positions

  • Catalyst International Leaders Fellow
  • Victoria University Wellington
  • School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
  • Wellington, New Zealand
  • 1 Sep 2021 – 31 Aug 2025
  • Professor
  • RMIT University
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 1 Jan 2018 – Present
  • Associate Professor
  • RMIT University
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 1 Jan 2015 – 2017
  • Vice-Chancellors Senior Research Fellow
  • RMIT University
  • Melbourne, Australia
  • 2011 – 2014
  • Faculty Researcher
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2009 – 2010
  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
  • University of Karlsruhe
  • , Germany
  • 3 Mar 2008 – 2009

Supervisor projects

  • The quantum mechanics of computers and electronic devices: designing the technology of the 21st century.
  • 11 Jun 2024
  • Computational thermodynamics of neuromorphic systems
  • 9 Aug 2023
  • Ultrafast spectroscopy of strongly correlated materials
  • 2 Aug 2021
  • Spin–Mediated Effects in Photochemical Upconversion
  • 30 Jan 2020
  • The quantum mechanics of superconducting electronics
  • 20 Dec 2019
  • Transport Properties of Two-dimensional Electron and Hole Gases with Spin-orbit Coupling
  • 9 Apr 2019
  • Quantum Dot Molecules and Their Electromagnetic Response
  • 1 Feb 2018
  • Superconducting Nanowires: The Role of Topology and Morphology
  • 25 Jul 2016
  • Quasicharge models of Josephson junction arrays
  • 2 Mar 2015
  • Electronic Transport at the Nanoscale. Breaking Down Computational Walls One Brick at a Time
  • 2 Mar 2015
  • On the Application of Theoretical Multi-Dimensional Coherence Spectroscopy Techniques to Discrete Quantum Systems
  • 3 Mar 2014
  • Modelling the fabrication and electronic properties of aluminium oxide tunnel junctions
  • 10 Feb 2014

Teaching interests

Professor Cole has taught various physics subjects at undergraduate and graduate level, both in Australia and Germany, including quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics and computational physics.

Research interests

Quantum coherence in low-temperature electronics and spin systems.
Quantum computing and quantum information, especially in a solid-state context.
The use of quantum circuits for applications in quantum computing and quantum metrology.
Quantum sensing and using induced decoherence as a probe of dissipative environments.
The interplay between atom-photon interactions and many-body physics.
Photochemistry and organic electronics.

Initiatives and links

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.