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Quantum Technologies and Dark Matter Research

The University of Western Australia

Research excellence in precision measurement and sensing, low temperature physics, hybrid quantum systems and laboratory tests of fundamental physics.

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Virtual Tour

The 21st PATRAS Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs

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Perth, Western Australia

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8–13 November 2026

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The 21st PATRAS Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs ● Perth, Western Australia ● 8–13 November 2026 ●

News

QDM News
Quantum Tech Goes Hunting for Dark Matter in Perth
Quantum Tech Goes Hunting for Dark Matter in Perth

Michael Tobar writes in QNews.io about the 21st Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs & WISPs, Perth Nov 8-13, 2026

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Dr Ben McAllister—Young Tall Poppy Award 2025
Dr Ben McAllister—Young Tall Poppy Award 2025
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The 2025 Physics Laureates
The 2025 Physics Laureates
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Sonali Parashar—Honorary Mention in URSI Radio Science Letters AP-RASC Student Paper Competition
Sonali Parashar—Honorary Mention in URSI Radio Science Letters AP-RASC Student Paper Competition
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Michael Hatzon—2025 URSI Young Scientist
Michael Hatzon—2025 URSI Young Scientist
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Dr Catalina Curceanu—Reflections on my research stay at UWA
Dr Catalina Curceanu—Reflections on my research stay at UWA
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Maxim Goryachev—ARC Future Fellowship Award
Maxim Goryachev—ARC Future Fellowship Award
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The European Frequency and Time Award recipient
The European Frequency and Time Award recipient
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IEEE IFCS-EFTF 2025 C.B. Sawyer Award
IEEE IFCS-EFTF 2025 C.B. Sawyer Award
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Winner: The CDM 2024 Outreach and Impact Award
Winner: The CDM 2024 Outreach and Impact Award
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POST Newspaper Article on Mike Tobar’s AIP Medal and the QDM Lab
POST Newspaper Article on Mike Tobar’s AIP Medal and the QDM Lab
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Mike Tobar recognised for his outstanding contributions to physics
Mike Tobar recognised for his outstanding contributions to physics
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Inspirational Futurum article featuring two QDM Lab members Emma Paterson and Will Campbell
Inspirational Futurum article featuring two QDM Lab members Emma Paterson and Will Campbell
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Mike Tobar—Honourable Mention at Gravity Research Foundation International Essay Competition
Mike Tobar—Honourable Mention at Gravity Research Foundation International Essay Competition
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People’s Choice winner Emma at StartUpWA’s Night of Innovation: Alchemy
People’s Choice winner Emma at StartUpWA’s Night of Innovation: Alchemy
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Emma Paterson on Innovation Nation with her ground-breaking discovery
Emma Paterson on Innovation Nation with her ground-breaking discovery
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Jeremy Bourhill on ABC 720 FM on the topic of neutrinos
Jeremy Bourhill on ABC 720 FM on the topic of neutrinos
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Summer Students 2023/2024
Summer Students 2023/2024
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The IEEE UFFC Distinguished Lecturer Final Report 2021–2023
The IEEE UFFC Distinguished Lecturer Final Report 2021–2023
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Quantum Spin-Offs - News article
Quantum Spin-Offs - News article
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Recent Papers

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Dual magnetic and electric dipole symmetry: Pseudoangular momentum in parity space and the electric Landé g factor
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Distinct Berry phases in a single triangular Mobius microwave resonator
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Dielectric properties of single-crystal calcium tungstate,
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Measuring hydrogen ortho-para composition with a microwave cavity resonator
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Dynamically tuneable helicity in twisted electromagnetic resonators,
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Innovative 3D Printed Nb47Ti superconducting microwave cavity: Manufacturing and performance
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Observation of a paraelectric-to-ferroelectric phase transition in KTaO3 induced by residual niobium impurities,
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Follow-up Search for a Tentative Dark Photon Signal Near 19.5 eV using ORGAN-Q infrastructure,
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Coupling 4H-Silicon Carbide spins to a microwave resonator at milli-Kelvin temperature
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Experimental Exclusion of Planetary Mass Primordial Black Hole Mergers
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The precision frontier: low-energy experiments to search for new physics
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The Study of Thermal Fluctuations in Microwave and Mechanical Resonators
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Upcoming Events
21s Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs & WISPs
Nov 8
21s Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs & WISPs
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Events

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We might be a quantum technologies team looking for the smallest of signals, but we're still making big waves in the scientific community. Congratulations to Professor Michael Tobar for his feature in the Post Community Newspaper!
We are very proud to announce our article "Precision Multi-Mode Microwave Spectroscopy of Paramagnetic and Rare-Earth Ion Spin Defects in Single Crystal Calcium Tungstate" has been featured on the cover of Applied Physics Letters! Huge con
Dr. Will Campbell and Emma Patterson were featured in the latest edition of Futurum in an article “What do quantum physicists know about gravitational waves and dark matter?”. Link to the article below! They shared their research goals
Congratulations to our very own Professor Michael Tobar, who was awarded the Harrie Massey Medal and Prize! As an expert in quantum technology and dark matter from The University of Western Australia, he has been awarded a prestigious national prize
QDM researchers have been travelling from Brisbane all the way to Broome visiting rural schools and sharing the excitement of quantum and dark matter!
Will you be the champions of the Albion Hotel Pub Trivia? Gather your friends and family, get a team together, and come along to The Albion Hotel for a bit of trivia, with a twist of science! Date: Friday 16 August 2024 Time: 7:00–9:00 pm Venu
Successful day at the StemXX Sisters community meet and greet which connected aspiring STEM students to inspiring female scientists and industry professionals. QDM Lab joined the fun by teaming up with Quantum Girls to talk all things photons and th
What is quantum technology and why should I care? Find out about the weird and wacky physics of single particles, and how it will help us build tomorrow’s technology! Join the National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip in Perth to learn abou
Team work makes the dream work 💪
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UWA Open Day 2024 was a big success! #uwaopenday #qdm #darkmatter #uwa #science #quantum #outreach #education
PRIZES ANNOUNCED. The following accounts please collect your prices from the QDM open day table: @abynabi6 @blakenelli_ @chqhy_ @sharyn10
Some candid pictures of the gremlins out of the lab.
Fundamental research like dark matter detection can spin out useful technologies with real world impact!

Throwback to the 2021 Quantum and Dark Matter
Road Trip