POLIMA

DNRF Centre of Excellence

POLIMA - Centre for Polariton-driven light-matter Interactions

- a research centre based on the Mads Clausen Institute/the Faculty of Engineering at University of Southern Denmark

Open positions in POLIMA

In the spring, 4 new positions will open in POLIMA: three PhD and one postdoc positions.

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News

16.01.2026

POLIMA in the snow

The POLIMA team spent 2 days on a retreat in beautiful Svanninge Bakker

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05.01.2026

Bypassing Nonlocal Phenomena in Metals Using Phonon-Polaritons

Phonon-polaritons in hexagonal boron nitride provide a method to bypass nonlocal effects in high-confinement regimes clearing the path toward record-breaking field confinement.

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DKK 13 million for SDU researcher

18.12.2025

AI to make quantum physics more accessible and sustainable

Line Jelver, a newly appointed assistant professor at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), has received DKK 13.3 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. By integrating advanced language models with supercomputers, she aims not only to accelerate the development of materials with tailor-made quantum mechanical properties but also to address the research world’s enormous energy consumption.

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16.12.2025

Ida Juliane Bundgaard new POLIMA PhD student

PhD project with focus on the manipulation of light-matter interactions in both the weak and strong coupling regime using primarily dielectric nano-architectures

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16.12.2025