Dr. Oliver Buchmueller

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Biography

Buchmueller's research focuses on intriguing challenges in modern fundamental physics, dark matter, gravitational wave detection, and processes within the standard model. He leads a quantum technology development program, Quantum Sensor Technology, which encompasses applications in both ground and space-based settings. As a full Professor of Physics at Imperial College London, he is a Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow and a senior member of the CMS Collaboration, where he serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) for the Atom Interferometer Observatory Network (AION) consortium. He also leads the Atomic Experiment Dark Matter Gravity Exploration Space (AEDGE) mission and spearheads an international community-building process in Cold Atoms Space. His work involves significant contributions to the design and proposal of groundbreaking missions that utilize cold atom technologies to address key issues in fundamental physics and cosmology. Buchmueller has been integral to managing numerous physics analysis activities within the CMS Experiment at CERN, contributing to critical discoveries such as that of the Higgs boson.

Research Interests

Requirements for Imperial College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:125
Overall
Required:125
Prerequisites
Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Physics Chemistry
Application Checklist
  • Personal statement
  • CV/resume
  • Official university transcripts
  • Two academic or professional references
  • Application fee (£90)
Specialization Notes

Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.