Staff Profile

I am a Newcastle University Academic Track (NUAcT) fellow in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics. Before coming to Newcastle, I was a postdoctoral researcher in the Quantum Technology (QTeQ) group at Queen’s University Belfast working on EPSRC project. Prior to that, I hold Royal Society Newton International Fellowship and the Royal Exhibition of 1851 research fellowship at QTeQ, Queen’s University Belfast.

My current research is in the emerging field of quantum science and technology with the aim of realizing efficient quantum thermal devices and quantum dynamic processes. I combine tools from quantum information theory, condensed matter physics, quantum measurement, quantum control via shortcut-to-adiabaticity and statistical physics to model quantum devices as well as quantum dynamics processes that are operating far from equilibrium.

My publications can be found on Google Scholar, and you can follow my social media on Twitter. I am always happy to hear from prospective Master's students, PhD students and postdocs who would like to work with me.

• PHY3027: BSc Physics project

• Garbe L, Abah O, Felicetti S, Puebla R. Critical Quantum Metrology with Fully-Connected Models: From Heisenberg to Kibble-Zurek Scaling. Quantum Science and Technology 2022, 7(3), 035010.
• Abah O, De Chiara G, Paternostro M, Puebla R. Harnessing nonadiabatic excitations promoted by a quantum critical point: Quantum battery and spin squeezing. Physical Review Research 2022, 4(2), L022017.
• Myers NM, Abah O, Deffner S. Quantum thermodynamic devices: from theoretical proposals to experimental reality. AVS Quantum Science 2022, 4(2), 027101.
• Myers NM, Abah O, Deffner S. Quantum Otto engines at relativistic energies. New Journal of Physics 2021, 23, 105001.
• Abah O, Paternostro M. Implications of non-Markovian dynamics on information-driven engine. Journal of Physics Communications 2020, 4, 085016.
• Puebla R, Abah O, Paternostro M. Measurement-based cooling of a nonlinear mechanical resonator. Physical Review B 2020, 101(24), 245410.
• Igbokwe OA, Mueller M, Bertotti G, Timothy JJ, Abah O, Immenhauser A. Morphology and topology of dolostone lithons in the regional Carboneras Fault Zone, Southern Spain. Journal of Structural Geology 2020, 137, 104073.
• Abah O, Puebla R, Paternostro M. Quantum State Engineering by Shortcuts to Adiabaticity in Interacting Spin-Boson Systems. Physical Review Letter 2020, 124(18), 180401.
• Abah O, Paternostro M, Lutz E. Shortcut-to-adiabaticity quantum Otto refrigerator. Physical Review Research 2020, 2, 023120.
• Rossnagel J, Abah O, Schmidt-Kaler F, Singer K, Lutz E. Nanoscale Heat Engine Beyond the Carnot Limit. Physical Review Letters 2014, 112, 030602.