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Joseph Thywissen

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ProfessorDepartment of PhysicsUniversity of Toronto

Joseph Thywissen

Professor

Department of Physics

Faculty of Arts and Science

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 18 research grants (18 NSERC), most recently in 2024.

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Optical superlattice for quantum gas microsocopy
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Canada-France QUANTUM: Quantum Simulation of Fermionic Transport
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Search for Universality in the Dynamics of Strongly Correlated Ultracold Fermions
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$285,000

All 18 grants and awards

Optical superlattice for quantum gas microsocopy

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Thywissen, Joseph

Keywords: Bilayers; Fermi gases; Microscopy; Quantum simulation; Superlattices; Ultracold atoms

$150,000

Canada-France QUANTUM: Quantum Simulation of Fermionic Transport

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Thywissen, Joseph JH

Keywords: charge transport; conductivity; mixed dimensionality; optical lattices; out-of-equilibrium physics; quantum materials; quantum simulation; ultracold fermions

$100,000

Search for Universality in the Dynamics of Strongly Correlated Ultracold Fermions

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Thywissen, Joseph

Keywords: many-body physics; quantum simulation; ultracold atoms; low dimensionality; atomic, molecular, and optical (amo) physics; non-equilibrium dynamics; unitary interactions

$285,000

The Emergence of Order in Ultracold Quantum Gases

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Thywissen, Joseph

$444,000

A quantum gas microscope to study fermions in an optical lattice

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Thywissen, Joseph

$75,000

The Emergence of Order in Ultracold Quantum Gases

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Thywissen, Joseph

$120,000

Exploring the Planck limit of dissipation with ultracold two-dimensional samples

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Thywissen, Joseph

$86,700

Optical amplifier for trapped-atom imaging

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Thywissen, Joseph

$51,000

Ultra-cold atoms: understanding advanced materials with iconic condensed matter

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Thywissen, Joseph

$240,000

Frequency generator for spin manipulation of ultracold atoms

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Thywissen, Joseph

$42,300

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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