Rate My Professor Nicholas Lambert

Dr. Nicholas Lambert serves as a Research Fellow in the Department of Physics, Sciences Division, at the University of Otago. He obtained his PhD from the University of Bath in 2007. Lambert's research specializes in the interactions of microwave photons with diverse quantum systems, encompassing superconducting devices, semiconductor quantum dots, magnons, and optical frequency photons. His current investigations emphasize non-Hermitian physics to achieve coherent control over magnonic hybrid systems, alongside the application of electro-optic whispering gallery mode resonators for quantum transduction and frequency comb generation. As a key member of the Resonant Optics group under Professor Harald Schwefel and the Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies, he advances hybrid quantum technologies through experimental and theoretical contributions.

Lambert maintains a prolific publication record in quantum technologies, featuring highly cited works such as 'Coherent conversion between microwave and optical photons—an overview of physical implementations' (Advanced Quantum Technologies, 2020; 248 citations), 'Magneto-optical coupling in whispering-gallery-mode resonators' (Physical Review A, 2015; 139 citations), 'Cavity-mediated coherent coupling of magnetic moments' (Physical Review A, 2016; 107 citations), 'Coherent control of magnon–polaritons using an exceptional point' (Nature Physics, 2025), 'Microresonator-based electro-optic dual frequency comb' (Communications Physics, 2023), and 'Thermal noise in electro-optic devices at cryogenic temperatures' (Quantum Science and Technology, 2021). Additional significant papers include 'Ultrastrong coupling between a microwave resonator and antiferromagnetic resonances of rare-earth ion spins' (Physical Review B, 2020) and 'Dispersive readout of ferromagnetic resonance for strongly coupled magnons and microwave photons' (Physical Review B, 2015). In 2024, Lambert co-led a Marsden Fund grant worth $941,000 with Associate Professor Harald Schwefel for 'Exceptional control of quantum states: non-Hermitian physics and magnon-polaritons,' underscoring his influence in developing novel quantum control techniques and hybrid systems for future quantum technologies.