Maarten Christenhusz (he/him/his)

Maarten is a PhD student in the Bose-Einstein Condensation Laboratory at the University of Queensland. He completed his Masters by setting up a two-dimensional optical trap for Bose-Einstein condensates to study quantum turbulence. Currently, Maarten is working on drag phenomena in superfluids.

“These fluids characteristically have zero viscosity, and while viscosity is the origin of drag in classical fluids, we still observe drag in superfluids. In my work we experimentally and numerically look at drag phenomena in superfluids and try to connect the origin of drag in superfluids to classical fluids.”

Research Facilities: 
The Bose-Einstein Condensate Laboratory

Major funding support

Australian Research Council

The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present.