Professor Frank Verstraete | Faculty of Mathematics

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Career

Leigh Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics, DAMTP, University of Cambridge (2022- )

Professor of Theoretical Physics, Ghent University (2012 - )

Professor of Physics, University of Vienna (2006 - 2019)

Research scholar, Institute for Quantum Information, Caltech (2004-2006)

Research fellow, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (2002 - 2004)

Research

Research in my group is focused on understanding the role of entanglement in quantum computation and in interacting quantum many-body systems. We are developing the theory of quantum tensor networks, devise novel computational methods for optimizing them, and apply those to problems in condensed matter physics, quantum field theory, atomic physics, statistical physics and quantum computing.

See https://quantumghent.github.io/research/ for more info.

Selected Publications

You can find most of my publications on the arXiv or on Google Scholar.

Publications

Global Tensor Network Renormalization for 2D Quantum systems: A new window to probe universal data from thermal transitions

A Ueda, S De Meyer, A Naravane, V Vanthilt, F Verstraete

(2026)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2508.05406)

Spiral renormalization group flow and universal entanglement spectrum of the non-Hermitian five-state Potts model

V Vander Linden, B De Vos, K Vervoort, F Verstraete, A Ueda

– Physical Review B

(2026)

113,

205106

(doi: 10.1103/l1cp-6gzr)

Gauge-covariant projected entangled paired states for interacting systems in a magnetic field

W Tang, G Möller, F Verstraete, L Vanderstraeten

(2026)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2604.24574)

From gauging to duality in one-dimensional quantum lattice models

BV-D Cuiper, J Garre-Rubio, F Verstraete, K Vervoort, DJ Williamson, L Lootens

(2026)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.22051)

From gauging to duality in one-dimensional quantum lattice models

B Vancraeynest-De Cuiper, J Garre-Rubio, F Verstraete, K Vervoort, DJ Williamson, L Lootens

– Scipost Physics

(2026)

20,

113

(doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.20.4.113)

Spiral renormalization group flow and universal entanglement spectrum of the non-Hermitian 5-state Potts model

VV Linden, B De Vos, K Vervoort, F Verstraete, A Ueda

(2026)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2507.14732)

The local characterization of global tensor network eigenstates

JG Rubio, A Molnár, N Schuch, F Verstraete

(2026)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2603.28349)

Les Houches Lecture Notes on Tensor Networks

BV-D Cuiper, W Wiesiolek, F Verstraete

(2026)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2512.24390)

Report on 2509.22051v1

BV-D Cuiper, J Garre-Rubio, F Verstraete, K Vervoort, DJ Williamson, L Lootens

(2025)

(doi: 10.21468/scipost.report.12394)

Perfect Particle Transmission through Duality Defects

A Ueda, VV Linden, L Lootens, J Haegeman, P Fendley, F Verstraete

(2025)

(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2510.26780)