• Kandidatuur (1985) Physics, University of Ghent, Belgium
• Licentie (1987) Theoretical Nuclear Physics, University of Ghent, Belgium
• M.A. (1993) Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Rice University
• Ph.D. (1995) Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Rice University
• Employment:
  • 1995-1998 ITAMP-Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  • 1998-2000 Director's funded postdoc, LANL
  • 2000-2003 Oppenheimer Fellow, LANL
  • 2004-2007 Technical Staff Member, LANL

• Professional Training:

Research Interests:

• Novel superfluids in bosonic and fermionic dilute gas systems.
• Bose-Einstein condensate optics.

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Gaudio, S., Mihaila, B., Blagoev, KB., Bedell, KS., Timmermans, E., Acoustic attenuation probe for fermion superfluidity in ultracold-atom gases Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, no.11, p110407/1-4 (2007)
2. Cuchietti, FM., Timmermans, E., Strong-coupling polarons in dilute gase Bose-Einstein condensates Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 210401/1-4 (2006)
3. Santamore, D., Timmermans, E., Collective excitations of low density fermion-boson quantum-liquid mixtures Phys. Rev. A. 72, 1 (2005)
4. Santamore, DH., Gaudio, S., Timmermans, E., Zero-sound in a mixture of a single component fermion gas and a Bose-Einstein condensate Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 250402 (2004)
5. Timmermans, E., Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 403 (2001)