Postdoctoral Researcher, ICTQT · University of Gdańsk
Incoming Fellow-in-Residence, CY Cergy Université (from Oct 2026)
I am a theoretical physicist working at the interface of quantum field theory, relativity and the foundations of quantum mechanics. My current research is centred on relativistic quantum information: how quantum protocols can be implemented on quantum fields, how measurements should be described consistently in quantum field theory, and what an operationally sound, spacetime-respecting formulation of QFT looks like.
I also keep an active line of work in the philosophy and foundations of quantum theory — in particular histories-based and operational formulations — alongside a background in classical and quantum gravity, quantum cosmology, and QFT in curved spacetimes.
Highlights
Research
My work sits across three connected strands:
Relativistic quantum information & QFT measurement theory
I study how quantum protocols — communication, correlation, measurement — can be implemented directly on relativistic quantum fields, and how to resolve the measurement problem within quantum field theory itself. Much of this work builds on path-integral (histories-based) frameworks, used to address questions such as causality violation in QFT. Over the last few years this has led to work on the positive formalism, an operational generalisation of quantum field theory that allows spacetime-localised observables to be defined consistently.
Foundations of quantum theory
I have a sustained interest in operational and histories-based formulations of quantum mechanics — including the consistent histories approach — and more broadly in the philosophy of physics: what our formalisms are entitled to say about reality, causality and measurement.
Quantum gravity & cosmology (background)
My earlier work covers canonical quantisation of constrained systems, symmetry methods in gravitational theories, and classical and quantum cosmology — the foundation from which my current interest in QFT measurement theory grew.
Positions
Full CV, including education, research visits, grants and teaching →
Selected recent work
- R. Oeckl and A. Zampeli, Towards local and compositional measurements in quantum field theory, 2025.
- A. Zampeli, G. E. Pavlou and P. Wallden, Contrary inferences for classical histories within the consistent histories formulation of quantum theory, accepted in Foundations of Physics (2025).
- D. Colosi, R. Oeckl and A. Zampeli, Interaction of evanescent particles with an Unruh–DeWitt detector, Phys. Rev. D 109, 025009 (2024).
See the full publication list → — also on Google Scholar and INSPIRE-HEP.
Talks & Media
- Talk at QISS 2022 Quantum Information Structure of Spacetime consortium meeting
- Contrary Inferences for Classical Histories — IAP Conference 2022 Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Community & Links
- COST Action CA23115 — Relativistic Quantum Information Management Committee Member (Poland)
- International Society for Relativistic Quantum Information (ISRQI) Member
- International Centre for the Theory of Quantum Technologies (ICTQT) University of Gdańsk
Contact
International Centre for the Theory of Quantum Technologies (ICTQT), University of Gdańsk, Poland