Entangling Stories: From the cosmos to the lab Patricia Ribes Metidieri
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The everyday world feels simple, but at atomic scales we enter the quantum realm, where a quantum coin can be both heads and tails and particles slip through walls.
Theoretical physicist Patricia Ribes Metidieri of the University of York explores quantum entanglement - the resource that fuels quantum computers - and discusses how its patterns may reveal clues about the universe's first moments after the Big Bang.
Join Patricia and hear about the fascinating links between the origins of our cosmos and the frontiers of quantum technology.
Image credit: Simone Golob and Patricia Ribes Metidieri
About the speaker
Dr Patricia Ribes Metidieri is a theoretical physicist at the University of York, UK. She combines ideas from quantum physics, information science, and gravity to understand how the tiniest particles and the structure of space-time influence each other. Her work asks questions such as: Did the early universe leave behind quantum clues we can still detect today? And what really happens to the information of the matter that forms a black hole when it disappears?
Patricia completed her PhD in 2025 at Radboud University, Netherlands and recently joined York as a postdoctoral researcher. Supported by an 1851 Research Fellowship, she investigates quantum entanglement in black-hole environments and the fate of energy in quantum measurements. She is enthusiastic about exploring fundamental questions and helping others discover the beauty of physics.
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