
Dr Curt von Keyserlingk
Reader (Physics)
Research interests
- Physics
Contact details
Biography
Dr Curt von Keyserlingk is a Reader in theoretical physics, based in Theory & Simulation of Condensed Matter Group in the Department of Physics, King's College London.
Previously he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, and a DPhil student at the University of Oxford under Professor Steve Simon. Prior to that he completed an MMath at the University of Cambridge.
Research
Dr von Keyserlingk studies interacting quantum systems, from electrons in metals to qubits in quantum computers. These systems can exhibit exotic and robust phenomena like superconductivity, topological order, localisation, and time crystallinity.
He develops analytical and numerical tools to understand phenomena like these, with a view to their practical use, for example in quantum computers.
- Many-body physics
- Quantum information theory
- Open quantum systems and quantum error correction.
- Quantum field theory
Publications
Further information
Finite-Temperature Quantum Topological Order in Three Dimensions
Zhou, S.-T., Cheng, M., Rakovszky, T., von Keyserlingk, C. & Ellison, T. D., 25 Jul 2025, In: Physical Review Letters. 135, 4, p. 40402 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Approximation theory for Green's functions via the Lanczos algorithm
Pinna, G., Lunt, O. & von Keyserlingk, C., 13 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Physical Review B. 112, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Defining Stable Phases of Open Quantum Systems
Rakovszky, T., Gopalakrishnan, S. & Von keyserlingk, C., Oct 2024, In: Physical Review X. 14, 4, 041031.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Phase diagram of the three-dimensional subsystem toric code
Li, Y., Von Keyserlingk, C. W., Zhu, G. & Jochym-O'Connor, T., Oct 2024, In: Physical Review Research. 6, 4, 043007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Structural stability hypothesis of dual unitary quantum chaos
von Keyserlingk, C., 2024, In: Physical Review Research. 6, 3, 033226.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ballistic to diffusive crossover in a weakly interacting Fermi gas
von Keyserlingk, C., 1 May 2024, In: Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics). 109, 20, 205108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Operator growth hypothesis in open quantum systems
Nagara Srinivasa Prasanna, S. & von Keyserlingk, C., 28 Mar 2024, In: Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics). 109, 12, 125149.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
On Classical and Hybrid Shadows of Quantum States
von Keyserlingk, C., 14 Feb 2023, In: SciPost. 14, 5, 094.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Operator backflow and the classical simulation of quantum transport
Von Keyserlingk, C., Pollmann, F. & Rakovszky, T., 15 Jun 2022, In: Physical Review B. 105, 24, 245101.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Operator spreading in the memory matrix formalism
McCulloch, E. & Von Keyserlingk, C. W., 8 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 55, 27, 274007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research

Theory & Simulation of Condensed Matter
Research is focused on the theory of condensed matter, and in particular the development and application of advanced theoretical and modelling techniques suitable for the study of complex materials and molecular systems and processes.
Features
Meet our new academic staff from the Department of Physics
We interview some of our researchers who started this academic year.

Finite-Temperature Quantum Topological Order in Three Dimensions
Zhou, S.-T., Cheng, M., Rakovszky, T., von Keyserlingk, C. & Ellison, T. D., 25 Jul 2025, In: Physical Review Letters. 135, 4, p. 40402 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Approximation theory for Green's functions via the Lanczos algorithm
Pinna, G., Lunt, O. & von Keyserlingk, C., 13 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Physical Review B. 112, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Defining Stable Phases of Open Quantum Systems
Rakovszky, T., Gopalakrishnan, S. & Von keyserlingk, C., Oct 2024, In: Physical Review X. 14, 4, 041031.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Phase diagram of the three-dimensional subsystem toric code
Li, Y., Von Keyserlingk, C. W., Zhu, G. & Jochym-O'Connor, T., Oct 2024, In: Physical Review Research. 6, 4, 043007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Structural stability hypothesis of dual unitary quantum chaos
von Keyserlingk, C., 2024, In: Physical Review Research. 6, 3, 033226.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ballistic to diffusive crossover in a weakly interacting Fermi gas
von Keyserlingk, C., 1 May 2024, In: Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics). 109, 20, 205108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Operator growth hypothesis in open quantum systems
Nagara Srinivasa Prasanna, S. & von Keyserlingk, C., 28 Mar 2024, In: Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics). 109, 12, 125149.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
On Classical and Hybrid Shadows of Quantum States
von Keyserlingk, C., 14 Feb 2023, In: SciPost. 14, 5, 094.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Operator backflow and the classical simulation of quantum transport
Von Keyserlingk, C., Pollmann, F. & Rakovszky, T., 15 Jun 2022, In: Physical Review B. 105, 24, 245101.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Operator spreading in the memory matrix formalism
McCulloch, E. & Von Keyserlingk, C. W., 8 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 55, 27, 274007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research

Theory & Simulation of Condensed Matter
Research is focused on the theory of condensed matter, and in particular the development and application of advanced theoretical and modelling techniques suitable for the study of complex materials and molecular systems and processes.
Features
Meet our new academic staff from the Department of Physics
We interview some of our researchers who started this academic year.
