Georg H. Endress Postdoc fellows

Franklin

Rodrigues Franklin

Breuer group (FR)
G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, Feb. 2024 – present

Education

  • PhD: University of Stuttgart
  • BSc/MSc: University of São Paulo

 

 

Research interests

open quantum systems, quantum thermodynamics and transport. Non-Markovian and quantum dot spin-environments

Lipka

Michal Lipka

Treutlein group (BS)
G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, Oct. 2024 – present

Education

  • PhD: University of Warsaw, Poland, 2020 – 2024
  • Bsc/Msc: University of Warsaw, Poland, 2020

 

Research interests

Quantum Optics; Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics; Quantum Information

 

Pengfei

Yang Pengfei

Schätz group (FR)
G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, Nov. 2024 – present

Education

  • PostDoc: Shanxi University, China 2021-2024
  • PhD: Shanxi University, China 2020
  • BSc: Taiyuan Normal University, China, 2013

Research interests

Cavity QED, quantum simulation, ion-atom hybrid system

 

Krix

Zeb Krix

Breuer group (FR)
G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, Sept. 2024 – present

Education

  • Postdoc: University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, 2023-2024
  • PhD: University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, 2018-2023
  • BSc-MSc: University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, 2018

Research interests

Artificial crystals, 2D Materials, Bilayer graphene, Hofstadter physics, Magnetic oscillations, Strong correlations


 

Seron

Benoît Seron

Buchleitner group (FR)
G.H.E. Fellow: ALU Freiburg, Sep. 2023 – present

Education

  • PhD: University of Brussels, Belgium, 2023
  • MAst: University of Cambridge, UK, 2018
  • MSc: University of Brussels, Belgium, 2017
  • BSc: University of Liège, Belgium, 2015

Research interests

Photonic quantum computing, boson sampling, many particle interferences, quantum verification


 

Makos

Ioannis Makos

Sansone group (FR)
G.H.E. Fellow: ALU Freiburg, Jan 2023
 

Education

  • Postdoc: University of Freiburg, 2020-2022
  • PhD: University of Crete and FORTH Institute Greece, 2020
  • MSc: University of Jena, Germany, 2016
  • BSc: University of Ioannina, Greece, 2013

Research interests

Attosecond Physics,  Nonlinear XUV Spectroscopy, Correlated Electronic Dynamics, High Harmonic Generation, Attosecond Photoelectron Interferometry, Coincidence Spectroscopy

Paliwal

Prerna Paliwal
 

Willitsch group (BS) / Schätz group

G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, Oct. 2022 – present

Education

  • Postdoc: Univ. of Basel, 2022-2022
  • Postdoc: Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel 2021-2022
  • PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel 2015-2021
  • Integrated BSc-MSc: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, 2010-2015

Research interests

Molecular spectroscopy, molecular dynamics, precision measurements, quantum technologies, cold chemistry
 

Sivan

Aswathi Kanjampurath Sivan

Zardo group (BS) / Sansone group

G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, Sept. 2022 – present

Education

  • Postdoc: University of Basel, 2021-2022
  • PhD: Università di Roma Sapienza and the National Research Council CNR, Italy, 2021
  • MSc: University of Mumbai, India, 2017
     

Research interests

Ultrafast spectroscopy, semiconductor nanowires, electron-phonon coupling, Topological phonons, non-abelian braiding, vibrational spectroscopy.

Zou

Ji Zou
 

Loss group (BS) / Buchleitner group (FR)
G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, Sept. 2022 – present

Education

  • PhD: University of California, Los Angeles, 2022
  • MSc: University of California, Los Angeles, 2017
  • BSc: University of Science and Technology of China, 2015
     

Research interests

Condensed matter theory, quantum computing, spin qubits, spin coherence, quantum spintronics, topological phenomena
 

Lentrodt

Dominik Lentrodt

Buchleitner group (FR)Warburton group (BS)
G.H.E. Fellow: ALU Freiburg, Nov. 2021 – present

Education

  • PhD: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, (2021)
  • MSc: University of Cambridge, 2016
  • BSc: University of Cambridge, 2015
     

Research interests

Quantum optics, Cavity QED, X-ray spectroscopy, Mössbauer nuclei, Many-body quantum systems, Open quantum systems

 

Li

Chao Li

Meyer group (BS) / Thoss group (FR), Issendorff group (FR)
G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, Oct. 2021 – present

Education

  • Postdoc: Univ. of Kiel, 2019-2021
  • PhD: Peking University, 2019
  • MSc: Nanchang University, 2015
  • BSc: Nanchang University, 2012


     

Research interests

Quantum sensing and scanning probes,  molecular devices,  Kondo effect at surfaces, superconductivity


 

Kozin

Valerii Kozin

Klinovaja group (BS) / Buchleitner group (FR)
G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, Oct. 2021 – present

Education

  • PhD: University of Iceland and ITMO University Saint Petersburg, 2021
  • MSc: St. Petersburg Academic University, 2017
  • BSc: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, 2015

Research interests

Complex quantum systems, quantum materials, cavity QED, quantum optics, quantum computation, many-body quantum physics, Dirac materials, Majorana fermions, hep, quantum transport

Associate Georg H. Endress fellows

Associate GHE Fellows are former GHE Fellows that are still active in the Cluster and are now funded by other means.

Dittel

Christoph Dittel

Buchleitner group (FR)Bruder group (BS)
G.H.E. Fellow: ALU Freiburg
G.H.E. Funding period: Nov. 2019 – April 2021

Education

  • PhD: Univ. of Innsbruck, 2019
  • MSc: Univ. of Innsbruck, 2014
  • BSc: Univ. of Innsbruck, 2012

Research interests

Quantum interference, many-body quantum physics, quantum information, quantum computation, foundations of quantum mechanics

Research team

  • Eric Brunner (associate PhD candidate)
  • Gabriel Dufour (associate senior scientist)
  • Giulio Amato (associate PhD candidate)
  • Jonathan Brugger (PhD candidate)
  • Kabir Njoya (associate PhD candidate)
  • Katrina Wharam (BSc student)








     
Carnio

Edoardo Carnio

Buchleitner group (FR) / Treutlein group (BS)
G.H.E. Fellow: ALU Freiburg
G.H.E. Funding period: Sept. 2018 – Dec. 2020

Education

  • PhD: Univ. of Warwick, 2018
  • MSc: ALU Freiburg, 2014
  • BSc: Univ. of Trieste, 2012

Research interests

Quantum sensing, open quantum systems, quantum correlations, transport phenomena, Anderson localisation, disordered systems, nonlinear spectroscopy

Research team

  • Andris Ērglis (associate PhD candidate – QUSTEC)
  • David Bachmann (associate PhD candidate)
  • Fabian Spallek (associate PhD candidate)
  • Frieder Lindel (PhD candidate)
  • Lukas Pausch (associate PhD candidate)
  • Mathieu Isoard (associate senior scientist)
  • Mehdi Belhaj (MSc student)
  • Stephanie Emig (associate BSc student)
  • Stefan Y. Bumann (associate senior scientist – Univ. of Kassel)
  • Vyacheslav Shatokhin (associate senior scientist)
Miserev

Dmitry Miserev

Loss group (BS) / Breuer group (FR)
G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel
G.H.E. Funding period: May 2018 – April 2021

Education

  • PhD: UNSW, Sydney, 2018
  • MSc: Novosibirsk State University, 2013
  • BSc: Novosibirsk State University, 2011

Research interests

Quantum materials, spin qubits, decoherence, topological quantum computing, Majorana fermions, hybrid semiconductor-superconductor structures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumni Georg H. Endress fellows

Cantürk

Research interests

Generalized entropies in complex systems, uncertainty relations in quantum measurements, quantum information and computation, foundations of quantum theory

 

Breuer (Fr) / Potts group (BS)

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Education

  • G.H.E. Fellow: ALU Freiburg, Nov. 2022
  • Postdoc: Sabanci University, Istanbul, 2022
  • PhD: Sabanci University, Istanbul, 2022
  • MSc: TOBB University, Ankara, Turkey, 2017
  • BSc: Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 2014
Legg

Research interests

Quantum topology, topological states of matter, transport, Dirac materials, Majorana fermions, impurity physics, topological insulators and their nanowires, superconductivity

 

Klinovaja group (BS) / Buchleitner group (FR)

 

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Education

Postdoc: Univ. of Basel, Jan. 2021 – present
  • G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, Jan. 2021 –  2024
  • Postdoc: University of Cologne, 2019-2020
  • PhD: University of Cologne, 2019
  • MSc: University of St. Andrews, 2015
Mohammadi

Research interests

Quantum optics, quantum simulation with cold atoms and ions, quantum computing with trapped ions, the hybrid atom-ions systems, cold controlled chemistry using (molecular) ions.

Schätz group (FR) / Willitsch (BS)

 

Education

  • G.H.E. Fellow: ALU Freiburg, Sept. 2020 – 2023
  • PhD: University of Ulm, 2020
  • MSc: University of Zanjan, 2013
  • BSc: University of Zanjan, 2011
Walker

Research interests

Quantum sensing, atomic physics, ion trapping, atom-ion interactions, cavity-QED.

 

Schätz group (FR) / Treutlein group (BS)

 

Education

  • G.H.E. Fellow: ALU Freiburg, July 2020 – 2023
  • PhD: University of Sussex, 2020
  • MSc: University of Sussex, 2016
Okamoto

Research interests

Quantum non-equilibrium, strongly correlated electrons, quantum gases, and non-equilibrium physics.

 

Thoss group (FR) / Bruder group (BS)

 

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Education

eleQtron GmbH, Siegen, Germany
  • G.H.E. Fellow and Associate Fellow: ALU Freiburg, Jan. 2019 – Aug.2023
  • Postdoc: Univ. of Hamburg, 2014-2017
  • PhD: Columbia University, New York, 2014
Mook

Research interests

Quantum magnetism, symmetry and topology in condensed matter physics, theory of magnetism and emergent quantum phenomena, topological magnon materials, atomistic spin dynamics simulations, nonelectronic spin and heat transport

 

Loss group (BS) / Thoss group (FR)

 

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Education

Research team

  • Emmy Noether group leader: Johannes Gutenberg Univ. Mainz since Oct. 2022
  • Junior group leader TU Munich 2022
  • G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, April 2019 – 2022
  • Postdoc: Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg, 2017-2019
  • PhD: Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg, 2017
  • MSc: Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg, 2013
  • BSc: Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg, 2011
Tekur

Research interests

Complex quantum systems, random matrix theory, classical and quantum chaos, quantum information and computation

 

Breuer group (FR) / Bruder group (BS)

 

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Education

  • G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, Oct. 2021 – April 2022
  • Postdoc: MPI-PKS Dresden, 2019-2021
  • PhD: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, 2019
  • MSc: Bangalore University, Bangalore, 2011
  • BSc: National Degree College, Bangalore, 2009
Gonzalez

Research interests

Quantum computing, topology and quantum transport in periodically driven systems, spin qubits, long-distance qubit entanglement, cQED with quantum dots, quantum computing

 

Loss group (BS) / Schätz group (FR)

 

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Education

  • Interim Professor: Univ. of Augsburg Germany (March 2021)
  • G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, March 2020-Feb. 2021
  • Postdoc: Univ. of Konstanz, 2017-2020
  • PhD: Institute of Materials Science of Madrid, 2017
  • MSc: Complutense University of Madrid, 2013
Plekhanov

Research interests

Majorana fermions, topological states of matter and many-body phenomena, quantum information and quantum computing, numerical simulations (exact diagonalization, tensor networks), quantum simulators

 

Klinovaja group (BS) / Schätz group (FR)

 

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Education

  • Quantitative Analyst: Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Oct. 2022)

  • Scientific Developer: Cambridge Quantum Computing (Dez. 2020)

  • G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, Oct. 2018 – Sept. 2020
  • PhD: Ecole Polytechnique & Univ. Paris-Sud, 2018
  • MSc: ENS d’Ulm & Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 2015
  • BSc: Univ. Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, 2012
Ketterer

Research interests

Quantum information, multipartite entanglement, Nonlocality and Contextuality, Pseudorandom quantum processes, Continuous-variable quantum information

 

Breuer group (FR) / Sangouard group (BS)

 

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Education

Research
  • Scientist Fraunhofer IAF at Kompetenzzentrum Quantencomputing Baden-Württemberg
  • G.H.E. Fellow: ALU Freiburg, Jan. 2019 – Sept. 2021
  • Postdoc: Univ. of Siegen, 2017-2018
  • PhD: Univ. of Paris Diderot, 2016
  • MSc: Univ. of Freiburg, 2013
  • Alessandra Colla (associate PhD candidate – QUSTEC)
  • Andreas Woitzik (PhD candidate)
  • Felix Riesterer (associate BSc student)
  • Sophia Ohnemus (MSc student)
  • Tom Endres (associate MSc student)
Kuhlmann

Research interests

Quantum computing and sensing, silicon spin qubits, semiconductor QDs, quantum computing, CMOS nanotechnology, circuit QED with QDs

 

Warburton group (BS) / Thoss group (FR)

 

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Education

  • Senior Scientist: Univ. of Basel, May 2021 – present
  • G.H.E. Fellow: Univ. of Basel, May 2018-April 2021
  • Postdoc: IBM Research, Zürich, 2016-2018
  • Postdoc: Univ. of Basel, 2014-2016
  • PhD: Univ. of Basel, 2013
  • MSc: JMU, Würzburg, 2011
  • MPhys: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 2009
Rieländer

 

 

 

Schätz group (FR

 

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Education

  • Scientist Fraunhofer IOF in Jena since 2021
  • G.H.E. Fellow: ALU Freiburg, Sept. 2018 – July 2019
  • Postdoc: JPL, Pasadena, California, 2017-2018
  • PhD: ICFO, Barcelona, 2016
  • MSc: TU Darmstadt, 2011
  • BSc: TU Darmstadt, 2009
Kononov

Research interests

Topological materials, quantum transport, topological superconductivity, 2D TMDC, quantum computing

 

Schönenberger group (BS) / Zacharias group (MU)

 

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Education

  • Postdoc: Univ. of Basel, since July 2021 – present
  • G.H.E Fellow: Univ. of Basel, 2018-2021
  • Postdoc: ISSP  RAS, Chernogolovka, 2016-2018
  • PhD: ISSP RAS, Chernogolovka, 2016
  • MSc:  MIPT, Moscow, 2014
  • BSc:  MIPT, Moscow, 2012