Markus Müller
Group Leader
Quantum Information Processing, Quantum Simulation, Many-Body Quantum Physics, AMO systems, Topological Quantum Computation, Error Correction
CV
| 2000-2006 | Diploma Studies of Physics at the University of Konstanz, Germany |
| 2007-2011 | PhD Studies under the supervision of Prof. Peter Zoller at the University of Innsbruck and IQOQI, Innsbruck, Austria.Thesis “Many-Body Quantum Simulation with Rydberg Atoms and Ions” |
| 2011-2015 | Postdoctoral researcher at the Complutense University Madrid, Spain |
| 2015 | Senior Lecturer in Physics at Swansea University, UK |
| 2018 | Associate Professor (tenure) at Swansea University, UK |
| 2018 | Professor at Swansea University, UK |
| since 2019 | Professor for Theoretical Quantum Technology, at RWTH Aachen and Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany |
Publications
List of publications (Google Scholar)
Contact
Manuel Rispler
Postdoc
Quantum error correction, near term devices, error modeling, quantum computation, quantum simulation, tensor networks
CV
| 2012 | MSc, Imperial College London, UK |
| 2017 | PhD under the supervision of Norbert Schuch, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching, and RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
| 2017-2021 | Postdoc with Barbara Terhal, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany and QuTech, TU Delft, the Netherlands |
| since 2021 | Postdoc with Markus Müller, RWTH Aachen, Germany |
Publications
List of publications (arXiv)
Contact
Thiago Lucena de Macedo Guedes
Postdoc
Quantum field theory, analogue gravity, quantum gravity, quantum optics, quantum computing/information and metrology
CV
| 2009-2012 | Undergraduate studies in Petroleum Chemistry at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN (Brazil) |
| 2012-2013 | Internship and diploma thesis defense at the University of Bremen (Germany) |
| 2014-2016 | Master studies in Theoretical Physics at the Moscow State University (Russia) |
| 2017-2022 | PhD in Theoretical Physics at the University of Konstanz (Germany) |
| since 2022 | Postdoctoral researcher at Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany) |
Publications
List of publications (Google Scholar)
Contact
t.guedes@fz-juelich.de
Luis Colmenarez
Postdoc
Quantum error correction, quantum information, quantum dynamics, localization, quantum chaos
CV
| 2011-2016 | Bachelor (Licenciado) in Physics, Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela |
| 2017-2018 | Diploma in Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics, ICTP, Italy |
| 2018-2022 | PhD in Physics, Max Planck for the Physics of Complex Systems – TU Dresden, Germany |
| since 2023 | Postdoc, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
Publications
Peer-reviewed papers:
A. Morningstar, L. Colmenarez, V. Khemani, D.J. Luitz, D.A. Huse, Avalanches and many-body resonances in many-body localized systems, PRB 105, 174205, (2022) (Editor’s suggestion)
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.174205
L. Colmenarez, D.J. Luitz, I. Khaymovich, G. De Tomasi, Sub-diffusive Thouless time scaling in the Anderson model on random regular graphs, PRB 105, 174207, (2022) (Editor’s suggestion)
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.174207
L. Colmenarez, D.J. Luitz, Lieb-Robinson bounds and out-of-time order correlators in a long range spin chain, PR Research 2, 043047, (2020)
https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043047
List of publications (Google Scholar)
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Katrin Bolsmann
PhD Student
Quantum Information Processing, Trapped Rydberg Ions
CV
| 2017 – 2020 | B. Sc. in Physics, TU Dortmund, Germany |
| 2020 – 2022 | M. Sc. in Physics, TU Dortmund, Germany |
| since 2023 | PhD in Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
Publications
List of publications: arXiv, Google Scholar
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David Locher
PhD Student
Quantum error correction, Quantum computing with neutral atoms, Quantum machine learning
CV
| 2015-2019 | B.Sc. in Physics, Universität Osnabrück, Germany |
| 2018-2019 | Studies abroad, University of Birmingham, UK |
| 2019-2021 | M.Sc. in Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
| since 2021 | PhD in Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
Publications
Peer-reviewed papers:
D. F. Locher, L. Cardarelli, M. Müller, Quantum Error Correction with Quantum Autoencoders, Quantum 7, 942 (2023)
S. Heußen, D. F. Locher, M. Müller, Measurement-Free Fault-Tolerant Quantum Error Correction in Near-Term Devices, PRX Quantum 5, 010333 (2024)
L. Schmid, D. F. Locher, M. Rispler, S. Blatt, J. Zeiher, M. Müller, R. Wille, Computational capabilities and compiler development for neutral atom quantum processors – connecting tool developers and hardware experts, Quantum. Sci. Technol. 9, 033001 (2024)
S. Schweers, D. F. Locher, G. Schütz, P. Maass, Weak Pinning and Long-Range Anticorrelated Motion of Phase Boundaries in Driven Diffusive Systems, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 167101 (2024)
J. Cobos, D. F. Locher, A. Bermudez, M. Müller, E. Rico, Noise-Aware Variational Eigensolvers: A Dissipative Route for Lattice Gauge Theories, PRX Quantum 5, 030340 (2024)
List of publications (arXiv)
Contact
Lukas Bödeker
PhD Student
(Quantum-) Neural Networks, Statistical Mechancis and Disorder, Quantum Error Correction
CV
| 2016-2019 | B.Sc. in Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany |
| 2018-2019 | Studies abroad, Universitat de València, Spain |
| 2019-2021 | M.Sc. in Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany |
| since 2021 | PhD in Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
Publications
List of Publications (arXiv)
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Josias Old
PhD Student
Quantum LDPC Codes, Fault Tolerant Decoding Strategies, Floquet Codes
CV
| 2015-2018 | B.Sc. Physics, RWTH Aachen University of Aachen, Germany |
| 2018-2019 | ERASMUS exchange semester at UPMC, PARIS 5 |
| 2019-2021 | M.Sc. Physics, Condensed Matter Theory, RWTH Aachen University of Aachen, Germany |
| since 2022 | PhD Student |
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Generalized Belief Propagation Algorithms for Decoding of Surface Codes J. Old, M. Rispler (Quantum 7, 1037, 2022)
Lift-Connected Surface Codes J. Old, M. Rispler, M. Müller (Quantum Science and Technology, 2024)
List of Publications (arXiv, Google Scholar)
Contact
Friederike Butt
PhD Student
Quantum Error Correction, Color Codes, Fault tolerance, Near-Term Devices
CV
| 2017-2020 | B.Sc. in Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany |
| 2020-2022 | M.Sc. in Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany |
| since 2022 | PhD in Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
Publications
J.D. Teske, F. Butt, P. Cerfontaine, G. Burkhard, H. Blum, Flopping-mode electron dipole spin resonance in the strong driving regime, Phys. Rev. B 107, 035302 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.035302
Contact
Don Winter
PhD Student
Quantum error correction, Quantum cellular automata, Monte Carlo techniques
CV
| 2017-2021 | B.Eng. in Engineering Physics, Coburg University, Germany |
| 2018-2019 | Studies abroad at University of Science and Technology, Shanghai |
| 2020-2021 | Internship and bachelor thesis at CERN, Geneva |
| 2021-2024 | M.Sc. in Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
| since 2024 | PhD in Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
Publications
S. Heußen, D. Winter, M. Rispler, M. Müller, Dynamical subset sampling of quantum error-correcting protocols, Phys. Rev. Research 6, 013177 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013177
Preprints on arXiv
Code on GitHub
Contact
Berat Yenilen
PhD Student
Interests
CV
| B.Sc. in Physics | |
| -2024 | M.Sc. in Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany |
| since 2024 | PhD in Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
Publications
Contact
Aron Marten
PhD Student
Interests
CV
| B.Sc. in Physics | |
| -2024 | M.Sc. in Physics |
| since 2024 | PhD in Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
Publications
Contact
Master Students
Lars Esser
3D Color Code Decoders
Juval Bechar
Logical Gates in qLDPC Codes
Dominik Seip
Neural Networks for Thresholds of QEC protocols
Lukas Helmig (University of Cologne)
Jonas Lenzen
Scalable Decoders for Computational Errors and Loss
Former Group Members
Postdocs:
Santiago Varona
Now Postdoc @ IFT, CSIC Madrid, Spain
Thomas Botzung
Now Postdoc @ Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés Grenoble
Lorenzo Cardarelli
Now Quantum Algorithm Developer @ PASQAL Amsterdam
Eliana Fiorelli
Now Postdoc @ IFISC Mallorca
Alejandro Bermudez
Now Ramon-y-Cajal research fellow (tenure-track) @ Complutense University Madrid, Spain
Ciaran Ryan-Anderson
Now Advanced Physicist @ Honeywell Quantum Solutions
Davide Vodola
Now Junior Assistant Professor (tenure-track) @ Universita di Bologna, Italy
Amit Kumar Pal
Now Assitant Professor @ IIT Palakkad, India
Maurizio Gutierrez
Now Profesor Interino @ Universidad de Costa Rica
Farid Shahandeh
Now Research Fellow of Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 @ Swansea University, UK
PhD students:
Sascha Heußen
Now Researcher @ neQxt GmbH
Fernando Martinez
Now Postdoc @ Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC
Pedro Parrado
Now
David Amaro
Now Quantum Machine Learning Scientist @ Quantinuum
Master/Diploma students:
Jemma Bennett
Now PhD student @ Durham University, UK
Leon Bohnmann
Now
Luc Kusters
Now Software / Machine Learning Engineer @ Anatech
David Scheer
Now PhD Student @ Hassler Group