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Welcome Nicolas! Nicolas completed his Bachelor's degree at the JKU Linz, and his Master's degree jointly at TU München and LMU München. He conducted his Master's thesis on the theory of critically coupled qubit-photon interfaces in the Group of Prof. Rabl at the Walther-Meißner-Institute. Nicolas has now joined the CryoTrap team where he will work on integrated photonics for surface ion traps.

Welcome Max! Max completed his bachelor's degree in Innsbruck and is currently pursuing his master's there as well. His bachelor's thesis was on dark matter searches at ATLAS. Now he is joining the QCosmo team for his master's thesis, where he will work on a new setup for trapping molecular ions in a cryogenic environment.

Welcome Iago! Iago completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain. He conducted his PhD in the QMatterPhotonics lab at USC, where he studied critical phenomena and vortex dynamics of superconductors under Prof. Jesús Mosqueira. He then joined the Galicia Supercomputing Center (CESGA), working on quantum communications and network-assisted protocols for distributing quantum algorithms. Iago has now joined the Distributed Quantum Systems group for a two-year secondment, where he will be developing a cavity-integrated trapped-ion quantum network node, and work towards demonstrating distributed quantum computing and sensing.

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck have created a system in which individual qubits — stored in trapped calcium ions — are each entangled with separate photons. Demonstrating this method for a register of up to 10 qubits, the team has shown an easily scalable approach that opens new possibilities for linking quantum computers and quantum sensors.

Bavarian State Minister Markus Blume honored experimental physicist Rainer Blatt with the PRO MERITIS SCIENTIAE ET LITTERARUM award for his groundbreaking achievements in the field of quantum optics and quantum information.

Congratulations, Elyas!

Thesis Titled: Frequency comb Raman spectroscopy for quantum logic