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

Welcome Phoebe! Phoebe completed her Bachelor's degree at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. She conducted her Honours research thesis in theoretical modelling of micromotion-enabled fast gates for trapped-ion quantum computing under Prof. Joseph Hope. Phoebe has now joined the Barium team, where she will work on building a high-performance quantum processor with Barium ions.

Welcome Tim! Tim completed his Bachelor's degree at the TU München, and his Master's degree jointly at TU München and LMU München. He conducted his Bachelor's thesis on the optical characterization of defect emitters in monolayer molybdenum disulfide in the Group of Prof. Holleitner. He then moved into the field of solid-state quantum systems for his Master's thesis with Prof. Brandt, working towards entanglement of electronic and nuclear spins in nitrogen-vacancy center ensembles in diamond. Tim has now joined the QCosmo Group where he will work on ultrafast spectroscopy and the new cryogenic trap for molecules.

The study of elementary particles and forces is of central importance to our understanding of the universe. Now a team of physicists from the University of Innsbruck and the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo show how an unconventional type of quantum computer opens a new door to the world of elementary particles.

Welcome, Miriam! Miriam is a master's student from the university of Erlangen and is joining the QCosmo team for her master's thesis. She will work on a rotational cooling scheme for trapped molecular ions.