Philipp

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Philipp Kurpiers joined the Quantum Device Lab for his master's thesis in September 2012. He then continued as a PhD student to investigate quantum networks with superconducting circuits. After defending his PhD thesis in July 2019 he worked with us as a scientist on developing cryogenic systems for quantum networks applications until March 2020. After leaving our group he started to work at Rohde & Schwarz in Munich.   

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Kurpiers
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Alumnus

Johannes

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Johannes completed his PhD thesis in July 2019. He also completed a Master's thesis with us for which he was awarded a prize of the Estonian Academy’s Student Research Paper Contest 2014. After leaving our group he started to work at IQM Finland Oy.

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Heinsoo
Type
Alumnus

Jean-Claude

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Jean-Claude Besse is part of the Superconducting Circuits team of the ETH Zurich - PSI Quantum Computing Hub. He joined our group in February 2016 to conduct a PhD thesis, with a focus on quantum optics interactions in superconducting circuits. After successfully defending his thesis in January 2021, Jean-Claude remained with the Quantum Device Lab as a PostDoc. Previously, Jean-Claude worked on cavity optomechanics in the Painter lab at Caltech and on nanomechanical structures for quantum dots coupling with Imamoglu's group at ETH.

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+41 44 63 33116
Office
HPF D17
E-mail
jean-claude.besse@phys.ethz.ch
Last Name
Besse
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Member

David

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David joined the Quantum Device Lab in January 2017 as a Postdoc after completing his PhD thesis with Leo Kouwenhoven at the TU Delft in the Netherlands.After leaving our group he started to work as a Quantum Researcher at Microsoft in De Lier, Netherlands.

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Last Name
van Woerkom
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Alumnus

Pasquale

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Pasquale Scarlino joined the Quantum Device Lab in March 2016 as a Postdoc. He obtained his PhD degree from the Spin Qubit Group of Prof. Lieven Vandersypen at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, TU Delft in February 2016. After leaving our group he started to work at Microsoft Copenhagen. He was named as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Physics from October 2020 at EPF Lausanne.

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Last Name
Scarlino
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Alumnus

Anton

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joined our group as a PostDoc in July 2014. Previously, Anton studied strongly correlated materials and exotic superconductors with magnetic resonance techniques at “Jozef Stefan” Institute in Slovenia. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. After leaving the Quantum Device Lab he moved on to imec.

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Web
http://antonpotocnik.com
Last Name
Potočnik
Type
Alumnus

Sebastian

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Sebastian Krinner joined our group in January 2016. His research focuses on digital and analog quantum simulation. Previously, during his PhD in Tilmann Esslinger's group at ETH, he worked on quantum transport of ultracold atoms and quantum simulation of devices. For this work, he was awarded an ETH medal and the Chorafas prize 2015. He studied at University of Regensburg and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and spent one year as a research assistant in Laboratoire Kastler Brossel at ENS Paris.

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Phone
+41 44 63 33116
Office
HPF D17
E-mail
sebastian.krinner@phys.ethz.ch
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Krinner
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Member

Simone

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joined our group in from July 2014 to September 2018. His research at the Quantum Device Lab focused on quantum geometric phases and interactions between artificial atoms and microwave photons. Simone had previously worked on Cooper-pair pumping, dissipation in driven quantum systems and electron thermometry in metallic and semiconducting nanostructures. He obtained his PhD degree at Aalto University, Finland and his MSc degree at University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy.

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Academic Title
Last Name
Gasparinetti
Type
Alumnus

Sébastien

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Sébastien joined our group in December 2015 to September 2018. His research focused on the coupling of Rydberg atoms and superconducting qubits in microwave cavities. He previously worked on the development of fiber interfaces between single atoms and single optical photons during his PhD at Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Ecole Normale Supérieure, in Paris, France. After leaving QuDev, Sébastien moved on to "Equipe Photonique Quantique at Collège de France".

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Last Name
Garcia
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Alumnus