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Past group members

This research group, despite being a relatively young group, already has a remarkably long list of past group members who are now in group leader positions in academia or are permanently employed researchers in the quantum industry. At least the past group members in the following list easily fairly qualify for this, and possibly some others. Here, for a change, we forget all modesty and take pride in the group having close to a record in contributing to starting points for academic as well as other research careers. That is to say, we take career planning very seriously.





  • Laura Baez
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Now postdoctoral researcher @ MPI Dresden 

  • Thomas Barthel

  • Niel de Beaudrap
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Now permanently employed assistant professor @ University of Sussex

  • Inka Benthin
    Diploma student
    Now CEO and Founder of GlucoFit GmbH 

  • Juani Bermejo-Vega
    Still part-time group member as a postdoc
    Tenure track as group leader to a permanent position @ Granada


  • Winton Brown
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Now permanently employed quantum researcher Northrop Grumman


  • Matthias C. Caro
    Postdoctoral researcher and DAAD fellow
    Now permanently employed assistant professor @ University of Warwick


  • Marcus Cramer
    PhD student
    Now permanently employed quantum researcher @ Q-CTRL

  • Christopher Dawson
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Now permanently employed quantum researcher @ PsiQ

  • Roberto Di Candia
    Postdoctoral researcher and Humboldt fellow
    Now research fellow @ Aalto University

  • Alvaro Feito
    PhD student (joint supervision with Martin Plenio)
    Now permanently employed @ Vestas Technology


  • Rodrigo Gallego
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Now teacher

  • Christian Gogolin
    PhD student and postdoctoral researcher
    Now permanently employed quantum researcher @ Covestro


  • David Gross
    PhD student and Diploma student
    Now permanently employed full (W3) professor @ University of Cologne

  • Giacomo Guarnieri
    Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow 
    Now adjunct professor @ University of Pavia


  • Konrad Kieling
    Postdoctoral researcher, PhD student and Diploma student
    Now permanently employed quantum researcher @ PsiQ

  • Martin Kliesch
    PhD student and postdoctoral researcher
    Now full (W3) professor @ University of Hamburg




  • Ville Lahtinen
    Postdoctoral researcher and DRS-Point Fellow
    Now permanently employed in finance

  • Markus Mueller
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Now permanently employed group leader (similar to assistant professor) @ IQOQI, Vienna

  • Andrea Mari
    PhD student
    Now permanently employed staff member @ Unitary Fund creating a quantum technology ecosystem

  • Nelly Ng
    Postdoctoral researcher and Humboldt Fellow
    Now assistant professor @ NTU Singapore

  • Matthis Ohliger
    PhD student
    Now CTO and Founder @ GlucoFit GmbH

  • Anna Pappa
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Now Emmy Noether junior group leader @ TU Berlin

  • Fernando Pastawski
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Now assistant professor @ CONICET and  @ PsiQ @ PsiQ


  • Kenneth Pregnell
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Now permanently employed trader in finance

  • Arnau Riera
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Now permanently employed quantum engineer @ Qilimanjaro





  • Adrian Steffens
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Now permanently employed @ Patent office Berlin, Germany

  • Mark Steudtner
    Postdoctoral researcher
    Now permanently employed quantum researcher @ PsiQ


  • Ryan Sweke
    Postdoctoral researcher and Humboldt Fellow
    Now permanently employed senior quantum researcher @ IBM Research


  • Steven Thomson
    Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
    Now permanently employed quantum reseacher @ IBM research


  • Henrik Wilming
    PhD Candidate
    Now postdoctoral researcher  @ ETH Zürich