Our Team
EQM Lab member.
After completing my MSc in physics at the University of Strasbourg and the Physikalisches Institut Heidelberg, I started a PhD in 2023 under the supervision of Dr. Tom Bienaimé, in the EQM group of Prof. Shannon Whitlock. My experimental project consists of investigating strongly interacting fluids of light propagating through ultra-cold Rydberg atoms, in order to realize new states of photonic quantum matter.
Amar Bellahsene
PhD student
EQM Lab member.
PhD student focusing on trapping atoms in optical tweezers and demonstration of energy transfer in different geometries. Previously completed BSMS Dual Degree in physics from IISER Bhopal, India working on simulation of energy transport in Rydberg atomic arrays.
Swayangdipta Bera
PhD student
QMT Lab member.
Quantum theory PhD student with a focus on designing algorithms for near-term quantum computers and their application to calculating properties of strongly-correlated systems and chemical molecules. Joined CESQ after completing a Master’s degree in photonics and optoinformatics at ITMO University in Saint Petersburg.
Tatiana Bespalova
PhD student
EQM Lab member.
CNRS Researcher. I joined ISIS in 2021 after a PhD in Nice, two postdoctoral experiences in Paris and Trento and being a lecturer at the physics department of ENS in Paris. I am interested in hybrid systems of atoms and light, ultracold atoms and quantum fluids of light.
Tom Bienaimé
CNRS researcher
TEQS Lab member.
Engineered quantum systems researcher at CESQ. After completing a PhD at the University of São Carlos (Brazil), I went for a post-doc period at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of light (Erlangen, Germany). I then joined CESQ in 2023, where I carry my research on theory of engineered quantum systems at Metelmann’s group.
Victor Augusto S. V. Bittencourt
Post-doc
QMT Lab member.
After obtaining his Masters’s degree in physics at the University of Strasbourg in 2023, Ruben continues his studies at CESQ and is now doing a PhD project. His research focuses on studying entanglement dynamics in quantum circuits using classical simulations based on tensor network methods
Ruben Daraban
PhD Student
LIMACS Lab member.
CNRS Research engineer, I have joined ISIS in 2001 after a PhD in physics at Université de Bourgogne.
Eloïse Devaux
CNRS Research engineer
LIMACS Lab leader.
CNRS Research Director, I have joined ISIS in 2004 after a PhD at LKB Paris and post-doc years at Leiden University (Netherlands). Specialized in quantum vacuum effects (Casimir physics), strong coupling physical chemistry, chirality and stochastic thermodynamics.
Cyriaque Genet
CNRS Research Director
EQM Lab member.
I joined CESQ in September 2023 as a PhD student in experimental quantum physics. My project aims to realise cavity quantum electrodynamics (CQED) systems without cavity, using small ultra-cold ensembles of laser-coupled Rydberg atoms. I have a master’s degree in 2D materials spectroscopy from Polytechnique Montréal, where I worked on Raman spectroscopy of phonon-polaritons. I also have an engineering physics degree from Telecom Physique Strasbourg.
Clément Gradziel
PhD student
Administrative and financial officer, joined CESQ-ISIS in december 2021.
Anna Guyon
Administrative and financial officer
QMT Lab member.
Originally from France, I joined the CESQ as a CNRS researcher (Chargé de Recherche) after a PhD at Université Paris-Diderot and a post-doc in Canada (Toronto). I am working on the theory of quantum systems strongly interacting with light confined in nanostructures.
David Hagenmüller
CNRS researcher
Affiliated to aQCess.
Experienced research manager with background in semiconductor physics. Joined the CESQ in 2023 as Managing Director currently involved in the aQCess project and working closely with CESQ researchers and external partners to develop the local ecosystem around quantum sciences and technologies in Strasbourg.
Ana Helman
Managing Director
QMT Lab member.
Quantum Theory PhD Student. Originally from Germany, arrived at CESQ after obtaining a Master Degree from ETH Zurich in 2021. Working on new gate protocols for quantum computers based on neutral atoms.
Sven Jandura
PhD student
EQM Lab member.
Post-doc on experimental Rydberg atomic physics. Received PhD at Tsinghua University (Beijing). Experience in quantum information with cold atomic system.
Chang Li
Post-doc
QMT Lab member.
Quantum theory post-doc. Originally from Italy. Arrived at CESQ after PhD in USA (Notre Dame) and Italy (Università Cattolica, Brescia). Experience in simulations of quantum many-body systems with long-range hopping, disorder and noise. My homepage.
Francesco Mattiotti
Post-doc
QMT Lab member.
PhD student. I graduated from the University of Strasbourg in 2023 and started my PhD working with David Hagenmuller and Guillaume WEICK (IPCMS) on the theoretical investigation of photo-induced electronic phases in high critical temperature Terahertz materials.
Florian Maurer
PhD student
EQM Lab member.
PhD student focused on software control system for hardware of quantum computers and simulators. Manuel joined CESQ after completing a 5-years undergrad in Venezuela specialized in quantum information processing and a Master degree in Strasbourg on Condensed Matter and Nanophysics specialized in ultra-cold Rydberg atoms experiment.
Manuel Morgado
PhD student
TEQS Lab leader.
Faculty at CESQ and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Before Emmy Noether research group leader at FU Berlin and PostDoc at McGill University and Princeton University. PhD in 2012 at TU Berlin. Expert in the Theory of Engineered Quantum Systems.
Anja Metelmann
Professor
Affiliated with QuanTEdu-France and DigiQ.
Project Manager for the educational projects QuanTEdu France and DigiQ. I joined CESQ in June 2023 with a background in project engineering and financial and economics evaluation.
Youma Mucret
Project Manager
EQM Lab member.
PhD student working on experimental studies of complex non-equilibrium dynamics and universality in systems of ultracold Rydberg atoms using spatially structured light and advanced trapping technologies. Before joining CESQ, Maximilian obtained his master from Heidelberg University, where he investigated operator growth in disordered quantum spin systems.
Maximilian Müllenbach
PhD student
Affiliated to aQCess.
Joined CESQ in August 2023 as an R&D Engineer in aQCess project, involved in setting up hardware for atomic quantum computing platform. PhD in nonlinear optical devices from ICFO, 11Spain. Postdoc experience in fiber sensors (IESL-FORTH, Greece) and photonic quantum devices (IISc, India).
Anuja Padhye
R&D Engineer
QMT Lab member.
Quantum theory PhD student. I joined the CESQ after completing a Master’s degree in theoretical physics at the University of Bologna, Italy. Experience in quantum information, computation and error correction.
Laura Pecorari
PhD student
QMT Lab member.
Originally from France, I completed my PhD at Sorbonne Université, focusing on quantum walks. I pursued a post-doc in Germany (Karlsruhe), where my interest shifted towards implementing condensed matter systems on quantum computers. I joined CESQ as a post-doc to work on quantum error correction protocols designed for neutral atoms.
Hugo Perrin
Post-doc
QMT Lab leader.
Distinguished Full Professor (PRCE) at the University of Strasbourg, Director of CESQ and of the “Laboratory of Quantum Physics” at ISIS. Before, he was post-doc and senior scientist at Innsbruck (2005-2011), after obtaining a PhD at Maryland (2005) for research conducted at NIST. Coordinator of MSCA COFUND “QUSTEC” and MSCA ITN “MOQS”. Recipient of 2012 ERC Starting Grant and 2013 Guy Ourisson Prize. His research interests are in atomic, molecular, and optical physics, quantum simulations and quantum computing.
Guido Pupillo
Distinguished Professor
FMN Lab leader.
Professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Mario Ruben is heading within CESQ the research activity of molecular quantum materials at the overlap of physics, chemistry, and nanotechnology, which is oriented towards the design, integration, and implementation of quantum devices for quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum sensing.
Mario Ruben
Professor
QMT Lab member.
Quantum theory researcher at CNRS and teacher/supervisor. Originally from Germany. Arrived at CESQ after PhD and post-doc years in Austria (Innsbruck), and the US (Pittsburgh, Boulder). Specialist for simulations of quantum many-body non-equilibrium and computational processes. Homepage: https://www.schachenmayer.fr.
Johannes Schachenmayer
CNRS researcher
Affiliated to EuRyQa.
Project manager. PhD in physics of semiconductors and insulators.
Svitlana Semak Romanyshyn
Project manager
QMT Lab member.
Quantum theory PhD student. Joined CESQ for PhD after working for six months as a Systems Engineer at KLA Corp. Graduated with Bachelors and Masters of Technology (5-yr Integrated Dual Degree) in Engineering Physics from IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India. Currently working in theory and simulations of quantum optics and AMO systems for quantum computing applications.
Vineesha Srivastava
PhD student
EQM Lab leader.
Professor in experimental quantum physics at the CESQ and the University of Strasbourg. His group explores the physics of complex quantum systems and applications for quantum simulation, quantum sensing and quantum computing. Shannon studied physics and completed his PhD at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne in 2007, followed by a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Amsterdam. In 2010, he moved to the University of Heidelberg in Germany where he started his own research group and advanced quantum physics laboratory thanks to a prestigious Emmy Noether grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG). He is strongly involved in several major research and training programmes, including QMat, EU doctoral programmes MOQS and QUSTEC, and the new public infrastructure for quantum computing aQCess.
Shannon Whitlock
Professor
EQM Lab member.
PhD student focusing on achieveing high fidelity quantum operation by the generation and correction of optimal laser pulse.
Shuzhe Yang
PhD student