Description

Tell us a little about yourself — your research interests, the group you work in, and how long you have been in your current position.
I have been a postdoctoral researcher at the Walther-Meißner-Institut since November 1st, working with Prof. Dr. Stefan Filipp. My research focuses on developing optimal and robust control and readout techniques for superconducting quantum systems.

What motivates you to apply as a postdoc representative?
The prospect of supporting and advocating for early-career researchers while fostering a supportive, collaborative environment motivates me. I aim to leverage the institutional experience I gained during my academic career in Zürich, Boston, and Princeton. For example, while at Princeton University, I worked closely with postdocs during significant inflation a couple of years ago and helped organize a platform to negotiate with the university.

Tell us about your current research work and what excites you most about it.
Like many quantum physicists, I am fascinated by the strangeness of quantum mechanics and its potential for groundbreaking applications. In advancing useful quantum processors, interfacing with them—via readout and control—remains an often underestimated challenge. I focus on addressing this aspect and developing improved approaches to overcome this looming bottleneck.