MCQST Members
Munich remains an attractive hub for quantum research, with its world-renowned institutions, top-notch educational programs, excellent infrastructure, and a vibrant community. The MCQST community boasts over 60 research groups committed to collaborating toward the cluster's shared objectives, while further shaping the local quantum ecosystem. Below you can find a list of all active groups, postdoctoral fellows, as well as our alumni (listed alphabetically).
Visit our Blog and Advent Calender to gain an insight into the daily lives of our researchers and meet the MCQST community.
...are currently active in MCQST. This includes PhD candidates, postdocs, staff scientists, and principal investigators.
MCQST has a high percentage of international scientists, with 23% coming from Europe and the remaining 17% coming from the rest of world.
Our researchers have received numerous prestigious awards, such as the Otto Hahn Medal, Zeiss Research Awards, or several Young Scientists Awards.
Mari Carmen Bañuls
Tensor Networks and Quantum Many-Body Systems
Equal Opportunity Manager
RU-B Co-coordinator
Immanuel Bloch
Quantum Many Body Systems
MCQST Speaker
Equal Opportunity Manager
RU-B Co-coordinator
Jonathan Finley
Semiconductor Nanostructures and Quantum Systems
RU-E Co-coordinator
Research Website
Wolfgang M. Heckl
Deutsches Museum Director General & Oskar von Miller Chair for Science Communication @ TUM
Website
Postdoctoral Fellows
Farsane Tabataba-Vakili
Now: Prof. at Technische Universität Braunschweig
START Fellow 2024
Distinguished Postdoc 2021
Viviana Villafañe
START Fellow 2023
Distinguished Postdoc 2020
Postdoc Representative
MCQST Alumni
Ángela Capel Cuevas
Now: Asst. Prof. at University of Cambridge
Distinguished Postdoc 2020
Ipsita Das
Now: PCCM Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University
Distinguished Postdoc 2022
Christian Groß
Quantum Many Body Systems
Heisenberg professor at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Research Website 
Anna Lyamkina
Now: Data analyst & Algorithm Developer at numares AG
Distinguished Postdoc 2021
Peter Pickl
Mathematical Foundations of Physics
Professor at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Research Website 
Cambyse Rouzé
Now: Inria Starting Faculty Researcher at Inria (ISFP)
START Fellow 2020
Björn Sbierski
Now: Postdoc at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
START Fellow 2021
Norbert Schuch
Entanglement of Complex Quantum Systems
Professor at University of Vienna
Research Website 
Amanda Young
Now: Asst. Prof. at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Distinguished Postdoc 2019
Munich Quantum Alumni
Together with the IMPRS-QST (The International Max Planck Research School for Quantum Science and Technology) and Munich Quantum Valley, we have created the Munich Quantum Alumni (MQA) Network. Its goal is to build a dynamic Alumni community and become a hub for exchanging opportunities, mentorship, and lasting connections, thus shaping the future of quantum research.
