Group Members

Group Photo (20/06/2019). From right to left: Guido Pupillo (Director), Thomas Botzung (PhD Student), Johannes Schachenmayer (CNRS Researcher), Andreas Geissler (Postdoc), Gaetan Parcebois (Master Student), Stefan Shutz (Postdoc), Nóra Sandór (Postdoc), David Wellnitz (PhdStudent), Yusuf Kasim (Student, crouched), Guido Masella (PhD Student)
Guido Pupillo
Director - Distinguished Full Professor

Guido Pupillo is Distinguished Full Professor (PRCE) at the University of Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Director of the “Laboratory of Quantum Physics” at the Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS) and of the group "Gaz Quantiques et Optique Quantique" at the Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS), where he is involved in the development of teaching and research programs in quantum science and technology. He is fellow of the Global Young Academy and of the Young Academia Europaea. He obtained his Master in Physics at the University of Bologna in 2001 and a PhD in Physics in 2005 at the University of Maryland for research conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (with Dr. Carl J. Williams). Until 2011 he was scientist and then senior scientist at the University of Innsbruck and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, where he obtained his Habilitiation in Theoretical Physics (with Prof. P. Zoller). In 2012 he became full professor at the University of Strasbourg (FR). He is recipient of several awards, including the 2012 ERC Starting Grant and the 2013 Guy Ourisson Prize. His research interests are in atomic, molecular, and optical physics, many-body physics and non-equilibrium dynamics of open quantum systems.

Keywords: Cold gases, many-body physics, quantum optics

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Johannes Schachenmayer
CNRS Researcher

During my physics studies at the Technical University in Munich (TUM) I developed a strong interest in the theory of quantum many-body dynamics. Driven by this interest, already for my diploma work I moved to Innsbruck (Austria) where I continued with a PhD program in the group of P. Zoller, supervised by A. J. Daley. During my PhD years I moved to the University of Pittsburgh (USA) as a visiting research scholar until graduation in 2012. I stayed in the US, working as a post-doc at JILA (Boulder, USA) in the group of A. M. Rey. In 2016 I joined the quantum matter theory group as permanent CNRS researcher (chargé de recherche) at the IPCMS. My research interest is centered around numerical approaches to non-equilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body models (utilizing e.g. time-dependent DMRG/matrix product states, or semi-classical phase-space methods). In particular, I'm interested in the dynamics of setups with (ultra-)cold atoms and associated quantum effects such as entanglement build-up. Furthermore, my recent research is focused on open system/quantum optics approaches (involving e.g. cavity couplings) to molecular arrangements and condensed matter systems.

Keywords: Numerical methods (t-DMRG/DTWA), Many-body quantum dynamics, Ultracold quantum gases, Optical lattices, Strong cavity-coupling

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David Hagenmuller
CNRS Researcher
After a master degree in Orsay (France), I obtained a PhD in theoretical physics at université Paris-Diderot (thesis advisor Cristiano Ciuti) in 2012, where I developed a strong interest in cavity quantum electrodynamics applied to condensed-matter systems. I then moved to the university of Toronto to develop a project about photonic band gap materials in the ultra-strong coupling regime in collaboration with Sajeev John. As of 2015, I have been working in the Quantum Matter Theory Group at the University of Strasbourg as a post-doc, and since 2020 as a permanent CNRS researcher (chargé de recherche). I am still particularly interested in the interface between condensed-matter and cavity-QED, and typically investigate how basic properties such as electronic quantum phases and transport can be modified in the presence of strong light-matter interactions occurring in a cavity-type structure.
Keywords: Cavity-QED, Plasmonics, Superconductivity, Transport, Numerical methods (Non-Equilibrium Green's Functions).
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Guido Masella
Postdoc
I graduated from the University of Pisa in 2015 focusing my studies on simulations of non-equilibrium dynamics of cold atomic gases. After a short post graduate training at CNR-INO (Italy) working on an experiment involving dipolar quantum Gases of Dysprosium atoms, in February 2017 I started my Ph. D. at University of Strasbourg on the study of "Exotic Phsenomena in Cold Atomic Gases"". My research interests include the study of equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena in ultracold atomic gases and in general in systems of interest for condensed matter and atomic physics. I am deeply interested in the computational challenges related to these problems, in the study and in the development of numerical tools and methods capable of tackling efficiently these problems.
Keywords: Computational Physics, Many-body Physics, Cold Gases
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David Wellnitz
Ph. D. Student
From 2013 to 2018, I studied physics in Heidelberg. In 2018, I wrote my Master thesis in the group of Professor Weidemüller on the application of network theory to atomic spectra. In November 2018, I have started my PhD in physics in the group of Professor Pupillo in Strasbourg. Here, I am analyzing how methods of quantum optics can influence chemistry. I am particularly interested in the collective dynamics arising due to collective light matter coupling.
Keywords: Quantum Optics, Cavity QED, Many-body Physics.
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Andrea Maroncelli
Ph. D. Student
After graduating from University of Bologna in Physics on 23/03/2019, Andrea joined the Quantum Matter Theory group on January 2020, as a PhD student, working on disordered models and Anderson localization in long range models.
Guillermo Javier Preisser Beltran
Ph. D. Student
Guillermo joined the Quantum Matter Theory group in Strasbourg on February 2020 after graduating from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2019. He will work on semi-classical modeling of open quantum technology platforms.