Research and Teaching

Semiconductor-based quantum optics

Diamond photonics

Superconductors for single photon detection

2010-present Professor
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2000-2010 Lectuer/Reader/Professor
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland

1996-1999 Assistant Professor

Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

1993-1996 Humboldt and Marie-Curie Fellow

Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

1990-1993 Junior Research Fellow
Christ Church, University of Oxford, UK

1991 MA, DPhil University of Oxford

1987-1991 Graduate Student

Jesus College, University of Oxford, UK

1984-1987 BA Physics

St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, UK

NV centres in tunable micro-cavities

Coherent non-linear spectroscopy of 2D semiconductors and quantum dots

starting September 2020 “Adiunkt” (Lecturer/Associate Professor)
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland

2017-present Post-Doc (Marie-Curie Fellow)
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2014-2017 Post-Doc
Néel Institute, CNRS Grenoble, France

2009-2014 Ph.D. Physics
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland +
Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Bremen, Germany

2008 Internship
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, CNRS Grenoble, France

2004-2009 M.Sc. Physics
Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland

Quantum dot phononics

Quantum dot cavity-QED

2018-present Post-doc
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2015 Ph.D. Physics
Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

Optical spectroscopy of quantum dots

Quantum optics

Hole spin qubit

2020-present Postdoc
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2015-2020 Ph.D. Physics
University of Basel, Switzerland

2013-2015 M.Sc. Physics
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

2010-2013 B.Sc. Physics
RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Spin Qubit in a microcavity

Quantum defects in diamond

2020-present Postdoc
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2019-2020 PostDoc
Quantum Physics and Information Technology group, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark

2015-2019 PostDoc (SNSF Fellow)
Childress Group, McGill University, Canada

2011-2015 Ph.D. Physics
EPF Lausanne, Switzerland

2010-2011 M.Sc. Materials Science (Biomaterials & Materials for electrical and electronically engineering
Specialization in Biomaterials & Materials for Electrical and Electronic Engineering, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland

2008-2010 B.Sc. Material Science & Engineering
EPF Lausanne, Switzerland

Cavity QED with diamond

Cavity-enhanced Raman scattering

2016-present PhD student
Physics Department, University of Basel, Switzerland

2012-2016 M. Physics
University of Manchester, UK

Optical spectroscopy of 2D materials

2017-present PhD student (QCQT Fellowship)
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2015-2017 M.Sc. Physics (QSIT INSPIRE Award)
University of Basel, Switzerland

2012-2015 B.Sc. Physics
University of Basel, Switzerland

Single photon source with droplet quantum dots

Semiconductor-cold atom quantum hybrid

Nano-phononics

2017-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2015-2017 M.Sc. Quantum Physics
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2011-2015 B.Sc. Physics
Nankai University, China

Quantum dots in micro-cavities

Cavity-QED

2018-present PhD Student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2016 Masters thesis
Biomedical Optics Research Lab (BORL), University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

2016 Internship
Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany

2016 Internship
Bruker AXS GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany

2014-2016 M.Sc. (hons) Advanced Optical Technologies (Elite Netzwerk von Bayern Scholarship)
Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany

2012-2013 Exchange Student (Science without Borders Scholarship)
University of Leipzig, Germany

2010-2014 B.Sc. Physics
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

Optical spectroscopy of 2D materials

2018-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2015-2018 M.Sc. Applied and Engineering Physics
TU Munich, Germany

2012-2015 B.Sc. Engineering Science
TU Munich, Germany

Optical spectroscopy of quantum dots

Quantum dot phononics

2019-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2016-2018 M.Sc. Nanosciences
University of Basel, Switzerland

2018 Masters thesis
Cardiff University, UK

2017 Semester Project
ETH Zürich, Switzerland

2013-2016 B.Sc. Nanoscience
University of Basel, Switzerland

Diamond photonics

Cavity-QED

2019-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2018-2019 Masters thesis
Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

2016-2017 Exchange studies
University of Basel, Switzerland

2016-2019 M.Sc. Nanotechnology
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

2013-2016 B.Sc. Engineering Physics
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Spin Qubits in silicon FinFETs

2019-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel

2018-2019 M.Sc. Physics
University of Basel, Switzerland

2017 Exchange Student
Lund University, Sweden

2014-2017 B.Sc. Physics
University of Basel, Switzerland

Quantum dots in micro-cavities

Hole spin Qubit

2020-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2018-2020 M.Sc. Physics
University of Basel, Switzerland

2015-2018 B.Sc. Nanoscience
University of Basel, Switzerland

Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Optomechanics

2020-present PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2017-2019 M.Sc. Physics
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

2016 Internship
MIRTHE, Princeton University, USA

2014-2017 B.Sc. Physics
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Spin Qubits in silicon FinFETs

2019-present Masters Student
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2016-2019 B.Sc. Nanoscience
University of Basel, Switzerland

Spin Qubits in silicon FinFETs

2020-present Masters thesis
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland

2019 Internship
Quantum Confinement in 2D materials, University of Minnesota, USA

2018-2020 M.Sc. Applied Physics (Nano, quantum and photonics)
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

2014-2018 B.Sc. Applied Physics
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands