Our recent article with Kostya Bliokh and Zeyu in Reports on Progress in Physics has been selected for coverage in Physics World. Thanks to Paul Mabey for writing this piece and to Oliver for providing the image shown on the left!
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Loschmidt prize to Michael Horodynski
Michael Horodynski, will receive the prestigious Loschmidt prize of the Chemical-Physical Society in Vienna for the PhD thesis he did in our group – congratulations! His prize talk will take place on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 5:30 p.m. at the Lise Meitner Lecture Hall, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna.
EPS QEOD prize for research into the science of light
At the recent NanoMeta conference in Seefeld (Tyrol), Stefan received the EPS QEOD prize for research into the science of light together with our collaborators Allard Mosk (NL) and Dorian Bouchet (F) for “pioneering research establishing the fundamental limits of information and precision in electromagnetic scattering, leading to a quantitative understanding of how light carries and processes information.”
Best poster prize
At the recent Granada Summer School on Quantum Matter Oliver (image right) received the prize for the best poster from Markus Hennrich (image left) for his contribution “Self-Induced Superradiant Masing”. Congratulations!
Prize for best presentation
David received the prize for the best presentation by an early career researcher at the recent Madrid conference on time-varying media (handed over by Yonatan Sivan) – congratulations!
What the Quantum!?
To celebrate the 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, the University of Göttingen has realized an installation based on our quantum ping-pong paper with Oliver and Dmitry. More information can be found here.
Scientific illustrations by Oliver
Oliver Diekmann, who works on his PhD in our group, has recently designed several scientific illustrations for journal covers, press releases and conference presentations – not just for our own group but also for several other teams. Have a look at his new website or get in touch with him if you want to learn more.
Welcome Zeyu
Funded by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Excellence Cluster “Quantum Science Austria“, Zeyu Kuang joins the group from Yale University, where he did his PhD with Owen Miller. Welcome Zeyu – we all look forward to the collaboration!
Finalist for Best Lecture Award
Our lecture Quantum Theory I (presented with Oliver Diekmann, David Globosits and Helmut Hörner in the winter semester 23/24) has been selected as one of the top six finalists for the Best Lecture Award of TU Wien. The final decision will be taken on October 3rd during a ceremony in Kuppelsaal. Fingers crossed!
Finalists in TU Wien’s Dragon Boat Cup
Congratulations to our faculty’s team participating in the university’s Dragon Boat Cup, where we reached the final and came fourth out of fourteen. Particular thanks go to Max and Luca from our group for participating.