The team

Daniel graduated with a degree in Physics from the University of Freiburg in 2004. His Ph.D research at University College London until 2007 explored aspects of quantum state transfer in one-dimensional spin systems. He then moved to the ETH Zurich and Oxford University, where as a postdoc and JRF, he researched in the areas of quantum information and computations. In 2009, he was awarded an EPSRC Fellowship in Theoretical Physics, working in the area of Quantum Control and Estimation at Imperial College London. Daniel held several visiting fellowships at RIKEN and Waseda University, Tokyo, where he has ongoing collaborations about quantum system theory. He moved to Aberystwyth in August 2011, to take up his appointment as Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics. In 2019 he moved to the other side of the Bloch sphere as a Associate Professor and Future Fellow at Macquarie University, Sydney. In 2023 he completed the Hahn Echo to move to a Professorship at FAU.

Interesting stuff: Daniel's page on handwriting • Spinning dancer and entanglement

Kerstin, a Deborah Jin Research Fellow at Macquarie University in Sydney, previously obtained her PhD from Leibniz University Hannover in 2022, where her research focused on quantum machine learning with quantum data. Her work on quantum neural networks in Hannover resulted in the publication of the highly cited paper "Training deep quantum neural networks" in Nature Communications. Currently, she is involved in the 1kQubit flagship project at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, concentrating on advancements in quantum error correction. Additionally, Kerstin completed an internship at Q-CTRL, a leading quantum infrastructure software company, and maintains regular collaborations with the University of Sydney.

Davide graduated with a degree in Physics from the University of Bari, Italy, in 2017, where he also completed in 2021 his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, Mathematical Models and Methods with a research program centered on the mathematical properties of spin-boson interactions and their applications to waveguide electrodynamics. He spent visiting periods at the University Carlos III of Madrid and the Nicolaus Copernicus University of Toruń. In January 2024 he moved to Germany to join the ConQuEr team at FAU. His research activities lie at the boundary between Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, including open quantum systems, quantum free and controlled dynamics, foundations of quantum mechanics, renormalization of quantum field theories, quantum boundary conditions—whatever quantum.

Anirban is currently pursuing his PhD at Macquarie University, Sydney, and is a Sydney Quantum Academy (SQA) primary scholarship holder. His research focuses on defining criteria for robust control of infinite-dimensional quantum systems, combining both theoretical and numerical optimization frameworks. Anirban is also keenly interested and works on the validity and error bounds of approximations in quantum systems. He is deeply passionate about different cultures and art forms and is immensely fond of cooking different cuisines from around the world. 

Riddhi presently calls Sydney home, pursuing her PhD in Macquarie University. She completed her postgrad in India and crossed hemispheres to try to understand the  fascinating realm of quantum thermodynamics and quantum control. She is jointly supervised by Prof. Daniel Burgarth and A/Prof. Alexei Gilchrist and is a part of the Sydney Quantum Academy and the ARC for Engineered Quantum Systems. Outside academia, Riddhi finds joy in diverse interests such as painting, indulging in anime, and immersing herself in the pages of captivating novels. She channels her passion for photography into capturing the harmony between nature and modern life, often exploring new vistas for inspiration. 

Alex graduated in Physics in 2019 from the University of Hannover and started his PhD at Macquarie University (Sydney) in 2020. He is interested in the mathematical aspects of the Trotter product formula and its applications to strong controls, dynamical decoupling, and quantum simulation. Alex has been a visiting researcher at the University of Hannover, held an Oberwolfach Research Fellowship and interned at the quantum infrastructure software company Q-CTRL. 

Szabó graduated on the dean's list with a degree in Physics from Imperial College London in 2017 and started his PhD at Macquarie University, Sydney, in 2021. His primary focus is on the theory of adiabatic quantum control, with previous projects on Anderson localization and on perturbative techniques in scalar field theory. At his recent internship at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, he worked on the problem of maximal quantum advantage and of optimal quantum compilation, contributing to the developement of a compliting package.