University of Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Innsbruck is home to the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, jointly run with the university, and is one of the world's leading trapped-ion quantum computing centers. Faculty include pioneers in trapped-ion quantum computing (Rainer Blatt), foundational theorists in quantum simulation and quantum information (Peter Zoller), and active research groups spanning neutral atoms in optical tweezers (Hannes Bernien), superconducting qubits (Gerhard Kirchmair), Rydberg atom arrays for quantum information (Hannes Pichler), quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories (Torsten Zache), and quantum metrology with trapped ions (Klemens Hammerer). The university offers a Master's programme in Physics with a dedicated specialization in Quantum Sciences.
Faculty
Quantum simulation using ultracold atoms of rare-earth elements (erbium and dysprosium); quantum many-body physics and strongly magnetic quantum gases
Superconducting quantum circuits and qubits; cavity quantum electrodynamics; quantum information with Josephson junctions
Quantum information processing and networks using neutral atoms trapped in optical tweezers; experimental quantum optics
Quantum simulation and many-body physics with Rydberg atom arrays; quantum information processing; theoretical quantum optics
Trapped ions for quantum information processing and quantum metrology; quantum optics and precision measurement; optical quantum networks
Foundational theory in trapped-ion quantum computing, quantum simulation, and quantum repeaters; emeritus research director at IQOQI, Fellow of Royal Society 2026
Trapped-ion quantum information and metrology
Quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories and continuum field theories using synthetic quantum systems; quantum information
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