MCQST Members
Munich is an attractive hub for quantum research, with its world-renowned institutions, top-notch educational programs, excellent infrastructure, and a vibrant community. The MCQST community boasts over 70 research groups committed to collaborating toward the cluster's shared objectives, while further shaping the local quantum ecosystem. Below you can find a list of all active groups and postdoctoral fellows.
Visit our Blog and Advent Calender to gain an insight into the daily lives of our researchers and meet the MCQST community.
...are currently active in MCQST. This includes PhD candidates, postdocs, staff scientists, and principal investigators.
MCQST has a high percentage of international scientists, with 23% coming from Europe and the remaining 17% coming from the rest of world.
Our researchers have received numerous prestigious awards, such as the Otto Hahn Medal, Zeiss Research Awards, or several Young Scientists Awards.
Principal Investigators
Mari Carmen Bañuls
Tensor Networks and Quantum Many-Body Systems
Equal Opportunity Manager
RA-6 Co-Coordinator
Jad C. Halimeh
LMU Professor of Theoretical Physics & Max Planck Research Group Leader
Research Website
Barbara Kraus
Quantum Computing, Verification of Quantum Devices
MCQST Spokesperson
Equal Opportunity Manager
RA-2 Co-Coordinator
Postdoctoral Fellows
Georgios Styliaris
Quantum Information Theory and Many-Body Physics
START Fellow 2025
Research Website 
Farsane Tabataba-Vakili
Moiré Physics, 2D semiconductors
Now: Prof. at Technische Universität Braunschweig
START Fellow 2024
MCQST Alumni
Christian Groß
Quantum Many Body Systems
Heisenberg professor at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Research Website
Peter Pickl
Mathematical Foundations of Physics
Professor at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Research Website 
Nathalie Picqué
Laser Frequency Combs, Interferometry, Molecular Spectroscopy
Professor at Max Born Institute
Research Website 
Norbert Schuch
Entanglement of Complex Quantum Systems
Professor at University of Vienna
Research Website 
Viviana Villafañe
Quantum Communications, Quantum Optics
Now: R&D Semiconductor Quantum Optics at Quandela
