Organisational Structure

MCQST is organized to ensure transparent decision-making and broad participation across all career levels. The cluster consists of core and associated members, all of whom have access to MCQST support programs.

All decisions within MCQST are made by the Executive Committee, composed of researchers from all career stages. The EC is supported by an Advisory Board and by the MCQST Office, which handles administrative and organizational tasks.

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The General Assembly (GA) comprises all MCQST members. Core members (elected every 3.5 years) hold voting rights and elect the Executive Committee (EC), which serves as the cluster’s central decision-making body. The GA meets annually to receive reports on MCQST activities and every two years to elect the cluster’s spokespersons and the EC.

MCQST Speakers

Immanuel Bloch

Quantum Many Body Systems

MCQST Spokesperson

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Ignacio Cirac

Quantum Theory

MCQST Speaker

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Barbara Kraus

Quantum Computing, Verification of Quantum Device

MCQST Speaker
Equal Opportunity Manager
RA-2 Co-coordinator

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Executive Commitee

Monika Aidelsburger

Synthetic Quantum Matter

RA-2 Co-coordinator

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Mari Carmen Bañuls

Tensor Networks and Quantum Many-Body Systems

Equal Opportunity Manager
RA-6 Co-coordinator

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Immanuel Bloch

Quantum Many Body Systems

MCQST Spokesperson

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Ignacio Cirac

Quantum Theory

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Dmitri Efetov

Quantum Materials, Quantum Many Body Systems, Quantum Sensing

RA-4 Co-coordinator

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Jonathan Finley

Semiconductor Nanostructures and Quantum Systems

RA-5 Co-coordinator

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Johannes-Geert Hagmann

Deutsches Museum Acting Head of Research

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Michael Knap

Collective Quantum Dynamics

RA-4 Co-coordinator

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Robert König

Quantum Communication Theory and Quantum Computation

RA-1 Co-coordinator

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Barbara Kraus

Quantum Computing, Verification of Quantum Device

MCQST Speaker
Equal Opportunity Manager
RA-2 Co-coordinator

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Ulrich Schollwöck

Theoretical Nanophysics

RA-6 Co-coordinator

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Peter Rabl

Applied Quantum Theory

RA-3 Co-coordinator

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Andreas Reiserer

Quantum Networks

Jr. Group Representative
RA-3 Co-coordinator

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Simone Warzel

Mathematical Physics

Equal Opportunity Manager
RA-1 Co-coordinator

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Eva Weig

Nano & Quantum Sensors

RA-5 Co-coordinator

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Johannes Zeiher

Quantum Matter Interfaces

Jr. Group Representative

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Tahereh Parvini

Postdoc Board Member

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Advisory Board

Quantum Information Dorit Aharanov | Hebrew University of Jerusalem  
Quantum Simulation Peter Zoller | Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation Innsbruck  
Quantum Networks Tracy E. Northup | University of Innsbruck  
Quantum Matter Shivaji Sondhi | University of Oxford  
Quantum Sensing Christian Degen | ETH Zürich  
Emerging Direction Roger Melko | University of Waterloo & Perimeter Institute  
Education / Outreach / Internationalization Jenny Hogan | Centre for Quantum Technologies, Singapore
General Advice Klaus Mølmer | University of Copenhagen  
General Advice Jelena Vučković | Stanford University  
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