MCQST 2025 - Reaching new quantum hights
The seventh edition of our annual conference, MCQST 2025, brought together over 250 people from all over the world to Kufstein, nestled in the foothills of the Alps. For three days, invited speakers gave a series of talks on all areas of QST, divided into sessions based on MCQST’s seven Research Units. All recorded talks are available on our YouTube channel.
This year, for the fourth time, the IMPRS-QST took place in the days leading up to the conference. This merger was very well received, and we were thrilled to host the PhD students at the conference. It resulted in a week full of excellent talks and scientific exchanges.
Recognizing excellence: The 2024 Master's and PhD Awards
On the final day, we held an award ceremony for the winners of our 2024 PhD Award, Yujie Liu and Philip Thomas. This award annually honors two outstanding PhD theses from the MCQST community, recognizing excellence in research at an early career stage and encouraging awardees to pursue further careers in science. Yujie and Philip each received a cash prize generously donated by Qlibri and planqc. This year, we awarded the 2024 Master's Award for the third time, celebrating excellent theses in quantum science and technology. The awardees, Jacopo De Santis and Anka Van de Walle, received prizes donated by Zurich Instruments.
In the evenings, dozens of scientists presented over 120 posters in the main conference hall. A jury of peers selected the top three posters, and each winner received a cash prize from Menlo Systems. The awardees are:
- Amine Ben Mhenni | Engineering strong correlations in moiré atomic double layers
- Esther Cruz Rico | Quantum Simulation of Dynamical Response Functions of Equilibrium States
- Isabel Nha Minh Le | Riemannian quantum circuit optimization based on matrix product operators
Thank you to everyone who made #MCQST2025 a resounding success!
