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Welcome! We are carrying out research in the field of quantum optics and quantum many-body systems using ultracold atomic and molecular quantum gases at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Ludwig Maximilians University. Furthermore, our group is part of the Munich Quantum Center.

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Our entire group: Bachelor, Master and PhD Students, Postdoctoral Researchers and Senior Scientists as well as Technical and Administrative staff.

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NEWS

Observation of emergent scaling of spin-charge correlations at the onset of the pseudogap

January 23, 2026

In this work, a quantum gas microscope was used to investigate how magnetic correlations evolve at the onset of the pseudogap in the Fermi–Hubbard model, a paradigmatic theoretical framework for…

Long-range interacting quantum systems under a quantum-gas microscope

January 15, 2026

The competition between different length scales in quantum many-body systems gives rise to phenomena such as correlated dynamics and nonlocal order.

Micius Quantum Prize for Immanuel Bloch

August 12, 2025

This year, the Award, named after the ancient Chinese philosopher goes to Immanuel Bloch.

Immanuel Bloch receives first Bavarian Hightech Award

April 11, 2025

The new technology award was presented to him by Bavarian Minister of Science Markus Blume during a ceremonial event at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

Group seminar at LMU and Zoom: Shaping uniform transport channels for ⁶Li with a spatial light modulator

July 24, 2026

David Kielert, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Group seminar at LMU seminar room and Zoom
Friday, 24 July 2026, 10:00am (CEST)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Quantum Science with Arrays of Alkaline-Earth Atoms

July 23, 2026

Dr. Ran Finkelstein, Tel Aviv University , Israel
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Thursday, 23 July 2026, 09:00 am (CEST)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Optimised Partial Fault-Tolerance beyond Megaquop-Scale in Neutral Atoms

July 14, 2026

Stefano Veroni, University of Oxford, UK
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Tuesday, 14 July 2026, 5.00pm (CEST)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Quantum-Secure Multiparty Deep Learning and Machine-Verified Reasoning

July 14, 2026

Kfir Sulimany, MIT, USA & Technicon, Israel
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Tuesday, 14 July 2026, 09:00 am (CEST)

Group seminar at MPQ and Zoom: Fermion pairs under the microscope

July 07, 2026

Prof. Martin Zwierlein, MIT Department of Physics
Group seminar at MPQ lecture hall and Zoom
Tuesday, 7 July 2026, 10:00 am (CEST)