Governance

Direct­ors

The Direct­ors lead the activ­it­ies and devel­op­ment of IQST, includ­ing its mission and the imple­ment­a­tion through dedic­ated programmes.

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Barz

  • UStut­tgart
  • Physics
  • #Quantum­Com­mu­nic­a­tion
  • #Quantum­Com­put­ing
  • #Quantu­mEn­gin­eer­ing
  • #Quantu­mOptics
  • #QuantumPhoton­ics

Prof. Dr. Fedor Jelezko

  • UUlm
  • Physics
  • #Quantum­Com­mu­nic­a­tion
  • #Quantum­Com­put­ing
  • #Quantu­mEn­gin­eer­ing
  • #Quantu­mOptics
  • #QuantumPhoton­ics
  • #Quantum­Sens­ing

Execut­ive Board

The Board oversees all activ­it­ies and devel­op­ment of IQST. It also acts as the body that evalu­ates internal applic­a­tions for IQST programmes.

PD Dr. Chris­tian Ast

  • MPI-FKF
  • Physics
  • #Quantum­Ma­ter­i­als

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Barz

  • UStut­tgart
  • Physics
  • #Quantum­Com­mu­nic­a­tion
  • #Quantum­Com­put­ing
  • #Quantu­mEn­gin­eer­ing
  • #Quantu­mOptics
  • #QuantumPhoton­ics

Prof. Dr. David Hunger

  • Karls­ruhe Insti­tute of Technology
  • Physics
  • #Quantum­Com­mu­nic­a­tion
  • #Quantum­Com­put­ing
  • #Quantu­mEn­gin­eer­ing
  • #Quantum­Ma­ter­i­als
  • #Quantu­mOptics
  • #QuantumPhoton­ics

Prof. Dr. Fedor Jelezko

  • UUlm
  • Physics
  • #Quantum­Com­mu­nic­a­tion
  • #Quantum­Com­put­ing
  • #Quantu­mEn­gin­eer­ing
  • #Quantu­mOptics
  • #QuantumPhoton­ics
  • #Quantum­Sens­ing

Prof. Dr. Martin B. Plenio

  • UUlm
  • Physics
  • #Quantum­Com­put­ing
  • #Quantu­mOptics
  • #Quantum­Sens­ing
  • #Quantum­The­ory

Prof. Dr. Ilia Polian

  • UStut­tgart
  • Computer Science
  • #Quantum­Com­put­ing
  • #Quantu­mEn­gin­eer­ing
  • #Quantum­The­ory

T.T.-Prof. Dr. Philip Willke

  • Karls­ruhe Insti­tute of Technology
  • Physics
  • #Quantum­Com­put­ing
  • #Quantum­Ma­ter­i­als
  • #Quantum­Sens­ing

Scientific Advis­ory Board

The Scientific Advis­ory Board, compris­ing inter­na­tion­ally renowned experts from academia and industry, provides an invalu­able external perspect­ive to support the contin­ued growth and devel­op­ment of IQST. 

Prof. Dr. Markus Aspelmeyer

  • Univer­sity of Vienna

David Faller

  • IBM Germany Lab

Prof. Dr. Atac Imamoglu

  • ETH Zürich

Prof. Dr. Rainer Müller

  • TU Braun­sch­weig

Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn

  • Pader­born University

Prof. Dr. Michael Totzeck

  • Carl Zeiss AG

Prof. Dr. Gregor Weihs

  • Univer­sity of Innsbruck, Chair of Board