Research
My main research area is quantum information theory, with a focus on quantum Shannon theory, communication, learning, and entropic methods. Entropy and related information measures help us quantify what can be transmitted, learned, and preserved when information is processed.
Understanding the differences between classical and quantum information is at the centre of my research. I develop mathematical tools to study these differences and to understand how noise affects information processing in quantum systems.
For more, explore my publications and recorded talks.
Current funding
The following projects and programmes currently support my group.
DFG Research Grant
Project 550206990
Tracking information flow in quantum networks via new divergence measures
How does information change as it passes through a noisy quantum network? This project develops quantum divergence measures to study information loss and its limits. It investigates contraction under noise, including effects on entanglement and coherence, with applications to quantum circuits, network communication, and learning. The aim is to connect mathematical bounds with ways to assess the capabilities of noisy quantum systems.
Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), project 550206990.
BMFTR
Grant 13N17418
QUICS
Quantum Innovation and Computing for SMEs
QUICS is a quantum-computing service centre for small and medium-sized enterprises. It helps assess potential applications through algorithm development, simulation, and access to quantum hardware and software. Simulations that account for realistic noise connect the study of quantum algorithms with the conditions in which devices operate. The centre also provides advice and training.
Supported by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) through the QC service centre QUICS, grant 13N17418.
Germany’s Excellence Strategy
EXC 2123/2 · Project 390837967
QuantumFrontiers
Cluster of Excellence
QuantumFrontiers brings together fundamental quantum physics and precision measurement. Its research spans the control of light and matter, the development of scalable quantum systems, and new sensors and measurement protocols. The cluster connects theoretical foundations with experimental methods for understanding and using quantum effects.
Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – EXC 2123/2 QuantumFrontiers – project 390837967.
Previous funding
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship
Grant agreement 101025848
August 2021–January 2024
Tracking Information in Quantum Networks
TITAN
Through this fellowship, I worked at TU Munich with Robert König and at the Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, with Marco Tomamichel. The project studied how entropic quantities can be used to understand information flow in quantum networks. The fellowship ended when I moved to Hannover.
This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 101025848.