Johannes Schachenmayer (group leader):

Thomas Botzung (Post-doc): After obtaining his PhD degree in 2019 (University of Strasbourg and University of Bologna), from 2020 until 2022 Thomas worked as a post-doc in the theoretical quantum technology group at RWTH Aachen, Germany. He continued his research in the Laboratoire de Physique de Modélisation des Milieux Condensés in Grenoble, France, performing numerical studies in SU(N) spin lattice systems. Since May 2024, he joint us back in Strasbourg to work on the project DINPOPARC (“Disorder-Induced Non-Classical States in Polaritonic Chemistry”).

Raphaël Menu (Post-doc): Raphaël Menu (Post-doc): Following his PhD in 2020 (at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon under the supervision of T. Roscilde), Raphaël joined the team of G. Morigi at Saarland University (Saarbrücken, Germany) where he worked on topological defects in chains of trapped ions, and the influence of noise in adiabatic quantum computing. Since February 2025, he works in Strasbourg on tensor-network based methods to optimally unravel open quantum systems.

Yiwen Han (Post-doc): Yiwen is broadly interested in theoretical research on AMO physics, especially non-equilibrium physics in open quantum systems. After completing her Ph.D. in the summer of 2025 at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) under the supervision of Prof. Wei Yi, she came to Strasbourg to continue her research. Here, she is exploring the novel physical phenomena and dynamics within dissipative molecular systems.

Ruben Daraban (PhD student): After obtaining his Master's degree in physics at the University of Strasbourg in 2023, Ruben continued his studies with a PhD project afterwards. His research focuses on studying entanglement buildup in quantum circuits using classical simulations based on tensor network methods.

Réka Schwengelbeck (PhD student): After obtaining her master's degree in physics from Freie Universität Berlin (master thesis at chair of Prof. Schollwöck at LMU Munich), Réka continues her academic journey by pursuing a PhD at the University of Strasbourg, where she is working on molecular dynamics under collective strong coupling.

Maxence Pandini (PhD student): After obtaining his master's degree in physics at the University of Strasbourg, Maxence continues his academic journey with a PhD project. His research focuses on computational quantum many-body approaches based on discrete quantum phase spaces.