Pasquale ScarlinoI obtained my master's degree in Physics at the University of Salento, Lecce (Italy) in February 2011. During 2006-2011, I have also been a student of Scuola Superiore ISUFI (SSI). SSI is one of six schools of excellence established in Italy to develop the intellectual capital in technological and social sciences. I conducted an external Master thesis project during an 8 months internship in the Quantum Transport Group at TU Delft, under the supervision of Prof. L.M.K. Vandersypen. There, I implemented the Quantum Point Contact Radio-Frequency Reflectometry technique, which allows increasing the single-shot electron spin readout bandwidth and is currently routinely used in the group.I obtained my Ph.D. degree in February 2016, in the Spin Qubits group of Prof. L.M.K. Vandersypen at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience-Qutech (TU Delft). During my Ph.D. I have been leading the Si/SiGe spin qubits project, collaborating with the M. Eriksson Group at Wisconsin University. In parallel, I have been working on other different projects, in particular with GaAs depletion quantum dots, high impedance superconducting resonators, and surface acoustic wave resonators. I have been working as a Postdoc fellow in the group of Prof. A. Wallraff (Quantum Device Lab) at ETH Zurich. My main project, in collaboration with the group of Prof. K. Ensslin and Prof. T. Ihn, consisted in integrating semiconductor and superconductor technologies. Realizing a well-controlled interface between the semiconductor and superconductor-based quantum information technologies may allow harnessing the best of both device architectures, for example by providing an interface between strongly coupled charge state and high coherence spin states. Furthermore, it enables the possibility to explore light/matter hybridization in a class of solid-state systems and regimes that are new in the context of quantum optics.From June 2019 till September 2020, I have been a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Station Q Copenhagen and at the Center for Quantum Devices in Copenhagen, focusing on developing semiconductor-superconducting hybrid hardware for topologically protected quantum computation.Since October 2020, I am a tenure track Assistant Professor of Physics in the School of Basic Sciences at the EPFL where I founded the Hybrid Quantum Circuit (HQC) laboratory.
Pascal Alexander SchouwinkTeaching & PhD Courses Advanced Solid State and Surface Characterization CH-633 State-of-the-art surface/thin film characterization methods of polycrystalline/nano/amorphous materials. Selected topics from X-ray scattering (SAXS/GISAXS, PDF, GIWAXS, HRXRD), electronic and optical spectroscopy (XPS, AES, SERS, TERS), scanning probe and electron microscopy (STM, AFM, HRTEM, SEM). Principles and Applications of X-ray Diffraction CH-632 Basic theoretical aspects of Crystallograph
Andrea VezzosiAndrea Vezzosi is a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Ursula Rothlisberger at the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, EPFL (Switzerland). He earned his Ph.D. in Physics and Nanosciences from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in 2024, where he investigated spin–orbit coupling and topological states in core–shell semiconductor nanowires. During his doctoral studies, he developed nwkp, an open-source Python library for computing the band structure of core–shell nanowires using
Iurii TimrovProfessional employment
Postdoctoral researcherFebruary 2016 - presentAdvisor: Prof. Nicola MarzariPlace: STI IMX THEOS, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland)Postdoctoral researcherJuly 2013 - January 2016Advisor: Prof. Stefano BaroniPlace: Condensed Matter Sector, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (Trieste, Italy)Postdoctoral researcherApril 2013 - June 2013Advisor: Dr. Nathalie VastPlace: Laboratoire des Solides Irradies, Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France)
Education
PhDSeptember 2009 - March 2013Advisor: Dr. Nathalie Vast Place: Laboratoire des Solides Irradi'es, Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, FranceTitle: Ab initio study of plasmons and electron-phonon coupling in bismuth: from free-carrier absorption towards a new method for electron energy-loss spectroscopyDate of defense: 27.03.2013Honors: PhD degree in physics with honors ("Tres honorable")Master in PhysicsSeptember 2008 - June 2009Place: Department of Theoretical Physics, National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine)Honors: Master's degree with honorsBachelor in PhysicsSeptember 2004 - June 2008Place: Department of Theoretical Physics, National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine)Honors: Bachelor's degree with honorsHigh School StudiesSeptember 1994 - June 2004Place: Collegium 11 (Chernigov, Ukraine)Honors: Honors degree with a Gold medal
Alina KleimenovaTeaching & PhD Courses Physics project II PHYS-422 The student applies the competencies acquired during her/his studies in a research study developed in one of the laboratories of the physics section under the supervision of teacher of the section. The student is present during a whole day of the week in the laboratory during the semester.
Jakob HeierTeaching & PhD PhD Students Vahid Charkhesht Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Nicolas Alexandre Serge Leclaire, Donatas Gesevicius, Surendra Babu Anantharaman, Sina Abdolhosseinzadeh, Shungui Deng Courses Modern photovoltaic technologies PHYS-609 A link between the fundamental physics, device operation and technological development of various solar cell technologies. Learning about all modern photovoltaic technlogies incl. industrially relevant wafer based silicon, thin film chalcogeni
