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Scientists have a lot to share. Many exciting stories to tell. On being a physicist. How do they perceive their world. Why are they doing what they are doing. Moments of satisfaction. Fulfillment. Frustration. Challenges. And of course, many science-related discussions. Thoughts on methodology. Theoretical debates. Opinions on where quantum science is heading.
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Showcasing my research at science slams
Explaining a research topic to the general, non-scientific public is not something that appears in the daily work of a PhD student. However, science communication is an important building block in trying to transfer scientific progress to society. Science slams try to...
The multi-faceted Vincent Mourik – a portrait in the effzett
[translated from the effzett - the science magazine of Forschungszentrum Jülich - as written by Katja Lüers: https://www.fz-juelich.de/de/aktuelles/portrait-mourik; Image: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Ralf-Uwe Limbach] Father of three, quantum physicist,...
International Women’s Day 2023 – #EmbraceEquity
Image by Freepik - The picture shows illustrated women without filled out faces with different skin colours, hairstyles and a hijab.International Women's Day 2023 - #EmbraceEquity Whether it is the Covid 19 pandemic, which has had a significant impact on the living...
Quantum champagne to transfer coffee
The ML4Q Technology Day 2022 took place on the 8th of December at the Neuer Senatssaal in the main building of the University of Cologne. I was excited and honestly a bit nervous when I was asked to chair the first session on Knowledge Transfer to Entrepreneurship....
A Eurocrat’s guide to quantum computing
This blog article was published on the QuTech blog "Bits of Quantum" on November 3, 2022.Thrilled about how well the analogy works, we asked Valentin to publish his article on our blog. He kindly agreed 🙂 Enjoy! Are you a Europhile or have you ever...
Physics is not only a “boy thing” – an interview with Corinna Kollath
Physics is not only a "boy thing" - an interview with Corinna Kollath Corinna, it's almost 10 years now that you became professor for Theoretical Quantum Physics at the University of Bonn. How has it been? I hardly notice that it is almost 10 years, since it...
Spinning out of Science – A personal view on technology transfer and starting your own business
The great thing is that our technology works simultaneously in research and in practice. Any progress we make in development is directly used for basic research in the laboratory next door.We did it! A few weeks ago, we officially established Midel Photonics GmbH – a...
Mari Gachechiladze now appointed associate professor at TU Darmstadt
Mariami (to many of us just known as Mari) joined our cluster in its first year and worked in the group of David Gross at the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Cologne for 3 years. She finished her PhD studies at the Universities of Siegen and Innsbruck following up...
On being a cook and a detective in the lab
The Topological Matter Laboratory Cologne When people hear the term “quantum computer”, the pictures which come to mind first are probably the golden chandelier-like inside of a dilution refrigerator with all its cables and tubes or a photo of an actual computer chip....