My Research

The research during my PhD is within the framework of the AdS/CFT (Anti-de Sitter/Conformal Field Theory) correspondence. This paradigm in high-energy physics describes a duality between strongly coupled theories in D dimensions and gravitational theories in negatively curved spacetimes in one dimension higher. My PhD work focuses on developing versions of this duality defined on discrete setups, such as spin chains and discretizations of hyperbolic space known as hyperbolic tilings. These investigations enable the experimental realization of AdS/CFT predictions via electric circuit architectures, whereby negatively curved spaces can be faithfully emulated.

In parallel, my research has allowed me to gain experience with quantum information-theoretic quantities such as entanglement entropy, mutual information, quantum complexity, and quantum discord. These play a pivotal role in many aspects of the AdS/CFT correspondence and provide a rich connection between high-energy physics and quantum information theory which I am fascinated by. I am eager to further develop my knowledge of quantum information through practical experience in the field of quantum computing, both from a theoretical as well as an experimental perspective.

Publications

Talks & Posters

Type: Talk

Event: QMA Fall School and Retreat “Topological Quantum Matter” 2021

Date: 11-15 October 2021

Title: “Quantum Complexity as Hydrodynamics“

Type: Talk

Event: Quantum Alliance PhD Conference 2022

Date: 27-28 April 2022

Title: “Quantum Complexity as Hydrodynamics“

Type: Talk

Event: Virtual DPG Spring Meetings Heidelberg 2022

Date: 21-25 March 2022

Title: “Quantum Complexity as Hydrodynamics“

Type: Talk

Event: “ct.qmat” Cluster Retreat Merseburg 2022

Date: 21-25 March 2022

Title: “Quantum Complexity as Hydrodynamics“

Type: Gong-Show Talk & Poster

Event: “STRINGS” 2022 Vienna

Date: 18-22 July 2022

Title: “Quantum Complexity as Hydrodynamics“

Type: Poster (Best Poster Award Winner)

Event: “ct.qmat” Cluster Retreat Bayreuth 2023

Date: 20-22 March 2023

Title: “Aperiodic spin chains for discrete holography on hyperbolic tilings“

Type: Poster

Event: “Entangle This V: Randomness, Complexity and Quantum Circuits” Benasque 2023

Date: 11-17 June 2023

Title: “Aperiodic spin chains for discrete holography on hyperbolic tilings“

Type: Poster

Event: YIPQS long-term workshop “Quantum Information, Quantum Matter and Quantum Gravity" and YKIS conference “Foundations and Developments of Quantum Information Theory"

Date: 11-22 September 2023

Title: “Quantum Complexity as Hydrodynamics“

Type: Talk

Event: DPG Spring Meetings Berlin 2024

Date: 17-22 March 2023

Title: “Entanglement in Interacting Majorana Chains and Transitions of von Neumann Algebras“

Type: Talk

Event: “ct.qmat” Cluster Retreat Weimar 2024

Date: 25-27 March 2024

Title: “Entanglement in Interacting Majorana Chains and Transitions of von Neumann Algebras“

Type: Talk

Event: Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, University of Alberta. (Organizer: Prof. Dr. Igor Boettcher)

Date: April 9th 2024

Title: “Entanglement in Interacting Majorana Chains and Transitions of von Neumann Algebras“

Conferences & Schools

Teaching

Lecture: Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Ewelina Hankiewicz

Position: Teaching Assistant

Period: Winter Term 2021/2022

Lecture: Theoretical Quantum Mechanics I

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Giorgio Sangiovanni

Position: Teaching Assistant

Period: Summer Term 2022

Lecture: Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Johanna Erdmenger

Position: Teaching Assistant

Period: Winter Term 2022/2023

Lecture: Theoretical Quantum Mechanics I

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Giorgio Sangiovanni

Position: Teaching Assistant

Period: Summer Term 2023