Thore Posske CV

Thore likes physics 'with a twist'. He is particulary interested in topologically robust phenomena in spin chains, anyons, and Majorana fermions with a possible application to quantum computing. He also works on the Kondo effect for topological electronic phases with special focus on the Kondo cloud as well magnetic and superconducting materials at the edge states of topological insulators and hybrid systems consisting of a trivial insulator and a topological insulator.

Martin Bonkhoff (PhD)

Martin's heart beats bosonization. As expert for anyons in ERC Starting Grant project QUANTWIST, Martin tries to bosonize or apply other field theoretical tools to low-dimensional theories and to extract the particles' character.

Jannis Neuhaus-Steinmetz (MSc)

Jannis is interested in the interplay of magnetism and superconductivity to create topologically nontrivial electronic phases. To achieve his goals, he focusses on tight-binding and Monte-Carlo calculations for realistic systems.

Felix Gerken (MSc)

Felix is passionate about the topological spin phases. He considers a vast range of analytical tool, including Hopf algebras, the Bethe ansatz, and fusion categories for fining exact solutions to low-dimensional spin models with boundaries.

Ioannis Ioannidis (MSc)

Giannis quest is to understand the Majorana modes in the novel platform of magnetic adatoms on superconductors. He is interested in magnetic manipulation, spin resonances, and time-dependent methods.

Anshuman Tripathi (MSc)

Anshuman wants to study topological effects in spin structures. An intriguing question is if nonlinear sigma models will help achieve the analytical insight he strives for

Tim Matthies

Tim is longing for key insights in density functional theory and previously was most interested in machine learning applications in topological condensed matter physics. He is PhD student at Elena Vedmedenko's group and a frequent visitor.

Julian Aldabe

Julian wants to dive into the intricate topological understanding of multilayer systems that combine magnetism and superconductivity.

Yongao Hu

Yongao wants to understand degenerate subspaces in Heisenberg spin systems on general graphs by smart application of exact and perturbative methods. Yongao is enrolled at MIT and enjoys a scientifically stimulating summer intern in Hamburg.

Aniket Zambare

Aniket is looking at novel methods in applying the Holstein-Primakoff transform to helical quantum spin states. He is currently finishing his undergraduate studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and does a DAAD WISE Scholarship at our group in Hamburg.