Members
Project leader

Dr. Tobias Kippenberg
PhD: Caltech, Pasadena, USA
(Curriculum vitae)(pdf version)

Group contact at MPQ:
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics
Hans Kopfermann strasse 1
D-85748 Garching
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)89 32 905 727
Fax: +49 (0)89 32 905 312

Group contact at EPFL:
Office: PH D3 355
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
EPFL
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerrland
Tel: +41 (0)21 69 34428

Grant management

Christina Becker

Tel: +49 (0)89 32 905 521
Fax: +49 (0)89 32 905 571

Dr. Sabine Wirtz Ocaña

Tel: +41 (0)21 69 34452

EPFL Office: PH D3 354

Administration

Patricia Marti-Rochat

Tel: +41 (0)21 69 34452

EPFL Office: PH B2 407

Post-doctoral researchers

Dr. Samuel Deléglise
PhD: Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Paris, France

Tel: +41 (0)21 69 30559

EPFL Office: PH D2 345

Dr. Christine Wang
PhD: Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

Tel: +49 (0)89 32 905 522

Dr. Albert Schliesser
PhD: Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (PhD thesis)
M.S.: Technical University, Munich, Germany
Diploma thesis: MPI Biochemistry

Tel: +49 (0)89 32 905 264 (MPQ) or +41 (0)21 69 35873 (EPFL)

Dr. Ewold Verhagen
PhD: FOM Institute AMPLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tel: +41 (0)21 69 35855 or +41 (0)21 69 30559

EPFL Office: CH C2 407

Dr. Pierre Verlot
PhD: Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Paris, France

Tel: +41 (0)00 00 00000

Graduate students

Georg Anetsberger
M.S.: Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Diploma thesis: MPI for Quantum Optics, Munich, Germany

Tel: +49 (0)89 32 905 334

Pascal Del'Haye
M.S.: Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Diploma thesis: MPI for Quantum Optics, Munich, Germany

Tel: +49 (0)89 32 905 286

Jens Dobrindt
M.S.: Université Bordeaux I, France
M.S.: Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Diploma thesis: MPI for Quantum Optics, Munich, Germany

Tel: +41 (0)21 69 34459

EPFL Office: PH A1 400

Emanuel Gavartin
M.S.: Michigan State University

Tel: +41 (0)21 69 35367

EPFL Office: PH D2 391

Tobias Herr
M.S.: University of Heidelberg, Germany

Tel: +41 (0)21 69 30559 (office) or +41 (0)21 69 30558 (lab)

EPFL Office: PH D2 391

Rémi Rivière
M.S.: INSA, Toulouse, France
webmaster contact

Tel: +49 (0)89 32 905 214

Stefan Weis
M.S.: University of Heidelberg, Germany

Tel: +41 (0)21 69 30559

EPFL Lab: BM 2.116

Xiaoqing Zhou
M.S.: Technical University, Munich, Germany

Tel: +41 (0)21 69 35367

EPFL Office: PH D2 391

Diploma student

Sebastian Karpf
B.S. Ludwig Maximilan Universität, Munich, Germany

Tel: +41 (0)21 69 35873

EPFL Office: PH D2 345

We thank our former group members

Name Position Duration Present afiliation and position
Aurélien Kuhn Intern February 2006-August 2006 Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France (PhD)
Shilpi Goyal Intern May 2006-July 2006 IIT Bombay, India (M.S.)
Felix Nissen Intern August 2006-September 2006 Cambridge University, United Kingdom (M.S.)
Ali Dabirian Visiting scientist February 2006-November 2006 EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (PhD)
Rui Ma Master student November 2005-March 2007 TU, Hamburg, Germany (PhD)
Nima Nooshi Master student November 2005-June 2007 TU, Munich, Germany (PhD)
Bastian Schröter Master student September 2006-January 2008 McKinsey&Company, Munich, Germany (consultant)
Yang Yang Visiting PhD February 2007-April 2008 Chinese Academy of Science, China (PhD)
Dr. Olivier Arcizet Post-doc July 2007-November 2009 Institut Néel, Grenoble, France (permanent researcher)
Stefanie Krysiak Diploma student January 2009-December 2009 Ludwig Maximilian Universität, Germany (PhD)
Johannes Hofer Diploma student September 2008-September 2009 Paul Scherer Institute, Zürich, Switzerland (PhD)
Ignacio Vásquez García Master student October 2009-June 2010 Imperial College, London, United Kingdom (MSc)
Haytham Chibani Master student September 2009-September 2010 Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany (PhD)