Scientific Members and Directors

Current Directors

Prof. Dr. Immanuel Bloch

Director of the Group Quantum Many Body Systems more

Prof. Dr. J. Ignacio Cirac

Director of the Group Theory more

Prof. Dr. Ferenc Krausz

Director of the Group Attosecond Physics more

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Rempe

Director of the group Quantum Dynamics more

Emeritus Directors

Prof. Dr. Theodor W. Hänsch

Director of the Emeritus Group Laser Spectroscopy more

Prof. Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kompa

Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Oprics more

Head of the Institute

Prof. Dr. Immanuel Bloch

Director of the Group Quantum Many Body Systems
Executive Director more

Nina Kilgus

Administrative Director more

Dr. Eileen Welz

Administrative Director more

W2 Research Group Leaders

Prof. Dr. Monika Aidelsburger

Engineered Quantum Systems more

Dr. Dr. Mari Carmen Bañuls

Tensor Network Algorithms and Applications more

Research Group Leaders

Dr. Xinyu Luo

Ultracold lithium-rubidium molecules more

Dr. Philipp Preiss

Atomic Quantum Matter more

Dr. Andreas Reiserer

Quantum Networks more

Dr. Richard Schmidt

Theory of Quantum Matter more

Prof. Dr. Thomas Udem

Foundations of Quantum Physics more

Dr. Johannes Zeiher

Quantum Matter Interfaces more

External Scientific Members

Prof. Dr. Rainer Blatt

Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI)
Austrian Academy of Sciences
_{(Picture: IQOQI / M.R. Knabl)} more

Prof. Dr. Raphael Levine

Institute of Chemistry
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem more

Prof. Dr. Marlan O. Scully

Department of Physics and Astronomy
Texas A&M University

Prof. Dr. Jelena Vučković

Stanford University more

Prof. Dr. Peter Zoller

Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI)
Austrian Academy of Sciences
_{(Picture: C. Lackner)} more

Former Directors

Prof. Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kompa

Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Oprics more

Prof. Herbert Walther

Dr. Siegbert Witkowski

Staff

Currently, there almost 400 people employed at the MPQ, of which 250 are researchers.

External Committees

General Advisory Board
Scientific Advisory Board