Summer/Semester Students

Sophie Cavallini, Research Assistant
After completing a bachelor in Physics Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, I moved to ETH for the master in Quantum Engineering. Following my semester project, I had the opportunity to stay at TIQI as a research assistant having some more fun in the waveguides subgroup. This time designing a tunable integrated SiN laser.

Niklas Zischka, Semester Student
I did my bachelor’s in physics at the Technical University of Munich. Currently, I am a master student in Quantum Science & Technology at TUM and LMU. During a summer internship at Imperial College London, I have come into closer contact with ion trapping. As part of my exchange program at ETH Zurich, I am working with the TIQI group on a project about fiber noise cancellation.

Michel Tào, Research Assistant

During my physics undergrad at ETH I built an interest in all things particle and quantum. After conducting a project at CERN and subsequently starting master studies at ETH, my focus now shifted towards quantum physics and information. In the course of my studies, I enjoyed exploring the different avenues of quantum information and especially developed an interest in trapped ion quantum physics. As I am also fond of tinkering with imaging technologies, I joined TIQI to develop a CMOS imaging system for trapped ions.

Foivos Vouzinas, Semester Student
After receiving my Bachelor degree in Physics at the University of Crete, I decided to persue a Masters degree in Quantum Engineering at ETH Zurich. Loving to work with lasers in the field of AMO physics, I joined TIQI for a semester project on the GKP subgroup. My goal is to characterise and eventually attenuate the magnetic spin noise on the setup by implementing some kind of magnetic shielding.

Daria Panfilova, Semester Student
I am a third-year physics bachelors student at ETH. Recently, I have started learning about microcontrollers, FPGA programming, and embedded design. This, combined with my interest in quantum physics and software development, has led me to join the TIQI group, where I hope to improve my programming skills and gain valuable research experience during my semester project.

Kai Gamlin, Semester Student
I did my Bachelors in Physics at ETH, during my third year I worked in the precision spectroscopy group of Prof. Merkt. There I worked on reducing the uncertainty due to the first order Doppler shift in the measurement of the ionization energy of 4He. These measurements are directly compared to ab initio calculations considering QED and higher-order Feynman Diagrams, any discrepancies between theory and experiments might be hints of new Physics. Following this project I pursued a masters in Quantum Engineering at ETH in order to learn more about Quantum Technologies for the search of new Physics. Currently I am working on the precision spectroscopy of hydrogen molecular ions experiment, where I will mainly help set up the 1576 nm spectroscopy laser of the experiment.

Lucas Gibson, Semester Student
I developed an interest in quantum physics during my bachelor's in Electrical Engineering & Information Technology at ETH. Following a year dedicated to hands-on experience with FPGAs and control systems at AMZ Racing, I aimed to incorporate these skills into my bachelor's thesis. I am excited to further explore these fields at the TIQI group, working on the development of a low-latency readout system for trapped ions utilizing an FPGA and EMCCD camera.