Hannes Pichler

Hannes Pichler (born 1986 in Brixen, Italy) is a physicist who works on theoretical quantum information science. He is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Biography Pichler studied physics at the University of Innsbruck, where he earned his doctorate in the research group of Peter Zoller. From 2016 he was an ITAMP Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University and from 2019 a Gordon and Betty Moore Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technology. Currently he is professor of theoretical physics at the University of Innsbruck and scientific director of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) in Innsbruck.

Awards

2022: Starting Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) 2023: New Horizons in Physics Prize 2023: Hans and Walter Thirring Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 2023: Member of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 2024: Research Prize of the Stiftung Südtiroler Sparkasse 2024: Lieben Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences