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Dr. Pavel Hrmo

Pavel has 10 years of experience with trapped ions in various guises. During his PhD he worked to bring fundamental quantum control techniques from radio-frequency traps to Penning traps for the first time dreaming that one day they could be used to build a quantum computer. He then moved to the University of Innsbruck to the world-renowned lab of Prof. Rainer Blatt to work on scaling quantum computation in radio-frequency surface chip traps with mixed ionic species. While there he co-developed a novel entangling gate mechanism for ions that storage information in more levels than just two levels. Three years ago, he joined the Penning team at ETH Zürich to finally make his dream come true.

CEO

Tobias Sägesser

Tobias has a long standing passion with getting his hands dirty, whether that is engineering of a mechanical or electrical nature or maintenance of a cryostat. This is invaluable in the design process as he knows just how painful putting his ingenious ideas into practice will be and he is not afraid to go into the lab trenches to prove it can be done. Even during his master’s studies at ETH Zürich he was in parallel working on R&D in industry at Sensirion. During his PhD at ETH Zürich he pioneered the transport of ions in three dimensions in our novel Penning trap architecture.

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Dr. Shreyans Jain

Shreyans is just as comfortable scribbling pages of equations in his notebook as he is running complex experiments in the lab or aligning laser cavities. It was his Master’s thesis (results published in PRX – quite an achievement for a student!) that showed the first theoretical validation of creating large two-dimensional grids of ions in a Penning trap. He immediately got a chance to put his theory to the test by building the Penning trap setup during his PhD at ETH Zürich. Shreyans lives by the motto – measure twice, cut once – as evidenced by the fact that his designs and calculations led to the successful trapping of ions in a completely novel architecture already in its first iteration.

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Prof. Jonathan Home

Jonathan leads the TIQI group at ETH Zürich with diverse research areas such as quantum error correction, integrated optics and electronics in trapped ion chips, bosonic qubits and of course his pioneering contributions to the Penning trap architecture. With over 20 years of experience in trapped ions, Jonathan has also worked as a postdoc with Nobel prize winner D. J. Wineland and holds a PhD from the University of Oxford.

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Dr. Daniel Kienzler

Daniel is a senior scientist at the TIQI group, closely supporting Jonathan in running this large and lively group of physicist. He also leads his own research where he demonstrated state-of-the-art spectroscopy of the Hydrogen molecule.

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Dr. Joseba Alonso

Joseba was in the TIQI group at the conception of the Penning trap idea and helped to shape it. His love of big magnets has pushed him to start his own group at the Polytechnic University of Valencia researching portable MRI magnet designs. He has also been involved in commercially spinning out this research and brings his entrepreneurial experience to the team.

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We are a team of scientists that has quantum physics in our heart with a passion for engineering running through our veins.

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We are a team of scientists that has quantum physics in our heart with a passion for engineering running through our veins.

Building a complex and revolutionary machine that solves the toughest computational challenges of our time is not a mission that we can tackle alone. For this reason, we are looking for the most talented physicist, engineers, programmers and strategists to join us on this exciting journey. If you have ever wanted to be part of something transformative that lets you employ your unique skill set and grow in a dynamic, friendly and driven environment, don’t hesitate to reach out!

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Together, we can shape the future of quantum computing.

We are always looking for new talented scientists to join our team. If you’re passionate about advancing quantum technology and eager to contribute to groundbreaking solutions, we invite you to explore opportunities with us.

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