Dr Nikolas Breuckmann
Research Fellow in Quantum Information Theory
Dept of Computer Science
Faculty of Engineering Science
- Joined UCL
- 1st Sep 2018
Research summary
My research interest mostly lies in the field of quantum information, at the interface between mathematics, physics and computer science.
Teaching summary
- RWTH, Institute for Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, April - August 2010 & 2011: TA "Mathematical Logic"
- RWTH, Institute for Quantum Information, April - August 2013: TA "Quantum Information"
- RWTH, Institute for Quantum Information, April - August 2014, 2015 & 2016: TA "Mathematical Methods of Theoretical Physics"
- RWTH, Institute for Quantum Information, October 2015 - February 2016: TA "Quantum Error Correction"
Education
- University of Aachen
- Doctorate, Doctor | 2017
- University of Aachen
- Other higher degree, Master of Science | 2013
- University of Aachen
- First Degree, Bachelor of Science | 2011
- University of Aachen
- First Degree, Bachelor of Science | 2010
Biography
I studied Mathematics and Physics concurrently at RWTH Aachen University. My first research project leading to a publication involved studying the computational power of certain quantum mechanical systems. The result was included in "IOP Journal of Physics A: Highlights of 2014 Selection."
Upon completion my PhD in 2017, I was awarded the UCLQ Postdoctoral Fellowship in Quantum Technologies. I deferred the Fellowship for a year to work full-time for PsiQ, a Silicon Valley based start-up building a general-purpose silicon photonic quantum computer.