Applications are invited from outstanding and highly motivated PhD students and postdoctoral researchers with a strong background in quantum computing, quantum algorithms, quantum complexity theory, quantum information theory, entanglement theory, or quantum many body theory.
The positions are partly related to the ERC Consolidator Grant funded research programme BeyondDFT. The Schilling group is expected to relocate permanently to the University of Geneva on 1 September 2026.
Our research programme spans quantum computing and quantum information theory, with the overarching goal of advancing the theoretical foundations and computational methods for interacting many body quantum systems. On the quantum computing side, we aim to develop more efficient quantum algorithms for determining ground and excited states, with particular emphasis on identifying universal structural features of realistic many electron wave functions such as cusp conditions and correlation structure, and translating them into improved quantum state preparation schemes and circuit complexity bounds. Complementarily, our work in quantum information theory seeks to establish a unified and operational framework for fermionic entanglement and correlation, clarifying the relation between particle and mode entanglement and introducing rigorous complexity measures that go beyond heuristic notions such as static and dynamic correlation.
Application deadline: 3 June 2026
Start date: Flexible, ideally 1 September 2026
Further information:
https://sites.google.com/view/christianschilling/open-positions
https://www.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/17ls_th_nanophys_en/join_us1/...
The programme is exploratory, concept driven, and rooted in rigorous many body theory, combining methods from quantum information theory, many body physics, and quantum thermodynamics, with the broader aim of sharpening the conceptual foundations of correlation and chemical bonding.
