We are delighted to announce that JProf. Dr. Nicholas Güsken has been awarded a 1.2 million € Young Investigator Grant from the Wübben Stiftung.
Nicholas Güsken, physicist and nanotechnologist, recently moved from Stanford University to the University of Paderborn, where he is building up the professorship Quantum Photonics & Optoelectronics for tunable light-matter interactions. His research focuses on how light can be controlled in a targeted manner to develop innovative technologies for quantum networks and quantum communication.
Certain advanced materials can interact with light in such a way that light particles act as information carriers between quantum nodes, opening up new possibilities for secure and efficient communication technologies.
Dr. Güsken earned his PhD at Imperial College London on light-matter interactions and later conducted research on optical interfaces with a Leopoldina fellowship at Stanford. His appointment to Paderborn University was made possible through the cooperation of the university, the Wübben Stiftung, and the return program of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Read the official announcement here:
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