Markus Aspelmeyer

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Markus Aspelmeyer
Born 1974
Schongau, Germany
Nationality German
Fields quantum physics
Institutions Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information
Alma mater University of Munich
Doctoral advisor Johann Peisl
Notable awards Lieben Prize

Markus Aspelmeyer is a German quantum physicist.

Aspelmeyer was born 1974 in the Bavarian town Schongau. He also attended the local school, where he received his abitur in 1993.

He studied physics and philosophy at the University of Munich, receiving his BS in philosophy and his Ph.D in physics in 2002. He joined the group of Anton Zeilinger at the University of Vienna in 2002. He became Universitätsassistent at the University and then, Junior, later Senior Researcher, at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. His research interests are quantum entanglement and quantum optics.

He was awarded the Lieben Prize in 2007.

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