Young Investigators

Dr. Taner Esat

"The focus of my research is on the manipulation of single atoms and molecules on surfaces with the goal of crafting artificial nanostructures with engineered quantum states and their quantum coherent control by scanning probe microscopy (SPM) combined with electron spin resonance (ESR). My overall goal is to fabricate and study artificial nanostructures with purpose-engineered quantum states, possibly leading to future applications in quantum technology, e.g., quantum information and sensing."

Dr. Taner Esat was awarded with the Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award 2022 and an ERC Starting Grant in 2024.

Dr. Felix Lüpke

"The focus of my young investigator group are thin films and van der Waals (vdW) materials, which can be exfoliated into atomically thin flakes and assembled into vdW heterostructures. Combining different materials in heterostructures allows the engineering of exotic quantum states by interface effects such as moiré and proximity, which we study with scanning probe microscopy. My overall goal is the purpose-driven engineering of novel quantum states with possible applications, e.g., in quantum computing."

In 2018, Dr. Felix Lüpke obtained the Wayne B. Nottingham Prize at the Physical Electronics Conference (PEC) and in 2019 the Excellence Award of Forschungszentrum Jülich. Recently, he has been accepted into the Emmy Noether Programme by the German Research Foundation (DFG).