PhD Students

Moritz received his MSc in Physics from ETH Zürich in 2019, working on ultrastrong light-matter coupling. He joined the Photonics group as a PhD to study nonlinear optical effects in low-dimensional materials.

Fabien received his M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from ETH Zürich in 2022, working on suspended graphene membrane patterning. He joined the photonics group to study 2d materials coupled to plasmonic nanocavities.

Jialiang received his MSc in Materials Science from RWTH Aachen University in Germany. He carried out his master thesis at ETH Zurich, focusing on magnon transport in magnetic insulators. He will be working on inertial sensors based on optically levitated systems.

Maria Luisa received her MSc in Physics in 2019 from the University of Cagliari (Italy), working on a joint thesis with ETH Zurich on THz detectors. She joined the Photonics Laboratory early in 2020 to study levitodynamics in a cryostat.

Johannes started his PhD at ETH in mid 2020 to study the cavity optomechanics of levitated particles. Before, he finished his Master's degree on stimulated Brillouin scattering at the University of Potsdam and Macquarie University in Sydney. In our group, he will be working towards mechanical ground state cooling.

Paolo received his MSc in Quantum Engineering from ETH Zurich in 2023, working on nanoparticle loading with hollow core fibers. He joined the Photonics group in June 2023 as PhD working on levitated nanoparticles in hybrid traps.

Shengyu received her MSc in Electrical Engineering from ETH Zürich after completing her master thesis in our group. She then decided to stay on to pursue a PhD as well. Her research interest is in 2D materials.

Yang received his MSc in Electrical Engineering from ETH Zurich. He carried out his master thesis at EPFL, working on near-quantum-limited Josephson travelling wave parametric amplifier. He will investigate the mid-infrared properties in optoelectronic devices with 2D materials.