Mario Berta

Mario Berta is a Professor of Physics at the Institute for Quantum Information, RWTH Aachen University. He also holds an honorary

• Visiting Reader position at the Department of Computing, Imperial College London

and has previously worked as a Senior Research Scientist at AWS Center for Quantum Computing and a Postdoctoral Researcher at IQIM Caltech.

His research focuses on

• Quantum communication theory
• Theoretical quantum cryptography
• Theory of quantum algorithms

with recent publications spanning quantum error correction, computational complexity, and quantum simulation techniques. The group actively collaborates on mathematical foundations of quantum information and algorithm development.

Current funding sources include

• European Research Council (ERC)
• Matter and Light for Quantum Computing (ML4Q)
• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
• RWTH Exploratory Research Space (ERS)
• EPSRC

The group organized the 2025 Workshop on Mathematics of Quantum Information at RWTH Aachen and contributed multiple talks to international conferences including Beyond IID 13 and QIP 2025. Open positions available include senior postdocs, PhD students, and postdocs focused on quantum information mathematics and algorithm theory.