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Alexander Grimm is a Researcher and group leader of the Bosonic Quantum Information Group at the Paul Scherrer Institute, where he has been since November 2019 and became group leader in July 2022. He earned his PhD at CEA Grenoble (2011-2015) under Max Hofheinz, focusing on Josephson junction-based microwave photon sources, and worked as a postdoctoral associate at Yale University (2016-2019) on autonomous quantum error correction in bosonic codes.
His research spans experimental bosonic quantum information processing, nonlinear effects in Josephson junction devices, and microwave-driven quantum systems. He pioneered the creation of antibunched microwave radiation via Cooper pair tunneling and developed novel fabrication methods for vertical NbN-MgO-NbN junctions. His work combines controlled dissipation and engineered Hamiltonians for quantum computation and fundamental physics studies.
Notable awards include the 2022 Nicholas Kurti Prize for contributions to quantum information processing. He has delivered 12+ invited talks at institutions like University of Chicago, ETH Zurich, and international conferences, focusing on Kerr-cat qubit stabilization and error correction. He holds patents in fault-tolerant quantum measurement techniques and error correction systems.
