Robert T. König

Prof. Dr. Robert T. König is an Associate Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), holding the Professorship of Theory of Complex Quantum Systems in the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology and Department of Mathematics. His research focuses on quantum information theory, with particular emphasis on mathematical methods for quantum communication, fault-tolerant quantum computing, and quantum many-body systems.

Education:

• Diploma in Theoretical Physics, ETH Zurich (1998–2003)
• PhD in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge (2005–2007)

Key research areas include quantum communication theory, fault-tolerant quantum information processing, and quantum computation, with significant contributions to topological quantum computing, quantum error correction, and quantum channel capacity analysis. His recent work explores hybrid quantum-classical algorithms, non-abelian anyon manipulation, and bosonic code optimizations.

Scientific awards include

• Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship (2010)
• Smith/Rayleigh-Knight Prize, Cambridge (2006)
• ETH Medal and Willi-Studer Prize (2003)
• Pólya Prize, ETH Zurich (2003)

He co-leads the Quantum Information Theory research group with Prof. Michael Wolf at TUM, supported by grants like the ERC Consolidator Grant 'Enhanced quantum information processing targeting the near term (EQUIPTNT)' and the Munich Quantum Valley initiative. His work has applications in quantum hardware design, noise resilience strategies, and fundamental limits of quantum communication.