XFEL: Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics recipient visits European XFEL
Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics recipient visits European XFEL
European XFEL managing director, Robert Feidenhans'l (left) together with Matthias Troyer (right) during a tour of the experiment hall. Copyright: European XFEL
On Thursday evening this year’s recipient of the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics, Prof. Matthias Troyer, visited European XFEL for a tour of the facility together with several other guests. The visit followed a day after the internationally renowned quantum scientist was awarded the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics from the Joachim Herz Stiftung in a ceremony at the Hamburg Planetarium.
Troyer, a professor at ETH Zürich and quantum computing researcher at Microsoft, received the prize for his contributions to the development of so-called quantum Monte Carlo algorithms. These algorithms can predict how tiny particles will interact within quantum mechanical many-body systems such as atoms and molecules. Troyer plays a key role in the ongoing development of quantum computers and superconductive materials.
The prize is worth a total of €137,036 in total and is thereby one of the most valuable German prizes for physics. The prize also involves extended research stays in Hamburg. Troyer will, for example, supervise a PhD thesis within the Theory Group at European XFEL together with Theory Group group leader Prof. Alexander Lichtenstein who together with European XFEL managing director nominated Troyer for the prize.
The Joachim Herz Stiftung awards the annual prize in conjunction with the Wolfgang Pauli Centre (WPC) at the University of Hamburg, DESY, and the Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter” at the University of Hamburg.
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Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics awarded to Matthias Troyer
