Team
The Engineering Unit of the Quantum Center is collocated with our research groups at the ETH Hönggerberg Campus.
Kadir Akin joined the team in 2016. His research is focused on the design and implementation of systems based on very-high-speed and efficient field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), with the goal of achieving real-time quantum information processing. He supervises student projects and teaches in the 'FPGA in Quantum Computing with Superconducting Qubits' course for Bachelor students at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering of ETH Zurich. Kadir holds a PhD in electrical engineering from EPFL and worked as a postdoc at the same university. At EPFL he developed several real-time multiple-camera systems for advanced video-processing applications.
Mohsen Bahrami Panah is a member of external pagethe Superconducting Circuits group of the ETHZ-PSI Quantum Computing Hub, which he joined in 2021, and he supports the Engineering Unit with his expertise in device micro- and nano-fabrication. Prior to this, Mohsen was for six years the head of cleanroom processes at the high-tech start-up LSPR AG in Wallisellen near Zurich. He obtained his PhD degree in electrical engineering from the K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran, in 2013. Mohsen then moved to EPFL as a postdoc. His PhD and postdoc research revolved around active plasmonic devices, micro- and nano-fabrication, and numerical electromagnetics.
Peter Clements joined the team in 2018. After having received a Master of Engineering degree in electronics and telecommunications from ENSIL (France), he has been working mainly on printed circuit board (PCB) layout and design. Moreover, he is active in testing, debugging, programming, repairing, and purchasing electronics.
Maciej Dziewiecki joined the team in 2023 as a systems engineer for cryogenics, vacuum and mechanical vibration. After earning a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering with a specialization in refrigeration and cryogenics from Wroclaw University of Technology in 2015, he worked as a mechanical and thermal development engineer, designer and simulation engineer in industry and research institutes. He gained competence in cryogenics and vacuum, not only through his professional experience and education but also through multiple training courses conducted by CERN, ESA, European Microkelvin Platform, and other leading research institutes throughout Europe.
For information on Alexander C. Frank and his expertise, please visit his personal website.
Bernhard Zybach joined the team in 2022. He supports experimental quantum physics laboratories in RF design and measurement. Before joining the Engineering Unit he worked at the Institute for Mechanical Systems at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering of ETH Zurich, where he developed systems for temperature, viscosity and pressure measurements. He also worked in various companies as a hardware and software design engineer.