4. Theory of topological quantum matter: Kathrin Dorn

In  this episode of ML4Q&A, Federico Grasselli (Postdoc, Bruss group) speaks to Kathrin Dorn, PhD student in the group of Reinhold Egger, head of the Institute for Theoretical Physcs IV in Düsseldorf. They talk about Kathrin's PhD project and how she started off to combine maths, physics and arts in her studies and ended up in analyzing theoretical aspects in topological insulators.

00:00 intro

00:56 searching for a study topic

02:50 from medical physics to condensed matter theory

05:50 joining the ML4Q cluster

08:42 plans for the future after the PhD

10:30 so what are topological insulators?

13:42 why are topological insulators an interesting field of study

22:25 where can we find topological insulators?

23:25 how about topological quantum computing?

25:00 how do you perceive the future of the field?

28:16 1 or 2?

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Contact Kathrin via E-mail: kathrin.dorn(at)uni-duesseldorf.de

Host: Federico Grasselli

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