Dr. Constantin Schrade
Assistant Professor in Condensed Matter Theory
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
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Employment

2017-2020

​Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, USA
Advisor: Prof. Liang Fu, Prof. Jagadeesh S. Moodera


Education

2013-2017

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2011-2013




2012-2013


2008-2011


2008


Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Thesis: "Majorana bound states in topological insulators and nanowires"
Advisor: Prof. Daniel Loss


Master of Science in Physics
ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Thesis: "Riemannian Geometry and Statistical Physics"
Advisor: Prof. Claudio Chamon (Boston University), Prof. Manfred Sigrist (ETH Zurich)


Visiting Researcher
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Bachelor of Science in Physics
ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

German Abitur
Awarded with the prize of the German Physical Society (DPG) for the best Abitur in Physics
Gymnasium Unterrieden, Sindelfingen, Germany


Conferences

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07/2018


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08/2014
Quantum Designer Physics 2019
Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain

Moiré Materials: Strong Correlations in Synthetic Superlattices
Aspen, USA

Low-dimensional emergent phenomena in correlated systems aand topological quantum matter
Tbilisi, Georgia

SBQMI Brainstorming Session and Summer School on Interaction Majorana Fermions
Vancouver, Canada

APS March Meeting 2019
Boston, USA

​ToCoTronics2018
Würzburg, Germany

​New Trends in Topological Insulators (NTTI 2018) & 18th International Conference on Narrow Gap Systems (NGS18)
Luxembourg

​Majorana States in Condensed Matter: Towards Topological Quantum Computation
Mallorca, Spain

Topological States of Matter
Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain

5th NCCR QSIT Winter School and 6th NCCR QSIT General Meeting
Arosa, Switzerland


SpinTech VIII International School and Conference
Basel, Switzerland

4th NCCR QSIT Winter School and 5th NCCR QSIT General Meeting
Arosa, Switzerland

School and Conference on "Spin-based quantum information processing"
Konstanz, Germany


Academic Presentations

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03/2013
​​​"​​Quantum Designer Physics 219", Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
Invited Talk
​Title: Spin-valley density wave in moiré materials

​"​​Low-dimensional emergent phenomena in correlated systems aand topological quantum matter", Tbilisi, Georgia 
Invited Talk
​Title: Spin-valley density wave in moiré materials

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar, Group of Prof. Dr. Joel Moore
​Title: New quantum materials and devices: "Majorana transistors" and "spin-valley density waves in moiré materials"

University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, USA
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar, Microsoft Station Q
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits and Transistors

​​California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar, Group of Prof. Dr. Jason Alicea
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits and Transistor

"​​SBQMI Brainstorming Session and Summer School on Interaction Majorana Fermions", Vancouver, Canada 
Invited Talk
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits and Transistors

"APS March Meeting 2019" conference, Boston, USA 
Contributed Talk
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits and Transistors

​Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Harvard Condensed Matter Theory Kids Seminar
​Title: Andreev or Majorana, Cooper finds out


​​​​Boston University, Boston, USA
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar, Group of Prof. Dr. Claudio Chamon
​Title: Andreev or Majorana, Cooper finds out


Qutech, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands
Qutech Seminar, Group of Prof. Dr. Anton Akhmerov 
​Title: Andreev or Majorana, Cooper finds out

Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Klosterneuburg, Austria
Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Group of Prof. Dr. Georgios Katsaros
​Title: Andreev or Majorana, Cooper finds out

"ToCoTronics2018" conference, Wuerzburg, Germany 
Contributed Talk
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits

​"New Trends in Topological Insulators (NTTI 2018)" conference, Luxembourg
Contributed Talk
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits

​Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar, Group of Prof. Dr. Ronny Thomale
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits


Universieit Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar, Group of Prof. Dr. Carlo Beenakker
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits


Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar, Group of Prof. Dr. Felix von Oppen
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits


Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar, Group of Prof. Dr. Yuval Oreg
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits


Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar, Group of Prof. Dr. Alexander Altland
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits


Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar, Group of Prof. Dr. Alfredo Levy Yeyati
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits


Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
​Title: Majorana Superconducting Qubits


"Majorana States in Condensed Matter: Towards Topological Quantum Computation" conference, Mallorca, Spain
Poster presentation
Title:  Low-field Topological Threshold in Majorana Double Nanowires

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA
​Experimental Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Dr. Jagadeesh Moodera - group
​Title: Majorana Tunnel Junctions

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
​Title: Majorana Tunnel Junctions


University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Quantum Science and Technologies Research Seminar 
​Title: Majorana Fermions and the Josephson effect


​"Topological States of Matter" conference, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
Poster presentation
Title:  Detecting Topological Superconductivity with $\varphi_{0}$ Josephson Junctions

6th NCCR QSIT General Meeting, Arosa, Switzerland
Poster presentation

Title: Proximity-induced Josephson $\pi$-Junctions in Topological Insulators

University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
Title: Proximity-induced Josephson $\pi$-Junctions in Topological Insulators

EPF Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Séminaire de l’Institut de Théorie des Phénomènes Physiques

Title: On the Relationship of Riemannian Geometry and Condensed Matter Physics


University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Condensed Matter Theory Seminar

Title: On the Relationship of Riemannian Geometry and Condensed Matter Physics


Teaching experience

2013 - 2017


2014, 2015
Teaching assistant (Topological Quantum Computation,  Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics) 
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Voted third best teaching assistant for a compulsory physics lecture at the University of Basel
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