News
23-12-01: Welcome Fabrizio
A new member has joined our graphene-team: welcome Fabrizio!
23-09-15: Welcome Francesco
Welcome to the group, Francesco!
23-06-13: Foxtrail group event
On this year's group event, we hunted the fox through Basel. After successfully tracing it down by solving all the riddles on the way, we indulged in some delicious Pizza.
23-06-07: Sola Basel
This year, we had our own Sola team! We had a great day of sports, followed by a sunset barbeque on the rooftop of the Physics building. Thanks to everybody for participating!
23-05-01: Welcome Nikunj
We are very happy to welcome Nikunj to his PhD project in our group!
23-03-08: International Women's Day
Vera promotes the International Women's Day by telling the world about her life as a PhD student. Have a look at the video!
22-12-12: Group Christmas Event
We celebrated the end of the year with a Swiss fondue, Danish Glühwein by Christian, Italian appetizers by Luigi and yummi desserts by Vera and Eric. Thanks everyone for a great evening and all your contributions to the lab!
22-09-01: Welcome Luigi
We are very happy to welcome Luigi to his PhD project in our group!
22-08-23: Group retreat
We spent two days in Engelberg, together with the theory groups of Daniel Loss and Jelena Klinovaja. The weather, the mountains, the hikes and the evening games have been fantastic!
22-07-22: Our dilution refrigerator is up and running
In the previous ten days, our dilution refrigerator has been installed. After solving some initial problems, everything is now running smoothly and we are ready to cool down our first samples.
22-07-05: A first alumni
Giacomo has finished his Master's thesis: congratulations! Thanks a lot for all your contributions, and best of luck in your new role!
22-06-30: Vera won the prize for the best Master's thesis in Nanoscience at Univeristyof Basel
Congratulations, Vera! Vera explains her work about a superconducting metamaterial for analgo quantum simulation in a short text and video. The second winner of this prize is Mathias Claus, who is now working in the group of Prof. Ilaria Zardo.
22-05-05: We participated in Sola Basel
Two teams out of our group and the groups of Christian Schönenberger and Ilaria Zardo participated in the Sola Basel. It was a great team event, and we celebrated the successfull finish of the Meso runners and the Nano runners with a barbeque on the rooftop of the physics department.
22-03-18: We escaped...
... from Dr. Volkov's Cell N.2 -- and found our way to the Irish Pub :)
22-03-11: Eric has been awarded a QCQT PhD fellowship
Congratulations to Eric for receiving a PhD fellowship from the QCQT PhD school!
22-03-01: The group is growing
Welcome to Vera and Christian! And thank you, Vera, for bringing along these delicious muffins!
21-12-17: First group event
We met for a yummy and funny fondue with some adventurous combinations of cheese+
21-11-28: First sample
Our very first sample is cold!