Welcome to Munich Quantum Valley

Last week, Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) invited industry partners and researchers to the second MQV Supplier Workshop in Garching to constructively connect representatives from industry and science within the MQV ecosystem and strengthen the quantum community.

This Monday, the Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Microsystems and Solid State Technologies EMFT invited guests to attend our event series “MQV-Einblicke – 100 Jahre Quantenwissenschaften und woran wir heute forschen.” After two introductory presentations, visitors had the opportunity to marvel at the exciting technologies up close in the laboratory.

To mark the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025, Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) organized a quantum special together with Pint of Science. On three evenings, everyone interested was invited to listen to exciting talks on quantum technologies in a relaxed pub atmosphere at the Haderner Bräustüberl.

MQV member Johannes Zeiher has accepted a tenure-track W2 professorship at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His chair in Artificial Quantum Matter is part of the Faculty of Physics’ Quantum Optics group. At LMU, Zeiher will expand the work of his independent research group, originally established at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), while continuing to collaborate closely with the institute.

MQV member Immanuel Bloch, a pioneer in quantum research, has been admitted to the American National Academy of Sciences as an international member.

On 29 April, the two FAU researchers Florian Marquardt and Christopher Eichler gave two lectures as part of the event series "MQV-Einblicke – 100 Jahre Quantenwissenschaften und woran wir heute forschen" to give the numerous visitors exciting insights into the world of quantum computing. Those who managed to get a place on the lab tour then had the opportunity to learn more about the development, fabrication and operation of superconducting quantum chips.

Enthusiasm for quantum physics unites across national borders! PhotonLab, the student laboratory at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), in which Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) is also involved, therefore also offers its exciting experiments program to international visitors from all over the world. An overview on the occasion of today's World Quantum Day.