Center for Ultracold Atoms and Quantum Gases, IExP and IQOQI, Innsbruck
Sarah Embacher 
We congratulate Manex Ugarte-Egana from Mondragon University (Basque Country), who joined our group for his Bachelor thesis project from November 2025 to July 2026 and has now defended his excellent work on a ARTIQ-based control sytem for our new labs!
We say goodbye to our excellent master students Damiano Alessandoni (Roma Tre University), Manex Ugarte-Egana (Mondragon University) and Remy Seurat (ENS Paris) who were working in the theory team, the DyPQ team and the ErDy lab. We wish you all the best for your future!
Daniel Samoylov is a Master student from Frankfurt am Main. He completed his Bachelor at Goethe-University in Frankfurt in the group of Prof. Walter Hofstetter, where he investigated topological phases. For his Master’s thesis project he stayed in the same group and focused on the investigation of ultracold fermionic quantum gases with cavity mediated long-range interactions using Dynamical Mean-Field Theory.
In June 2026, he joined our theory group for an additional research project where he will investigate quantum simulation of lattice gauge theories.
A warm welcome to our group, Daniel!
Samy completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). FOr his Master’s thesis he worked on the simulation and characterization of optical confocal cavities in the Laboratory for Quantum Gases (LQG) led by Professor Jean-Philippe Brantut.
Samy moved to Innsbruck in May 2026 to begin his PhD in the Erbium Lab. A warm welcome to our group!
Last week, we had a lot of fun at our group event, which brought together all our group members, friends and family, current visitors, and former group members. We enjoyed delicious food from the grill and an exciting ping-pong tournament with more than 20 participants. This year’s well-deserved winner is Leonardo!