4. Theory of topological quantum matter: Kathrin Dorn ML4Q&A - from the lives of quantum physicists

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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Host: Federico Grasselli

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