Contact and Affiliations
- E-Mail:
- christine.silberhorn@uni-paderborn.de
- Phone:
- +49 5251 60-5884
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-2349-5443
- Office Address:
-
Warburger Str. 100
33098 Paderborn - Room:
- ST0.131
- E-Mail:
- christine.silberhorn@uni-paderborn.de
- Phone:
- +49 5251 60-5884
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-2349-5443
- Office Address:
-
Warburger Str. 100
33098 Paderborn - Room:
- ST0.131
About Christine Silberhorn
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2010: Professor (W3)
Paderborn University
2005 - 2010: Group Leader
Head of an Independent Max Planck Research Group, Integrated Quantum Optics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (2005-2008 Administration: Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Munich), Erlangen, Germany
2005 - 2008: Habilitation
Habilitation in Experimental Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerd Leuchs
2005 - 2005: Postdoc
Research Assistant, Max Planck Research Group, Erlangen, Germany
2003 - 2004: Postdoc
Post-doctoral Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, UK
14.01.2003: Doctorate
Department of Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerd Leuchs
1993 - 1999: Degree programme
Physics and Mathematics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
2019 - 2025: MPSP Fellow - Max Planck School of Photonics, Germany
2020: North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
2018: OSA Fellow - Optical Society of America
2017: ERC Consolidator Grant, European Commission
2015: Silver medal Czech Technical University Prague
2013: Fellow of Leopoldina National Academy of Science, Germany
2011: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize, German Research Foundation (DFG)
2006 - 2011: The Young Academy (Die Junge Akademie, JA), Germany
2008: Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize, German Research Foundation (DFG)
2007: Medal of the Werner-von-Siemens-Ring Foundation
2007: Hertha-Sponer-Prize, German Physical Society (DPG)
2003 - 2004: Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford, UK
2003: Ohm-prize, best PhD in physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Research
Selected Projects
- MIRAQLS: Mid-infrared Quantum Technology for Sensing
- PhoQuant: Photonic Quantum Computing - Quantum computing evaluation platform
- Quantenbauelemente – integriert, optisch, skalierbar (Qinos)
- UNIQORN - Affordable Quantum Communication for Everyone - EU Quantum Flagship Project
- Transregional Collaborative Research Center TRR 142 - Tailored Nonlinear Photonics: From Fundamental Concepts to Functional Structures
Publications
Selected Publications
E. Meyer-Scott, N. Prasannan, I. Dhand, C. Eigner, V. Quiring, S. Barkhofen, B. Brecht, M.B. Plenio, C. Silberhorn, Physical Review Letters 129 (2022).
V. Ansari, B. Brecht, J. Gil-Lopez, J.M. Donohue, J. Řeháček, Z. Hradil, L.L. Sánchez-Soto, C. Silberhorn, PRX Quantum 2 (2021).
J. Tiedau, M. Engelkemeier, B. Brecht, J. Sperling, C. Silberhorn, Physical Review Letters 126 (2021).
K.-H. Luo, S. Brauner, C. Eigner, P. Sharapova, R. Ricken, T. Meier, H. Herrmann, C. Silberhorn, Science Advances 5 (2019).
C.S. Hamilton, R. Kruse, L. Sansoni, S. Barkhofen, C. Silberhorn, I. Jex, Physical Review Letters (2017).
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Teaching
Current Courses
- Physikalisches Kolloquium
- Aktuelle Entwicklungen der Integrierten Quantenoptik
Scientific Engagement
2021 | Program chair for QIM 2021, Quantum Information and Measurement
2018 | Chair of the organizing committee for CEWQO 2019, Paderborn, Germany
2015 - 2016 | Program/General chair CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2016/2017, Munich
2010 | Organiser of the 453. WE-Heraeus Seminar "Quantum communication based on integrated optics", Bad Honnef, Germany
2023 - 2030 | Selection Committee Member, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Programme, DFG
2023 - 2026 | Member of the German Science and Humanities Council (Wissenschaftsrat/WR)
Since 2022 | Member of scientific advisory board of Munich Quantum Valley (MQV)
Since 2020 | Member of External Advisory Board of the Center for IQST (Integrated Quantum Science and Technology), Ulm/Stuttgart, Germany
Since 2018 | Founding member of the Institute of Photonic Quantum Systems (PhoQS), Paderborn, Germany
Since 2018 | Member of International Scientific Board "Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies" at the University of Warsaw, Poland
2021 | Member of scientific advisory board of Quantum Austria, FWF Austrian Science Fund, Vienna, Austria
2018 - 2021 | Member of Research Board of Einstein Foundation Berlin, Germany
2017 | Outstanding Referee for the journals of the American Physical Society