Welcome!

Portrait of Nicolai Lang

I am a theoretical physicist based at the University of Stuttgart, in the south-west of Germany. This is my personal website. As for most physicists, my job is my calling — so this website is rather physics-heavy.

You can also visit my website at the institute.

Research

Currently I am interested in the following topics:

  • Tailored strongly interacting quantum matter
  • Entanglement transitions in monitored quantum circuits
  • Topological quantum error correction and quantum computation
  • Topological states of matter

For details, see the list of my publications.
A non-technical summary of my doctoral thesis can be found here.

Teaching

Teaching is a cornerstone of science — and the part of my job I enjoy the most.
An overview of my lectures and tutorials can be found on the teaching page.

Vita

2007Abitur, Max-Born-Gymnasium Backnang
2007–2008Community service
2008–2013Fellow of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation
2008–2011B.Sc. in Physics, University of Stuttgart
2011–2013M.Sc. in Physics, University of Stuttgart
2014Arthur-Fischer Award (for master thesis)
2013–2019Doctor of natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Stuttgart
2020Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Award (for dissertation)
2019–2022Postdoc, University of Stuttgart
2022–2026Permanent research fellow, University of Stuttgart
2024Teaching Award of the University of Stuttgart (for relativity lectures)