Scientific career
| since 2017 | Member of the Max Planck-UBC-UTokyo Center for Quantum Materials | |
| since 2016 | Permanent Staff Scientist, Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research | |
| 2009–2016 | Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research | |
| 2007–2009 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| 2003–2007 | PhD in Theoretical Physics, ETH Zürich and Paul Scherrer Institute, Supervisors: Ch. Mudry and M. Sigrist |
Awards
| 2015 | Walter Schottky Prize (jointly with Frank Pollmann) | |
| 2003 | Polya Prize for best diploma, awarded by ETH Zürich |
Research fields and interests
- Topological phenomena in condensed matter systems
- Unconventional superconductivity
- Non-equilibrium phenomena in closed quantum systems
- Disordered systems and Anderson localization
- Strongly correlated electronic systems
- Synthetic quantum matter
- Spin and orbital frustration in quantum magnets
- Quantum computation and quantum information
Group members
- Postdocs: Moritz Hirschmann
- PhD students: Andreas Leonhardt, Kirill Alpin, Niclas Heinsdorf, Raymond Wiedmann
- Master students: Kirill Parshukov
Open Positions
There is always room for motivated and talented students and postdocs. If you are interested send me an e-mail. Prospective PhD students should apply through one of our research schools:- Max Planck Graduate Center for Quantum Materials
- International Max Planck Research School for Condensed Matter Science
Former group members
- Postdocs: Xianxin Wu (now at ITP CAS Bejing), Darshan Joshi (now at Harvard), Yuxin Zhao (now Professor at Nanjing University), Satoshi Ikegaya (now at Nagoya University)
- PhD students: Wenbin Rui (now at Hongkong University), Raquel Queiroz (now Professor at Columbia University)
- Master students: Sayan Banerjee, Wan Yee Yau, Berkay Kilic, Henri Menke, Moritz Hirschmann, Johannes Hofmann
- Internship students: Jonathan Zhang, Mohamed Shaaban, Xueyang Song, Alex Toews, Darrick Lee, Michael Förster
Talks and lectures
- Tutoral on "Topological superconductivity" held at the APS March Meeting, Chicago (March 2022):
tutorial_APS_2022_schnyder.pdf - Lectures on "Topological semimetals" held at the Autumn School in Jülich, Germany (September 2020):
topological_semimetals.pdf - Lectures on "Topological band crossings in semimetals" held at the DIPC in San Sebastian, Spain (August 2018):
lecture_san_sebastian.pdf - Lectures on "Topological insulators and superconductors" held at the University of Stuttgart (January 2016):
lecture1.pdf lecture2.pdf lecture3.pdf lecture4.pdf - Lectrues on "Topological insulators and superconductors" held at the 25th Jyväskylä Summer School (August 2015, Jyväskylä University, Finland): lecture1.pdf lecture2.pdf lecture3.pdf lecture4.pdf lecture5.pdf
- Lectures on "Topological aspects in condensed matter physics" held at the Topical School in Theoretical Physics Nancy (June 2014, Unversité de Lorraine, France): lecture1.pdf lecture2.pdf lecture3.pdf lecture4.pdf
- Talk about "Crystalline topological semi-metals" given at the IFIMAC, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain (May 2017): schnyder_ifimac_madrid_2017.pdf
- Talk about "Topological materials with reflection symmetry" given at the KITP Workshop on "New Phases and Emergent Phenomena in Correlated Materials with Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling" (September 2015, Santa Barbara, USA): schnyder_KITP_lsmatt_2015.pdf
- Talk about "Amplitude oscillations in non-equilibrium superconductors" given at the Workshop on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (November 2013, Schloss Ringberg, Germany): amplitude_oscillations_schnyder.pdf