Scientific career
| 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: Satoshi Ikegaya (together with D. Manske)
- PhD students: Moritz Hirschmann, Andreas Leonhardt, Kirill Alpin
- Internship students: Wan Yee Yau
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: Darshan Joshi (now at Harvard), Yuxin Zhao (now Professor at Nanjing University)
- PhD students: Wenbin Rui (now postdoc in Nanjing), Raquel Queiroz (now at Weizmann Institute of Science)
- Master students: 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
- 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
Publications
Review Articles:
- Classification of topological quantum matter with symmetries, by C.-K. Chiu, J. C. Y. Teo, A. P. Schnyder, S. Ryu, Rev. Mod. Phys 88, 035005 (2016)
- Topological surface states in nodal superconductors, by A. P. Schnyder, P. M. R. Brydon, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 27, 243201 (2015)
- Klassifizierung symmetriegeschützter topologischer Phasen, by F. Pollmann, A. P. Schnyder, Physik Journal 14 (8/9), 65 (2015)
Author
Dr. Andreas Schnyder
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Reserach
Heisenbergstr. 1
Office # 5 D 19
D-70569 Stuttgart
GERMANY
Phone: +49 (0)711 689 1553
Fax: +49 (0)711 689 1702
E-Mail: a.schnyder@fkf.mpg.de