|Markus Heinrich⟩

About me

I am a quantum information theorist at the University of Cologne, where I lead the Quantum Randomness Group. My research studies the power and limits of near-term quantum computers: how random circuits approximate genuinely random dynamics, when quantum systems can be simulated classically, and how properties of quantum states can be learned from few measurements. I came to quantum information from a joint background in physics and mathematics, and I still find its appeal in that overlap — questions of real physical relevance that turn on precise mathematical structure, from representation theory to complexity. Alongside research, I enjoy teaching and supervising students, and organising workshops that bring the random-circuits community together.

Short CV

2026 - 2029	Principal Investigator, QuantERA project BATiR LE CHAT (bosonic quantum computing) University of Cologne, Germany.
2024 - present	Senior researcher University of Cologne, Germany.
2024	Visiting researcher in the Algorithms and Complexity group at QuSoft (six months) Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2021 - 2024	Postdoctoral researcher in the group of Martin Kliesch Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
2017 - 2021	PhD in theoretical physics (May 2021) Supervised by David Gross. Institute for theoretical physics, University of Cologne, Germany.
2014 - 2016	Master's degree in physics University of Jena, Germany.
2009 - 2014	Dual Bachelor's degrees in physics and mathematics University of Freiburg, Germany.