Sandro Wimberger
ORCID: 0000-0002-8433-1733
Researcher ID: I-1170-2012
Scopus Author ID: 8395034700
SciProfiles: 356394
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/cdyn
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS
SW is an Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Parma since 2017. He previously served as a researcher (RTDB) at the same institution (2014–2016) and as a Research Group Leader at Heidelberg University from 2007 to 2013. Earlier he was researcher and postdoc at the Politecnico di Torino and Pisa. His collaborations with experimental groups worldwide in quantum and atom optics are well documented by joint publications. His research interests cover quantum control by light-matter interaction and non-equilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body systems for applications in quantum simulation and quantum information.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Fellowships from BayBFG (1994-2000) and Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (1997-2002), and A. v. Humboldt Foundation (2004-2006); Klaus-Georg and Sigrid Hengstberger Prize (2009); “Akademiepreis”(2010) and Award for young researchers’ conference (2008) from Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities; “Kollegiat” of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2010-2015); visiting professorships in Palermo (2012), Jena (2015), Dunedin (2020), and Tokyo (2025); FFABR individual grant for best Associate Professors in Italy (2017).
VISITING POSITIONS
Visiting research activity at international institutions worldwide, including the Weizmann Institute of Science, University of Liège, the Dodd Walls Centre for Photonic & Quantum Techn. (New Zealand), Tohoku University in Sendai and the Tokyo University of Science.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES AND SUPERVISION
Extensive teaching activity in quantum mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, classical and quantum chaos, physics 1+2, and open quantum systems at undergraduate, graduate, and PhD level. Supervision of 8 PhD students, 4 postdoctoral researchers, 23 Master and 26 Bachelor students.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS AND NETWORKS
Long-standing collaborations in AMO physics, in particular with experimental research groups worldwide. Our current EU project Q-DYNAMO provides a network with 12 nodes spread over Europe, Japan, New Zealand and the USA.
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
Consultant for industrial company, Selex-Galileo, Turin, Italy
EDUCATION
PhD in Theor. Physics, LMU Munich and Università dell’Insubria (2004).
Diploma (MSc) in Physics, LMU Munich (2000).
ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE AND POSITION RESPONSIBILITY
Member of several academic boards, including the PhD School of Physics at UPR. Delegate for orientation/tutorials (Bachelor and Master course in physics) at UPR. Delegate for vulnerable groups at Department (2018-2024). Organizer of the Department Colloquium at UPR. Co-organizer of the semiannual school Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days for >100 students (2007-2014).
SCIENTIFIC ORGANISATIONS / COORDINATION OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Organizer of 7 international conferences; Co-organizer of annual conference Statistical Physics and Complex Systems at UPR (2014-2018, 2023-).
EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
Editorial Board member of the journals Cond. Matt., Inter. J. Theor. Phys., Photonics, Fluct. & Noise Lett., Reviews in Physics, and 4Open. Referee for more than 40 scientific journals including Nature and Physical Review, and for funding agencies including EU, FWF Austria, ANR France, and the Royal Society New Zealand.
MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
German Physical Society; Italian Society of Statistical Physics; Associate member of INFN.
FUNDING (CURRENT AND PAST)
Quantum Dynamic Control of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Processes (Q-DYNAMO)
Funding: EU action HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01
Role: PI of UPR node
Period: 2024-28
Quantum Atomic Mixtures: Droplets, Topological Structures, and Vortices
Funding: MUR PRIN 2022
Role: Local Coordinator
Period: 2023–2026
Spoke 1 – National Quantum Science and Technology Institute (NQSTI)
Funding: MUR-PNRR
Role: Investigator
Period: 2022–2026
Research programs BIOPHYS (2014-2020) and DYNSYSMATH (2020-)
Funding: INFN
Role: Investigator
Period: 2014–
Many-body Quantum Transport with Ultracold Bosons
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Role: PI (co-PI after moving to UPR)
Period: 2014–2018
SIGNIFICANT CAREER BREAKS
None.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. L. S. Yagüe-Bosch and S. Wimberger, Comparison of Two Optimization Methods for a Rydberg Quantum Gate, Ann. Phys. (2025), 537, e00163
2. S. Dengis, S. Wimberger, and P. Schlagheck, Multi-mode NOON states generation with ultracold atoms via geodesic counterdiabatic driving, Phys. Rev. A (2025), 112, 042610
3. F. Petiziol, F. Mintert, S. Wimberger, Quantum control by effective counterdiabatic driving, EPL (2024), 145, 15001
4. L. S. Yagüe-Bosch, T. Ehret, F. Petiziol, E. Arimondo, and S. Wimberger, Shortcut-to-Adiabatic Controlled-Phase Gate in Rydberg atoms, Ann. Phys. (2023), 535, 2300275
5. F. Petiziol, M. Sameti, S. Carretta, S. Wimberger, F. Mintert, Quantum simulation of three-body interactions in weakly driven quantum systems, Phys. Rev. Lett. (2021) 126, 250504
6. A. Chiesa, E. Macaluso, F. Petiziol, S. Wimberger, P. Santini, S. Carretta, Molecular nanomagnets as qubits with embedded quantum error correction, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. (2020) 11, 8610
7. S. Dadras, A. Gresch, C. Groiseau, S. Wimberger, G. S. Summy, Quantum walk in momentum space with a Bose-Einstein condensate, Phys. Rev. Lett. (2018) 121, 070402
8. D. Witthaut, S. Wimberger, R. Burioni, M. Timme, Classical synchronization indicates persistent entanglement in isolated quantum systems, Nature Comm. (2017) 8, 14829
9. G. Kordas, D. Witthaut, P. Buonsante, A. Vezzani, R. Burioni, A. I. Karanikas, and S. Wimberger, The dissipative Bose-Hubbard model: Methods and examples, Eur. Phys. J. ST (2015) 224, 2127
10. R. Labouvie, B. Santra, S. Heun, S. Wimberger, and H. Ott, Negative differential conductivity in an interacting quantum gas, Phys. Rev. Lett. (2015)
