Patrick Emonts

Patrick Emonts

Junior Research Group Leader

Ulm University

Biography

I am a Junior Research Group Leader at the Institute for Complex Quantum Systems at Ulm University. In the research group, we combine ideas from quantum information and many-body quantum physics. The research is focused on numerical algorithms, especially tensor networks, and spans different fields ranging from quantum information to lattice gauge theories.

Additionally, I am a guest researcher in Leiden University, collaborating closely with the group for applied quantum algorithms (aQa).

If you are interested in joining the group, have a look here.

Interests
  • Tensor Networks
  • Quantum Information
  • Lattice Gauge Theories
  • Science Communication
Education
  • PhD in Physics, 2022

    Max-Planck Institute of Physics, TU Munich

  • MSc in Management, 2020

    TU Munich

  • MSc in Physics, 2017

    RWTH Aachen University

  • BSc in Physics, 2015

    RWTH Aachen University

Education

 
 
 
 
 
Ulm University, Institute for Complex Quantum Systems
CZS Junior Research Group Leader
April 2025 – Present
The group focuses on the intersection of quantum information and quantum many-body physics. We are actively applying methods like tensor networks and semi-definite programming to problems ranging from lattice gauge theories to topological data analysis.
 
 
 
 
 
Leiden University, aQa group
Postdoctoral Researcher
January 2022 – March 2025

Focus on

  • Tensor Networks
  • Quantum Information
  • Lattice Gauge Theories
 
 
 
 
 
Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, TU Munich
PhD in Physics
October 2017 – September 2022

Focus on

  • Tensor Networks
  • Lattice Gauge Theories

Thesis: “Algorithms for Hamiltonian Lattice Gauge Theories”

 
 
 
 
 
TU Munich
MSc in Management
October 2018 – August 2020
Thesis: “Causal Inference in Applied Economics: An Example of Naming Strategies in German Food Processing”
 
 
 
 
 
RWTH Aachen
MSc in Physics
September 2015 – August 2017

Focus on

  • quantum Monte Carlo
  • condensed matter physics, especially spin systems Thesis: “Monte Carlo Methods for the Quantum Ising Model on Frustrated Lattices”
 
 
 
 
 
RWTH Aachen
BSc in Physics
October 2012 – September 2015
Thesis: “Lateral Etching of Graphene Heterostructures”

Recent Publications

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(2026). Neural Quantum States for Non-Abelian Lattice Gauge Theories with Dynamical Fermions. arXiv.

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(2026). Quantum Phase Diagram of the $2+1$D Untruncated SU$(2)$ Lattice Gauge Theory with Dynamical Fermions. arXiv.

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(2026). Algorithmic Aspects of Gauged Gaussian Fermionic Projected Entangled Pair States: Gauge Fixing and Translation Invariance. Physical Review Research.

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(2026). Exact Noise Characterization of Entanglement Distribution in Star Networks. arXiv.

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(2026). Boosting Thermalization of Classical and Quantum Many-Body Systems. Physical Review B.

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Contact

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