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Franz Josef Schreiber, a doctoral candidate in the working group led by quantum physicist Jens Eisert at Freie Universität Berlin, will receive funding through the 2026 Google PhD Fellowship in Quantum Computing. This is the third time that a member of Eisert’s research group has been awarded the prestigious Google PhD Fellowship. The previous recipients were Elies Gil-Fuster in 2023 and Antonio Mele in 2025.
The Google PhD Fellowship Program supports outstanding doctoral candidates who work on innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related fields. The program receives applications from researchers from all over the world. The successful candidates come from universities as renowned as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Oxford, and University of California, Berkeley. Freie Universität Berlin is the only German university so far to have researchers selected for the Google PhD Fellowship Program in Quantum Computing. Franz Josef Schreiber is the third doctoral candidate from Jens Eisert’s working group to receive the award.
Research at the Intersection Between Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence
Schreiber conducts research at the Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems, where Jens Eisert’s working group addresses fundamental questions in quantum physics and quantum information as well as new methods for quantum technologies and quantum computers. Schreiber’s research lies at the intersection between quantum computing and artificial intelligence. He investigates how to characterize the properties of quantum states as well as the limits of processes of this nature. He also researches how and under what conditions quantum computer models improve AI models. His work therefore connects two key fields on the German high-tech agenda: quantum technology and artificial intelligence.
Schreiber also researches whether quantum computers are in fact better able to solve optimization problems than conventional computers and under which conditions this could result in positive outcomes.
“The fact that this is the third early-career researcher from our working group to have received a Google PhD Fellowship in Quantum Computing is a testament to the groundbreaking work our team produces as well as the reputation Berlin has as a hub for quantum research,” says Jens Eisert, professor of quantum physics at Freie Universität Berlin. “What makes this win all the more incredible is that Freie Universität is the only German university to date to receive a grant of this type in this subject. To know that we in Berlin are among the top performers in our field is very encouraging,” he adds.
Prof. Dr. Jens Eisert, Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Email: jense@fu-berlin.de
Franz Josef Schreiber, Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Email: f.scheiber@fu-berlin.de
https://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/en/einrichtungen/ag/ag-eisert
Franz Josef Schreiber conducts research at the Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems.
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Franz Josef Schreiber conducts research at the Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems.
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