Reinhard F. Werner (born 26th march 1954) is a German

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

, and Professor at the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the

Leibniz Universität Hannover Leibniz University Hannover (), also known as the University of Hannover, is a public research university located in Hanover, Germany. Founded on 2 May 1831 as Higher Vocational School, the university has undergone six periods of renaming, its ...

. He is notable for his contributions to the field of

quantum information theory Quantum information is the information of the state of a quantum system. It is the basic entity of study in quantum information theory, and can be manipulated using quantum information processing techniques. Quantum information refers to both t ...

such as foundational concepts in the theory of quantum correlations including the concept of separable quantum states and mixed entangled states now known as

Werner state A Werner state is a -dimensional bipartite quantum state density matrix that is invariant under all unitary operators of the form U \otimes U. That is, it is a bipartite quantum state \rho_ that satisfies :\rho_ = (U \otimes U) \rho_ (U^\dagger \ot ...

, finitely correlated states ''aka'' matrix product states, mean field theory and entanglement area laws.

Education

After studies from 1970 - 1982 at the universities of Clausthal, Marburg and Rochester he obtained his Diploma in 1976 and his Doctorate 1982 in

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

from the

Philipps-Universität Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg () is a public research university located in Marburg, Germany. It was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protes ...

, where he worked with Günther Ludwig.

Career

After finishing his doctorate he was working at the Physics Department of the University of Osnabrück where he also completed his Habilitation in 1987. In 1988/89 he held a Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) () is a statutory independent research institute in Dublin, Ireland. It was established, under the Institute For Advanced Studies Act 1940, by the government of the then Taoiseach, Éamon de Vale ...

where he stayed until 1990. He also held a Heisenberg Fellowship of the German Research Council from 1989 - 1995. In April 1997 he accepted a Professorship at the Institute of Mathematical Physics of the

Technische Universität Braunschweig TU Braunschweig (, unofficially ''University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology'') is the oldest ' (comparable to an institute of technology in the American system) in Germany. It was founded in 1745 as Collegium Carolinum and is a membe ...

which he held until 2009. After declining an offer of the Leigh Trapnell Chair of Quantum Physics at DAMTP of Cambridge University in 2009 he moved to the

where he is still working.

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at the Institute of Theoretical Physics at Leibniz University Hannover 1954 births Living people German mathematical physicists 21st-century German physicists German theoretical physicists German quantum physicists Scientists from Kassel University of Marburg alumni Academic staff of Leibniz University Hannover Winners of the Max Planck Medal {{Germany-physicist-stub Academics of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies Clausthal University of Technology alumni

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