Building a career in science and academia is a challenging endeavour. Nonetheless, many researchers have gone through this process successfully, and became well established or even leaders in their field afterwards. The Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics is an ideal environment for excellent researchers who aspire to pursue a career in quantum optics - be it in academia or in industry or start-ups. Three of our senior scientists, Dr Mari Carmen Bañuls from the Theory Division, Dr Philipp Preiss from the Many-Body Systems Division, and Dr Dmitrii Kormin from the Laboratory of Attosecond Physics share their own perspectives and opinions on a scientific career in quantum optics and why they think the MPQ is the perfect (starting) place for it.
The film was recorded at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in June 2024 and produced with the support of ScienceRelations.
Concept: Katharina Jarrah, Krischan Dietmaier
Camera: Moritz Frisch
Editing: Krischan Dietmaier
Copyright: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics