David Gross
Also known as David Groß
David Gross is a full professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Cologne, and ELLIS lists his work under quantum and physics-based machine learning. He is a Fellow in ELLIS Unit NRW, which was established in April 2026. He studied physics at the Technical University Berlin and the University of Potsdam, then completed a physics PhD at Imperial College London under J. Eisert. In 2012 he co-authored a paper on quantum tomography via compressed sensing with three colleagues.
Timeline
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2000–2005
Studying physics in Berlin
He studies physics at the Technical University Berlin and the University of Potsdam from 2000 to 2005. His thesis, on finite phase-space methods in quantum information theory, has J. Eisert as advisor.
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2005–2008
A PhD at Imperial College
He completes a physics PhD at Imperial College London between 2005 and 2008, with a thesis on the computational power of quantum many-body states, advised by J. Eisert.
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2008–2010
A postdoc in Braunschweig and Hannover
From 2008 to 2010 he is a postdoc in the group of R. Werner, based at Technical University Braunschweig and Leibniz University Hannover.
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2010–2011
A postdoc in Zürich
From 2010 to 2011 he is a postdoc in the group of M. Christandl at ETH Zürich.
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2011–2015
An assistant professorship in Freiburg
From 2011 to 2015 he is a tenure-track assistant professor at the Institute for Physics of Albert-Ludwig University Freiburg.
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2012
Error bounds for compressed-sensing tomography
In 2012 he co-authors Quantum Tomography via Compressed Sensing: Error Bounds, Sample Complexity, and Efficient Estimators with three colleagues, published in New Journal of Physics.
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Since 2015
A full professorship in Cologne
In 2015 he becomes a full professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Cologne.
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As of October 2026
A Fellow in ELLIS Unit NRW
ELLIS lists him as a Fellow at the University of Cologne in ELLIS Unit NRW, under the topic quantum and physics-based machine learning. ELLIS establishes the unit in April 2026.
Sources and credits
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- homepage of david gross
- David Gross — Quantum Correlations in Physics, Math, and Computer Science
- Publications — Quantum Correlations in Physics, Math, and Computer Science
- David Gross | European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems
- NRW | European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems