• Dissipative quantum many-body dynamics
• Quantum state engineering
• Strongly interacting Rydberg atoms
• Ultracold polar molecules
• Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond

• SFB 1227 "Designed Quantum States of Matter"
• SPP 1929 "Giant Interactions in Rydberg Systems"
• RTG 1729 "Fundamentals and applications of ultra-cold matter"