Prof. Dr. Örs Legeza

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Condensed Matter Physics,Physical Chemistry
KeywordsTNS, DMRG, strongly correlated systems, quantum information theory, quantum phase transition

Current contact address

CountryHungary
CityBudapest
InstitutionHungarian Academy of Sciences
InstituteWigner Research Centre for Physics, Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Florian GebhardArbeitsgruppe Vielteilchenphysik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg
Prof. Dr. Reinhard M. NoackArbeitsgruppe Vielteilchenphysik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg
Prof. Dr. Jens EisertFachbereich Physik, Dahlem Center für komplexe Quantensysteme, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Reinhold SchneiderFachbereich Physik, Dahlem Center für komplexe Quantensysteme, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Ulrich SchollwöckFakultät für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2010

Programme(s)

2009Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers
2018Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award Programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Nominator's project description

Professor Legeza is an internationally renowned pioneer in the combination of density-matrix renormalization group methods with concepts from quantum information theory for applications in the physics of strongly correlated solids, nuclear structure theory and quantum chemistry. His algorithms and software have enabled many other groups to obtain seminal new insights in these fields. In Germany, he intends to extend the range of his methodology in non-equilibrium settings and further develop embedding methods in quantum chemistry.